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    Mites, lice, chickens and goslings

    Hello, We have an infestation. Since DE did nothing, I am buying Elector PSP. I found someone I could buy dose from so I don't have to spend a huge chunk of money. I have 28 adult chickens, 12 8 week old chickens, 2 8 week old goslings. How many doses should I buy? I was thinking 3 so I can...
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    Help! My gosling injured her eye

    Please advise. My 4 week old gosling ran into chicken wire with her head and a wire got her eye. She is laying oddly and rubbing her head on her back periodically. What do we do?
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    Sweet hen turned aggressive and won't let others into lay

    Hello, My favorite hen has started to be very aggressive. Towards me and the other hens. We have 12 nesting boxes. She will attack other hens if they get into ANY of the boxes. Also, she fluffs up like a turkey when I walk in to collect eggs. She is staying in the coop, but not necessarily in...
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    Is my hen going to die?

    Hello. One of my hens has been sick for about 4 days. Not knowing what it was, I have done the following: 1. Fed her vitamins 2. Treated the whole flock for coccidiosis 3. Given her vetrx 4. Put DE in the coop 5. Electrolytes in the water with the corid 6. Hand fed her water twice a day 7...
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    Rooster stepped on sticky rat trap!

    Hello I went into the shed where we keep the chicken food and treats to heap treats. I left the door open on accident. My poor rooster went in and stepped on a sticky rat trap. He came running out with it on his foot! Poor thing! He is a mean rooster, so I gently went up behind him. I had a...
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    Salmon favorele?

    Hi Is this a salmon favorele? And is the second a blue red laced wyandotte? Thanks!
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    What breed is this cutie?

    Hi, The farm I got this one from said he isn't sure what she/he is. He said he got a bunch of random eggs from a farmer in Washington, and there were three he couldn't name. I also got two pretty Ameraucana chicks from him and 2 Rhode Island Whites. She is about 4 weeks old. Any help would be...
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    Black australorp pullet?

    I got this little girl at Wilco. The man told us it was a Black Australorp. But it has a very fluffy face. And her poor beak is deformed. Is she a Black Australorp? She is about 6 weeks old. Thanks!
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    Ok...help identify this

    Ok, everyone helped me so much with my last chick, I thought I would ask again for help. The pictures aren't great...they move around so much and it's cold and rainy, so it's harder to see them. #1 is this a orpington? #2 or is this the Orpington? If so, what is the one above? #3 No idea...
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    What breed of chick is this?

    Hello; Can someone help identify what breed if chick I have? Is it a silkie? It has fluffy feet like my other two, but that is where the similarities end. I got this cutie at Wilco with 3 other chicks. The guy that helped us did not know anything about chicks (I should have waited for the...
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    New member intro

    Hello! We started with 6 baby chicks last March. The house we bought already had a coop, so we went for it! We purchased RIRs. One ended up being a Roo, which is fine because we live outside city limits. This year we decided to add a few more to our flock. The chickens have been great for our...
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