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    Rooster Help!

    i really need advice please!!
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    Rooster Help!

    So 5yrs ago I got two chickens, 1 bantam barred rock rooster who grew up to be gentle as a lamb and then 1 bantam barred rock hen who was a bit flighty but bestfriends with the hen. I went off to college and their area was then very condensed and a lady took care of them. Then last year out of...
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    Clipping spurs on rooster???

    how do you know what is to far? is it nessecary? i didnt want too cuz he is not violent or feisty at all but their sooo long and it looks like some of it is peelin now...
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    Clipping spurs on rooster???

    Hi! Well its been awhile since I've moved off to college, but I came back and realized I've never clipped my roosters spurs becuz he's so calm but i think becuz their so long their peelin now and im thinkin its time to clip them.... how do i do this??? i need to do this tomorrow, i heard if you...
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    Help! I wanna know if petspick pine is ok!

    Howdy, I didnt realize i had no more straw for their bedding so i just put in pine bedding which i used when they were babies, however i couldnt find kaytee so i used petspick pine bedding, not thier cedar. Is this ok for them, it seems in different form..I dont want them to die please their in...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    jesterseye, my condolences to you and your chicken family. I have no idea how it would feel, but I praise the Almighty that He delievered my rooster everyday! speaking of which, i don't know if he is jsut comin off of his sickness and tommorrow it will be 3 weeks since he's been sick but only 1...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    Jesterseye, how is your girl pearl doing? Massala update: i am still force feeding him vitamins, giving him yogurt and yolk but his appetite is back, he is crowing.feister already, his color is back! and he has gained most of his weight back!!!!!!! i still feel his breast bone but he has gained...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    newer update: and his color is back and he's eatinng as much as our hen! he is piggin out!!!woohoo!!!! threehorses,jesterseye, and eggsforsale: I CANNOT thank you enough for all your help! I believe my rooster is on the way to his own self! If there is anything i can do to show my...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    jesterseye, i am so so sorry. and plz pardon my next comment i don not mean to overlook this tradegy... Massala update: HE CROWED!!!! I almost cried when he crowed this morning like ten times, my sister said she thought she heard him trying last night when i was away but wasn't sure but this...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    threehorses, i just put wazine in their water now, so i just dewormed him......um i have been feeding him parrot formula with the vitamins and and yolk and yogurt..seems his appetite is better.looks a little perkier... but please know i am tryin to follow yalls instructions as best as possible...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    jesterseye so sorry about your girl pearl! my prayers are with urs as they are with my boy massala... Massala update: Yesterday was a great day but as i said it is a day to day basis, yesterday was great today is ok.... he pooped that long strand of poop again but this time it took him a...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    jesterseye, i am so sorry! I am glad to hear about ur cobalt but sorry about your hen, not fun Uh! thats a great idea thank u I shall try that.... Massala Update: thank u for asking! yesterday seemed a like a big set back, he was sulking and pale and just wasn't happy, even my fathr who is...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    ok, color better but he is still hunching and sulking...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    Massala update: Ok so a part of me wanted to believe he was getting better, his color looked a little better he seemed a little perkier but then today came and he was sulking alot in the corner. He doesn't sleep in the perch still, no crowing, and he hunches alot. then tonight after giving him...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    good for you jesterseye about cobalt! i wish the best of luck to yall! Thanks for inquiring about his health again: I want to be honest but I wanna hope at the same time. I feel he is not getting any worst. his color has been returning a little bit, when i fed him yolk and yogurt today he ate...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    ok thanks threeehorses, sorry i have not updated but there has not been almost any change at all, i wanna believe his color is coming back but i am to scared to hope for the best..his weight still bothers me, we are still force feeding hims polvisol...aagain thanks yal for ya help.
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    massala update: nothing new...thanks so much. i'm thinking if he aint fine by monday i will call the local vets and see if they do chickens..... the hen started eating the formula and i saw him pickin at it a bit, have to force feed his polyvisol now, but the hen is addicted still. still...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    ok well i talked to the guy at the store and he said that he would go ahead and deworm him anyways with wazine...do i have the go ahead? couldn't find any nutri-drench.... also when i was at the store....i got some things 1.parrot fumula -which neither one will eat. 2. a vitamin called...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    ok again thanks for yalls help, i am going out to get some more straw for thier bedding, and check on my supplies list. yes he has lsot weight,lots. i dewormed them in october last year but i thought i should wait to see if he gets better to deworm him again,yes or no? also their poop is...
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    HELP!!!!!!!! I Think Barred Rock Roo Sick!!!!Plz any Advice!!!!!!!

    ok hmm, its just hard becuz he is a bantam and he has such a small beak that i don't know how to force feed him... Massala update: ok well just gave him some more yogurt which he ate but he attacked the yoke, he loves that! where would i get this Nutri-drench? his black spot seems a little...
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