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    how many quail for family of 4

    Hi Kenman! Great answer to help a beginner. More and more ppl seem to be interested in raising quail. For myself, I've moved into a small in town house yard not really big enough for chickens plus I can keep the quail isolated from any wild birds. My small Texas town, was going to make me have...
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    Anyone try to return Producers Pride feed?

    What did you do differently to get all your birds to lay today?
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    Anyone try to return Producers Pride feed?

    Well, I'm not saying it's not the feed altough they did eat some of what I put in their feeder today along with the bugs and weeds they found. AND lesson learned from all this, I am going to start purchasing at our local mill from now on, and purchasing 20% which I don't think my TSC layer feed...
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    Anyone try to return Producers Pride feed?

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    Anyone try to return Producers Pride feed?

    Nope, I looked again and just have an unopened bag of scratch. I'll use it eventually. Meanwhile, I was down to a single lady laying a single egg daily out of four hens. At my wits end, I decided to open up the barn and run door and let them free range the 1/3rd acre of trees with about a 8 inch...
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    My (quite short) TSC feed experiment.

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    Anyone try to return Producers Pride feed?

    I buy my feed from TSC. All 4 hens were laying and then 1 stopped, a few weeks later only 1 is laying. I'm looking for my receipt to return a 50 pound bag. It's got me scared. They're still eating it, but dang.
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    Very helpful. Thank you. It was such a nice day today and the leaves have fallen in the back that I allowed her to free range. She's not hard to catch now and I want her to at least enjoy her final days. I may try that amox and thanks for the website.
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    Thank you for responding.
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    The neck is hanging but not full looking. An inspection inside the beak showed no sour or impacted food. She is still weak. She is still separated in a cage and being fed and watered daily with clean water, nothing added and she is eating. I did offer to let her out and she did fly out for a few...
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    Yes, she's still hanging in there in her own separate cage in the barn. I've given up on adding stuff to her water. I was thinking of maybe an antibiotic tho. There are no vets that take chickens around here, but I really would like to determine what's ailing her.
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    Help! How do I keep rat snakes out of my coop?

    To be honest, I had a rat snake last Spring. My rooster and chickens had him cornered and rolled up in a ball protecting his head. I don't kill snakes, so I called a guy who came and picked him up. Since then the rats have multiplied. I just texted the "snake guy" to bring him or one of his...
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    Yep, I was able to borrow a good sized cage from a neighbor, and she was much happier to be protected from the others. Yesterday, I had a man building another pen inside the barn for baby chicks, and he set her cage on the ground. When I came in later that day, the others were around the cage...
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    OK, thank you. She has to stay isolated from the others b/c they seem to want to pick on her, which is new and they've been together for a year. I'll see how it goes. Again, thanks so much!
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    That was an interesting video and I bet it's a damaged air sack. Still not sure about expirating b/c she's a full grown not hand raised hen, but I have a neighbor that could help me hold her. I'm going to take the photo to the vet and see what he has to say. Don't want to pay the $60. to bring...
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    That is a possibility. The swelling is not filled with puss, but may be air. She is the outlier who lays green eggs rather than the brown Australorpe eggs. She has gotten along well for the year I've had them, but she was definitely trying to avoid the other 2 hens and roo since the...
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    Is this Avian Goiter? PHOTO

    My hen began self isolating a few weeks ago. I borrowed a neighbor's cage and isolated her in the barn. She eats well and acts normal, quit laying, which is not normal for an Australorpe. First week, I gave her 10 iodine drops in her 7 quart water. That did no good. Second week when I freshened...
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    Black Australorps broody

    How many brooder boxes do you have. I've got 3 hens and a roo. They all use the deep hay filled dresser drawer nailed inside the barn wall, but none have gone broody. Purchased as pullets in November. Laying regularly one egg each daily, so thinking of incubator. Maybe they just like it very...
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    Black Australorps broody

    I got 3 Australorpe hens and a roo in fall 2020. They were pullets. Have them in a very large (for chickens) barn and run. Once they began to lay, they have laid one egg each per day even during the great Texas freeze, but none have really gone broody. I'm fixin' to incubate b/c I have so much...
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    What greens do you grow to feed your chickens?

    Oh, I see. It grows in the wild. Yes, I too am looking forward to the change of years...
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