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  1. lauranickerson

    My Poultry Adventure

    My Leghorn was acting a little strange today, like it was breathing hard and it's comb was really dark red. I panicked and called a vet that I heard dealt with chickens. I took her there, and all they said was she had an impacted crop. I feed my chickens a mix of cracked corn, sunflower seeds...
  2. lauranickerson

    My Poultry Adventure

    Right now I have 21 chickens and 4 ducks in my 10'x8' coop (with plenty of roosting space to spare) and they are free range all day on 16 acres. The 2nd oldest flock (16 chicks) from March is now in part of the coop fenced off under the nesting boxes (which are about countertop level and up)...
  3. lauranickerson

    My Poultry Adventure

    Thank you both for your kind works and advice. That's my thought, too on the vet bills. As much as I would LOVE to treat them the way a vet would, I just can't afford it, nor can I afford a necropsy. MSU here charges something like $80-$150, and I definitely don't have that, especially when...
  4. lauranickerson

    My Poultry Adventure

    Thank you for your reply. The ones I just couldn't bring myself to cull are the ones that have given me no trouble, but probably are carriers of the disease (if that's even what this is). Quite a few are ones that I could probably do without, though it would be tough to pull the plug on them...
  5. lauranickerson

    My Poultry Adventure

    I'm in a *mood* today, and it's causing me to use BYC as my very own diary. If you have any advice or encouragement, throw it at me. I'm kind of in the dumps about my flock right now. So I've had chickens since March last year (2013). I absolutely LOVE it! Ask any of my friends and they will...
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