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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    Just wrap them in a mesh onion bag, maybe?
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    Hen throwing up clear brownish liquid

    Thanks to all! Myrtle has always had an issue with impacted crop, starting the day after she was born/delivered(by the mail man). She and Prudence are two years old and we are in the process of integrating them with the three new girlies(14 week olds). So, it could easily be an...
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    Hen throwing up clear brownish liquid

    Sorry if this is a common question being asked for the millionth time, but I'm kind of too panicked to read through previous posts. I just went out to talk to my girls, and Myrtle (2yr old DLB) just threw up about a table spoon of a clear brownish liquid....(WARNING: kinda gross) that she very...
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    Ten day old Barnevelder with impacted crop.

    Thanks! Here's hoping she clears out soon! One thing's for sure, she'll be well used to being handled. mm
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    Ten day old Barnevelder with impacted crop.

    I've tried the dropper of water, with apple cider vinegar in it, and I've tried massaging the crop. I gave them all access to a piece of bread with olive oil on it, but all that did was give them a skating rink to slip around on. If you are dosing with olive oil, what amount are we talking...
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    Ten day old Barnevelder with impacted crop.

    Our ten day old Double Laced Barnevelder has a very distended crop...you can see the veins in her very tightly stretched skin. I have not witnessed her pooping today. I have been giving her 10ml droppers of water 3 to 5 times a day, and I have been removing the feeder at night, to prevent her...
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    Comment by 'maizy'smom' in article '"Trouble" in our Flock'

    Very cute story! Thanks for sharing!
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    And then there was one.....

    All good things to consider.....a lot depends, too, on how quickly we can construct the proposed "batting cage" structure. I think adding anybody new and keeping them cooped up would be asking for a different kind of problem. Argh! Decisions! mm
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    And then there was one.....

    All of my girls were "born" in May, 2011, so Agnes is about four and a half. We do have the three new chicks on order for this coming May, and our coop is really built for about four standard sized hens. I'm torn at the moment between the ultimate capacity of the coop, and Agnes being an only...
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    And then there was one.....

    That's it exactly. Agnes is very social...of my original five girls, she has always been the most engaging. Not cuddly so much as demanding. She has always been the spokes-person for the group, the social director, the bossy one. We've been thinking of getting her a mirror, like a parakeet...and...
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    And then there was one.....

    Yesterday, the hawk that killed my BLRW on Dec. 5th returned...and killed my BO. Which means my JG, Agnes, is now an only child. My question to you folks today is two-fold: First: Has anyone had any success with a deer-type mesh, batting cage kind of enclosure? If so, how hefty a mesh is...
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    What is going on with our sparrow population?

    Thanks so much, emmaie! That is pretty much the conclusion I have come to as well. I had a further conversation with the Animal Control Officer today, and he said almost exactly the same thing. We humans have been upping our bug spray usage, and until today's rain (3 ins. and counting) we were...
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    What is going on with our sparrow population?

    Wow! Thanks! These are great references. I'm still not clear though on how contagious it is to other creatures. For example: just this evening, our cat decided it would be fun to burst through the sliding screen door, grab one of the affected sparrows, and bring it back in to my kitchen and...
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    What is going on with our sparrow population?

    Sooooo..... I've had a conversation with the Animal Control Officer from the township where I work. I asked him if he knew of any reason why we should have had as many sparrow deaths in the last five or six weeks, and he said, "Yes. It's West Nile Virus." With that said, does any one know what...
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    What is going on with our sparrow population?

    Oooh! That's a great idea! I wonder what that kind of thing costs.... Well, I'm off to do some research!
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    What is going on with our sparrow population?

    Hello folks, I will start by saying that I haven't been on BYC for quite a while. I thought that that was a good thing....our three hens are now four years old....we've survived doing bumble-foot surgeries....we were kind of on a smooth-sailing plateau....until this question came up...
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