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  1. Garden Peas

    Rest in Peace, George. You will be sorely missed. God bless you for all you've done and for...

    Rest in Peace, George. You will be sorely missed. God bless you for all you've done and for your generous spirit. We'll never forget you! Garden Peas/lhROW
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    Slipped tendon in 4 month old

    Kathy, my phone having fits tonight. I wrote some more, really explicit instructions on that guinea keet's thread this afternoon. Can you import somehow? Thanks, phone is impossible, arghhh!
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    And please let us know how it comes out! (Hope you don't get pulled over on the way - boy would that make a hilarious keet-tale, lol.)
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    Sigh. Just looked back over what I wrote and saw you are going to vet - that went up while I was writing a book for you. Good luck!
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    Keet won't be very happy with you or the universe when splint first goes on. Make sure it gets plenty of rest so it can heal, and it will increase its activity level when it is ready. Also, when you put the splint on the actual keet, try to see that the tendon is in place if you can. It's hard...
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    The keet is likely to initially have difficulty getting up and down Werth the splint (the leg will not bend), but should figure out how to manage. get a baseline weight before you start, and again after you put the splint on. So you can make sure it's getting adequate food/fluids. Kathy can help...
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    Once you have practiced on a straw or some other household object to get the hang of it, you can do your bird. I would practice as many times as it took to get comfortable before I did the bird - I found out the hard way that too much/too many things takes skin off, which then also had to be...
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    Practice on a slightly bent straw. Put a wide piece of cloth tape sticky side up on the table. (You may have to hold it in place with a dab of tape. Lay the slightly bent straw along the center of the wide cloth tape. It will look a little like the flap on an envelope, a long, flat "v" with the...
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    @charid use your vet wrap around the keet's wings so it doesn't flap around and fight you. That usually quiets the bird, and regardless, allows you to get a decent grasp on it.
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    Hi @charid, it's hard, I know. {Hugs} Seriously, you can do this by yourself, it's just gonna take an extra dose of patience. First, make sure you have all your stuff, including wide cloth (white medical tape) in both 1" and 1/2" widths, even wider if you can find it. I like the breathable...
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    Meds being taken off the shelf in 2017

    Just teasing you a little @Birdrain92, we all know you are working hard and you've been tremendously persistent! As @barkerg said, we get a kick out of watching your hard work and devotion to your birds... Not that common these days. Keep up the good work and hang in there!!!
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    @charid, forget the sling!!! I said that in my first post!!! The flat taping technique that the vet used on my peachick and that I used on another peachick this year, works well. There's photos and a detailed explanation of how to do it. You can try alternate methods, but I didn't have success...
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    Meds being taken off the shelf in 2017

    x2, you betcha! Can't wait... Hurry up!!! Hey, will you remember us when you're famous? :yiipchick
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    Meds being taken off the shelf in 2017

    Hmmm, where to start? Do you get the difference between viruses and bacteria? And between bacteria and parasites? And protozoa? Then you can look at different kinds of bacteria... We'll all be in grad school with you before any of us know it :lau Meanwhile, I'm having to learn all the...
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    hock joint injury to keet..hugging left leg to body

    I think you can still fix it. But he's probably got a lot of swelling. I took mine to a vet after my first tries at home doctoring didn't work, and I learned enough about how to fix it to have been well worth the cost. Went to a vet who had never treated a peafowl before, and had never treated...
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    BS Bronze Genetics Question

    Good plan! Only thing I would add is, go over the hens with a fine tooth comb! Check body condition (feel their keels & get a baseline weight), look for lice and treat for external parasites, do a five day worming with fenbendazole if you haven't yet. Check their poo and make sure it is...
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    Meds being taken off the shelf in 2017

    Sadly, that's a simple solution, but not necessarily a good one... liable to lead you to some wrong conclusions. Don't focus on the injection part. Think about what the meds actually are (read up on classes of drugs and how they work/what they treat) and you will have a much clearer grasp of the...
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    A new member from Montana!

    Gerald, you are so right! I find I am even more frequently out of pens to put them in.. :lau
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    Mini advanced Brinsea incubator

    Hi @shauntell79 , hatching is part-science & part art/experience ... and part luck It's a bit traumatic if you have a soft heart... you have to be emotionally able to endure some losses, sad as that is. The good news is that chickens are easier than peas for beginners. Also, if you read very...
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    New Mexico

    Thanks! (I am still in shock!)
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