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    Have you been on a cruise while pregnant?

    Coming from someone with three pregnancies where I was nauseous from the time I woke up til I went to bed, to me it's completely understandable that a vacation at this time would not be enjoyable or fun or relaxing, in fact, it sounds pretty bad. Plus there is always that fear of what if...
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    Watching Hunger Hits Home

    Reading some of the comments on this post really is like pouring salt on the wound. You have no idea what people are going through and how they have ended up in the position they are. Life is going along pretty well and BAM. Husband leaves you and now your raising three kids by yourself...
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    Apples? Anyone

    I live more towards Rochester (about 1/2 hour west of it), 31 the main road through Lockport, also goes through the tiny town I live in! The route along Route 104 and surrounding area has a lot of apple orchards in Orleans & Niagara Counties. Let me get a list of websites together for some of...
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    Apples? Anyone

    I live in upstate NY, about 1 1/4 hours east of Buffalo near Lake Ontario. It' is awesome apple growing country up here! There are so many family owned farms in this area that grow apples, you can't go 2 miles down the road without a farm market or roadside stand- and they all grown different...
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    suggestions for a muddy run??

    limestone works too, can rake it easily to clean up.
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    Targeted worming of poultry- best way to gather fecal sample from large flock?

    I would take a sample of feces from multiples places and turn in one or two "bags" for testing. This will give you a better "true picture" of what is going on with your flock. This also increases the likelihood that you will find a sample from bird that is actively shedding parasite eggs...
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    Agriculture dept... Mail with threat

    Some people can, for sure. But I am making an educated guess that many poultry owners (or any other animal, not specific to chickens) do not have a 100% firm grasp on all the ins and outs of many diseases, how they spread, life cycles of hosts which case infections, etc. Just look at the...
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    Agriculture dept... Mail with threat

    The premise behind all these government run programs, permits, testing, etc are to help protect us. They are all about disease prevention and tracking. Our entire world is so interconnected now, there is the potential for a huge outbreak of disease and devastation to occur. As a animal...
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    Transporting chicks to another state.... Might hit a sore spot

    You need to contact the state veterinarian for the state you are traveling to. Testing requirements vary by state.
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    Info overload re: using antibiotics

    I'm not an expert on the topic, but I am not so sure you will visually be able to see the worms. They start out life in the intestines, but then travel to the trachea. It's been several years since I've seen a bird with this, but the open mouth, neck stretched out, difficulty breathing is a...
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    Info overload re: using antibiotics

    Gapeworm may be a possibility, the symptoms sound similar to what you are seeing.
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    Can us people buy uk eggs & just have them shipped?

    I worked in the zoo world as a Registrar (animal records, permits, etc) for many years. Dealing with permits (whether state, federal, or international) was the most challenging, hair pulling event at times! You cannot legally import or export eggs or live birds without permits. Just as a...
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    Could a Screech Owl Kill a Chicken?

    Screech Owls are very small, and definitely cannot kill an adult chicken. They are also nocturnal.
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    Worming confusion.

    Just remember with a fecal a negative result just means that they are not shedding eggs at the time that float was done. If 2 weeks later you are at a different point the life cycle of the parasite, that can be now be shedding eggs, and it will show up positive. Just keep in mind one negative...
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    Worming confusion.

    De-worming is confusing, and there is more than one way to go about it and multiple drugs you can use. I am not trying to sound rude at all, but I have read some posts on this website that make me cringe- biologically they are completely inaccurate. I'm certainly NOT a veterinarian, but have...
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    Worming confusion.

    Just a thought if you need to give an oral de-wormer to birds individually. I worked at a zoo and I de-wormed our poultry on a monthly basis as parasite control rotating ivermectin and pyrantel pamoate. Trying to speed up the process for myself, I found that for some birds that are not easy to...
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    Anybody good at identifyling birds of prey? Pic included.

    A description from Cornell University of immature northern goshawk says, "Immature Description Brown above and heavily streaked below. Back with some white or cinnamon streaks and white spots. Tail dark brown with jagged dark bars. Underparts whitish with broad dark brown streaks. Pale eyebrow...
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    What about transporting chickens across state lines?

    I've worked as a Zoo Registrar and delt a lot with shipping animals for a zoo for 12 years, and every state has different USDA regulations for their requirements for entering their state. Poultry are high on their priority lists for regulation. The regulations that pigs & peeps posted was...
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    Greetings western New York!!

    Hello to all! Thought I'd introduce myself a bit! I'm from western New York (about an hour east of Buffalo) and have been a zookeeper for 12 years. I quit the field this summer due to family demands & relocating back to my hometown (I have three boys, the oldest is 8 and youngest is 17...
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