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Sorry for your poor ugly duckling… maybe that's his/her future as the farm outcast, until he/she gets old enough for you to introduce a mate. You just may have to let the gosling free-range and have its own little kennel at night, and let it see but not contact the bully birds. Good luck!

I 've read for a couple years now that Oxine in the water prevents a variety of diseases as well as keeps down the bio-slime, plus used in a fogger disinfects coops and even cures some respiratory ailments… google it. 200x stronger than bleach and biodegrades to ordinary table salt… I never got...

Well, I'd rather err on the side of caution b/c my kids eat these eggs as well… so rather than test every bird and spend $ out the wazoo, wouldn't it be practical to go a round of a specific antibiotic to be sure there isn't a problem, especially while the older hens are not laying again yet and...

OK, Thank you- that sounds like good common sense prevention. Now, is there a way to tell if they already have it in their systems and is there a preventative antibiotic that would eradicate the salmonella if it is present? I realize that hens eat gross things all the time if they have the...

With the big egg recall in America and worries about salmonella infecting hens and eggs, is there a way to make sure any rodents who sneak into the hen house (and leave droppings) don't spread this to the hens and the eggs? I'm sure hens being hens, they have ingested at least some rat droppings...

Sorry about your hen; I too lost a pullet very quickly within a day, and I'd like to hear member feedback on this.

Quote: I tought you said only Two?? Sorry for the confusion! SIX hatched, Kathy in NY wants at least TWO for herself! The others need loving homes (not on the rotisserie), still need help with that. I really didn't think you'd be game to take ALL of them with you, considering the size they'll...

Chickeepoo here in Orlando… with 2 Production Reds, 1 Lt Brahma, 1 Cuckoo Maran, 1 RLB Wyandotte Splash, 1 Ameracuana, & 1 Black Cooper Maran… and still have 6 muscovy ducklings looking to get to NY!

Quote: You took the words right out of my mouth, er… keyboard! Thank goodness the chickies survived this shipping ordeal! So memo me- if I EVER ship anything live, make it Monday on a non-holiday week and mark LIVE on everything!

May have to "advertise" this monthly destination thread more somehow… I'm not sure everyone knows about it.

Crop impaction surgery is an option- there are several threads and advice on the subject, some with reference photos. My husband did the surgery on one of our hens in February and she was fine, healed without any infection and went back to laying after 2 weeks. I did post about it and how it...

My 2.5 yr/old PR hen that molted in January/February (and then had to have crop surgery for other reasons) went back to laying within 2 weeks and seemed normal; now she has stopped laying for about 2 weeks and is beginning to molt again. It's been horrendously hot here in FL, so I figured she...

My Production Reds from the feed store are now pretty large and don't have any white on them, and I thought for a while that they were RIR's … one thing about them though is they tend more toward cannibalism/feather picking, at the least, if they don't get enough protein in their diet. I add...

I'm not sure if a little sugar in her water would hurt her or give her energy and buy her time, but I'd go down to the Ducks topic heading below the main ones and try to talk with some experienced people about your duckling. I hope you can find something quickly to do to help him/her- Good luck...

I don't know. I don't think it's a coincidence that you have 2 now with the same symptoms- I'd take her along in a different crate tomorrow. Let us know what you find

I've been using 1/2 tsp per gallon when I use the Duramycin so it looks like light lemonade- but I'm sure it doesn't taste like it… My birds went through fowl pox when they were about 5 months old, I think- it did take about a month or so for them to heal from all the little scabs and marks...

Sending hugs and good wishes to you and yours… including chickies!

It's been a week since ducklings started arriving, and all 6 are healthy, happy little peepers! They're growing like weeds and running from end to end of their brooder, ready to take on the world… Bring it on!

How sweet! Always glad to hear we have spousal backup on the plans we hatch! that's TWU WUV…

I'm sorry for your hen and for you I'm not sure what she has if anything, but the last time I had a hen with serious problems was a 6-mo old Buff Orp who stopped aiming correctly for her food and whose vision seemed to be fading. 2 others from the same group died previously no matter what we...