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    Why are people feeding birds yogurt?

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=17054&p=1
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    Mod Question?! Now getting multiple chicken related spam........

    http://backyardchickens.com/2010/02/26/removing-fat-and-cholesterol-from-chicken/#comment-117 My comment on this persons "invite" to view blog... "member" has never posted and so I interpret this invite as spam and said so on their blog (I imagine my comment will be removed). One option to...
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    VirkonS - anyone use this? Talk to me about it!

    As virkon first needs dilution there is always a risk from the powder concentrate ... safety equipment is advised because of this > Corrosive statement refers to powder only not in use solution. (see link below) The solution is only corrosive to metal (maximum contact time is ten minutes >...
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    Hen's Comb is chapped, not laying and white on the head

    Basic support measures can make ALL the difference.... first bring her in (as long as she is using her limitedresources to keep warm she has nothing left over to address getting better). GET A GOOD SUPPLEMENT like AviaCharge 2000(available for purchase online from McMurry or Strombergs > it is a...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    Please review info I have collected on these neurological symptoms (by no menas complete) There is no cure for cancer though because it is a viral cancer some do seem to recover but are carriers (shedding in dander etc.). IF they have it... there are several causes of these symptoms...
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    Does anyone recognize this toy from the 70's-80's? PIC, I'm desperate!

    from the pic you posted it looks like this: http://www.earthling.com/10762/PictPage/1922846406.html
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    Temp for a still air versus a forced air

    This should help you http://www.clemson.edu/psapublishing/PAGES/ADVS/EC530.PDF (scroll down and click the info you need in the menu to the left)
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    Lost all my Orpingtons

    Cara... I am without words. I am soooo devastated for you. (((hugs)))) Diana
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    Keeping Kitty Off Counters, Etc.

    But the little punks knock my tools and things off, and then get them lost or carry them off! So how do I keep them off? SHUT THE DOOR
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    Accidental injection of fluid into lungs

    Quote: Ditto. Please see here for more tchnical info on rehydration http://www.ivis.org/advances/harrison_2/chap15.pdf
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    Help! Sick new chick!

    oh! the chickie looks better than the mental image I had from your description. Danone live culture non-flavored or other certified live culture yogurt. Once it gets a taste for it sprinkle its crumbles on top /then to the side to encourage it to eat. As for the feet , you need to get...
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    Help! Sick new chick!

    You should dribble water with electrolytes in it along its beak... get proper poultry electrolytes from your feed store (durvet is a common brand) as this will have addition vitamins in with it. Hopefully there is no internal damage and it will recover. If it is not eating try a bit of live...
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    Chickens laying too soon; 2 dead already - Please Help

    Quote: I posted previously: ... when I found them, just still with their head tucked under their wing. They would open their eyes if you moved them, but would not do anything but sit their in that same position until they died about six hours later... and ...She just stood there as I picked...
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    Peafowl Temp outside.. will the by ok in 28 degree temps..

    I worry more about the radical fluctuations than the cold temperatures themselves.
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    Chickens laying too soon; 2 dead already - Please Help

    Have you seen neurological symptoms making you ask this (or their neck hanging down) Often a water source is the culprit with botulism (or access to a compost heap) Here is info: http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/205400.htm
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    Stranded......in the snow.....coldest night, 14C!Stupid chickens!!

    Some of my older girls are having problem with the temps/snow... I have put out a kitty litter box (lined with newspaper and shavings with a bowl of feed in it for them... the silly things with hunker down in the snow otherwise and become hypothermic! Perhaps you could coax them inside a similar...
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    Chicken hasen't walked in 6 days! Please Help!

    Separate her to a place that limits movement and set her feed and water close so she doesnt have to walk to get to it.
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    Chickens laying too soon; 2 dead already - Please Help

    Quote: We are currently feeding a 16% laying mash with a little grit and oyster shell, as well as a mixture of 1/2-1/2 hen scratch and wheat. Yes, they were fed in a step up method: starter-grower-layer with high quality feed. There is no way they could have been exposed to anything toxic...
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    Egg in leg????

    Forward him link to this thread also
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    Egg in leg????

    Do you have snakes there? If it is abscess material then you can excise it (jut as you do with bumblefoot) but if it is the musculature (or bone even) that is inflamed then you have a problem > it might be a combo of both even (tumor/oncological considerations aside) If it were me I would be on...
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