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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    She started laying beautiful blue eggs. Prairie Bluebell she is.
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    Flystrike - Check Those Vents In This Heat

    We had superb results by spraying cold water on them with a large syringe. The worms fled, the eggs were flushed right out. You don't want to soak your chicken in cold water, that's a shock, but a small directed spray of cold water shocks the worms and gives a bit of pain relief to the chicken.
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    Flystrike - Check Those Vents In This Heat

    Good news! One comment- be careful about using tweezers to remove the maggots, especially if they are alive. They bite on to the skin and tissue and hold on, so while removing the maggots you can unintentionally pull and tear the tissue, causing more damage.
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    Fly strike treatment with Cold Water, fast results

    I want to emphasize- we used a large (1" diameter) syringe and flushed the wound with cool water; you don't want to bathe or soak the chicken in cold water. It worked extremely well. We checked again every couple of hours, and by evening there was no sign of maggots or eggs. She was eating...
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    Silver Laced Wyandotte gender help

    And these three are Silver Laced Wyandottes pullets at 5 months.
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    Silver Laced Wyandotte gender help

    These are Columbian Wyandottes at 5-1/2 months, a roo and two pullets. I say yours is a pullet.
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    Same feather color, body build, leg color... that one looks a bit younger and has darker eyes, but very close. I think we have our answer, thanks everybody!
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    This feed store got Prairie Bluebells in the same shipment, the bins were 10 or 12 ft apart. We did get a couple Prairie Bluebells so I know she didn't come out of that bin, but it could easily have gotten crossed up
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    Yes, I see how she looks like a Whiting True Blue, but I checked, that breed is strictly from McMurray, she is from Hoover. Once she starts laying, if the eggs are blue we'll consider her an Easter Egger, although even if they are white or brown that doesn't rule it out. Do the white ears...
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    There is a beautiful iridescent sheen to her feathers, especially greens when the sun hits it.
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    Here's a view of her comb.
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    Local feed store that got them from Hoover's Hatchery. She was in a Mystic Onyx bin, we also got two Prairie Bluebells from a separate bin (but we lost one of them). Two days old when we got them, so I'm thinking the most likely is either a mixup at the hatchery, or, since the Mystic Onyx is a...
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    Fly strike treatment with Cold Water, fast results

    We didn't soak her in it, just flushed her vent.
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    What breed is she? Perhaps Australorp?

    Slick is 21 weeks old, and the feed store had her in a bin of Mystic Onyx. The other girl we got from that bin is definitely Mystic Onyx, this one doesn't meet the description. To me she looks like she could be an Astralorp; however, since Mystic Onyx is a new hybrid breed, perhaps she is just a...
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    Fly strike treatment with Cold Water, fast results

    We just spotted fly strike on one of our older hens. Isolated her and began treatment immediately. Washed her with warm saline water (epsom salt) and sprayed with betadine diluted in water. Then tried four times washing/flushing with the warm water solutions, as is recommended in a lot of...
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    April Fool's Day 2023 | Introducing TudyBOT - Our New AI BYC Member

    I recently acquired a European made VolareBOT, and it is programmed in the metric system. However, my coop is built in feet and inches. The BOT doesn't know how to convert, and constantly judges distances incorrectly, bumping into things and overreaching when trying to pick up or put down...
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    Sour crop and round worm treatment.

    She passed overnight. I only withheld food and water for the first 18 hours then she always had soft food and water with ACV and probiotics, but she barely partook.
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    Sour crop and round worm treatment.

    I was concerned about one of our 2 year old Wyandottes two days ago, picked her up and extremely smelly yellowish liquid started pouring out of her mouth. Carefully held her pointed somewhat down, and a good 3 to 4 ounces poured out. Definite sour crop indication. Immediately took her inside to...
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    Milky line in eye- cataract or something else? (photos)

    We think it was due to an injury, she probably fell and hit her eye. She adapted well and lived many years.
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    April Fools 2022 - Reserve Your New Username NOW!

    As long as you're noisy. We can't have Silence of the Queen Lambs here.
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