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  1. Karien

    Breed & sex?

    I think it’s also the breed, I’ve heard that commercial layer roosters are often more aggressive, which was what I had first. The last one was really bad against the hens too, he pecked them and many had bald spots. He did sort of accept me as in charge but would Attack my kids. I have another...
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    Breed & sex?

    I Guess I don’t even know if he’s a pure breed... the feathers by the tail are an iridescent green-black. It’s indeed very gorgeous. The good thing is that if it keeps this sweet disposition we can keep it, all my other roosters so far were vile creatures that attacked me from the back
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    Breed & sex?

    hi, I have this chicken, it’s about 4 months old and I’m not sure of its sex. Since I don’t know the breed I have nothing to compare it to. All I know is that it came from an egg imported from Australia. To me initially it seems like a rooster. Comb came in early and red. Neck and hackle...
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    Coccidiosis - medicate or not

    Hi, I have 5 chicks, 4 aged around 4 weeks, 1 a bit older. Earlier this week that all started to have (very) bloody poo, and of course I was worried and had a poo test done. Vet confirmed they had coccidiosis, which did not surprise me as my older hens have had it too. I had just put them in...
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    Fairy egg with 'tail'
  6. Karien

    Topic of the Week - When eggs go wrong

    File-14-6 by Karien posted Sep 18, 2017 at 5:02 PM I have a pullet that has just started laying, quote old already actually, as my others started around 5-6 months and this one is 8-9 months already. I have been getting several fairy eggs for weeks, and I'm suspecting it's her. My others had...
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    Brooder needed in hot climate?

    Hi, I have chicks hatching today in an incubator. Where I live the temperature is around 30 degrees. I have had 2 week old chicks before and they were fine without heat, but now I am thinking about the few days old ones. The guy where I rented to incubator said not to worry... (but I do) How...
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    Rescued chicks with limp/ balance issues

    Hi, I was given two chicks a few days ago (they look 3-4 weeks old to me, but guy who gave them to me says they are older, but not sure he knows) to adopt/ rescue. They have been hatched in a primary school in a science project, but they had no need for the chicks. They came to me in a not too...
  9. Karien

    Introducing chicks in the run after deadly infection

    This was the python: http://www.bedu-mama.com/2015/06/trouble-in-paradise.html
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    Introducing chicks in the run after deadly infection

    For who likes to see more of our jungle chickens, and an update: http://www.bedu-mama.com/2016/02/the-hassle-with-hens.html
  11. Karien

    How to get rid of bacterial infections?

    I gave the antibiotic but it did not do much. She still has little/ no appetite and is losing weight. Behaviour and poo look normal. Could it not have worked? Or is is a virus or something else?
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    Introducing chicks in the run after deadly infection

    Thanks all. We have given an antibiotic to the pullet, but her appetite has not improved, she has lost weight since last week unfortunately... It makes me think it is not bacterial. even though the stool sample did show pathogenic bacteria... Her poo and behaviour are still normal...
  13. Karien

    How to get rid of bacterial infections?

    Hi, I have had a nasty episode in my outside run, a python came and killed two hens (there was a small hole in the night coop, still baffles me how a 3 meter python squeezes through a 3 cm hole, but anyway, it happened). Two days later one of the surviving hens got ill, yellow/ green poo and...
  14. Karien

    Introducing chicks in the run after deadly infection

    Hi, I have had a nasty episode in my outside run, a python came and killed two hens (there was a small hole in the night coop, still baffles me how a 3 meter python squeezes through a 3 cm hole, but anyway, it happened, hole is now closed). Two days later one of the surviving hens got ill...
  15. Karien

    Disinfecting the Run Grounds

    Hi, I realise this is an old post, but still, I thought I'd chip in. I am also thinking about disinfecting the run ground. Reason is I recently lost several hens to something, an infection that literally killed them in days. On the one survivor I did a stool test, it showed no worms or...
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