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    widespread prolapse in my flock

    My nests are enclosed. Some are low and some are higher. The pecking hen would have to get in there and get under/behind the laying hen. I had wormed with chicken wormer, and have kept up with garlic to hopefully prevent reinfestation, since when worming, I toss the eggs for two weeks. There is...
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    widespread prolapse in my flock

    It started with one. It was so bad, that after a few days we put her down. Two more. appeared treatable, so tried, lost one. the other is still in my house in a cage. I discovered another today. I have darkened the coop. they won't stop laying. I am about to start them on antibiotics. Why could...
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    Vent Prolapse Goat Calcium drench Help!!

    I'm sorry about that. They are more than just farm animals. Thanks for your help!
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    Review by '' on item 'Cornish'

    I started with two Dark Cornish chicks in the spring. Both did well, even though I was totally new with having chicks. One was named Buddy, since she was so friendly, and the other was simply referred to as "the wobbley chick" since she was in such rough shape when they arrived in the mail. They...
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    Vent Prolapse Goat Calcium drench Help!!

    Thanks, I am doing all you have mentioned. the protrusion is starting to firm up and looks dark, like there is blood under the skin that is hardening. It will not stay in for more than a second or so. I have been using prep H. I can't afford a vet visit. I fear it could run a couple hundred. I...
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    Vent Prolapse Goat Calcium drench Help!!

    I'm not positive it was lack of calcium, but I think it is a safe guess. They NEVER touch the oyster shell, and the ground has been covered in ice for a couple of months, so no foraging. I have found several doses for chickens, ranging from 50-500 mg calcium per kg. I went with 100mg per kg. I...
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    Vent Prolapse Goat Calcium drench Help!!

    Yes if they had been eating oyster shell all along, maybe this wouldn't happen, but they pick around it and will not touch it. Oyster shell is slow acting and will not help a hen who is already prolapsed. Thanks for replying though.
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    Vent Prolapse Goat Calcium drench Help!!

    Tractor Supply fails again. The only way I could buy liquid calcium is as the Goats Prefer Calcium Drench. I have spent some time now trying to find dosing for liquid calcium, and just can't find it. I have a flock of 20 and they empty their 2 gallon waterer in just over a day. So whatever I put...
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    New Hampshire!

    Canaan, NH, also Grafton County! Anyone know of chicken swaps this spring?
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    New Hampshire Newbie here

    Hi there! I'm in New Hampshire too! What kind of chickens do you keep? I have been looking for chicken swaps in the state, but am coming up dry.
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    Chicken Swaps of NH- Anyone know when and where for 2015?

    Looking for Chicken Swaps in NH or VT withing a reasonable drive of the Upper Valley area. Maybe within an hour or so of Lebanon, NH or White River Jct., VT. I got mail order chicks last year, and they are fine, but would love to find some interesting layers!
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    Combining Old and New

    My littles are 3 months old now. They have been in the coop with the adults (5 hens), but with a partition, which opens into a partitioned part of the same run as the hens. The hens roam when I am home, and I let them out as soon as I get home from work. So, they have been living near each other...
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    Putting the girls into their new hen house-HELP!

    Your coop is absolutely gorgeous!
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    I knew this day would come.

    Thanks everyone!
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    I knew this day would come.

    The chickens have taken over. They have become my favorite pets. To the dismay of many, they come up in conversation constantly. All 19 of them have names. I'm getting fertile eggs for my broody broad Henrietta to sit on. My coop gets a thorough cleaning more often than my home. And now I'm up...
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