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PetRock said:
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Of course, we want to see pics!!!
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And here they are... 5 chocolate orps


And grumpy broody + 2 peepers


PLUS the pipper in the incubator hatched - a lemon cuckoo


Now I hope the rest of eggs get the memo...
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casportpony said:
Roundworms are really obvious during a necropsy, the others are easy to miss (at least for me they are, lol), if you're concerned, call the lab, speak to the pathologist and ask them if they look for capillary worms and cecal worms etc. I'm not positive, but I think if they open up a bird and find an obvious cause of death, like EYP, cancer ascites, they might not check all of the intestines, trachea, esophagus and crop for parasites. Like you, I've had several necropsies done and none have listed any parasites.

-Kathy
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I doubt they still have my last chicken but now I will know to request that look-see on the next one that dies. One died from tumors. So strange!
 
Regarding integrating birds................ During off season when I am not breeding I establish a "bachelor pad". I do this by using a large empty pen & take 3 or 4 roosters to it & then keep adding roosters until they are all in there together. It has not been "home" to any of them so no one in particular owns it. There may be a little squabbling but nothing serious & they all settle in there together. When breeding season nears I separate the same breed hens into pens & then go get their rooster & put him in there with them.
With chicks I have 4 brooders & by the time I hatch out the chicks for the 4th brooder at week intervals the 1st brooder chicks are ready for the grow out pens. I have mixed chicks of different ages if the size & ages are not too far apart. I watch for a short time to see how they mingle.
 
sewandgrow said:
Regarding integrating birds................ During off season when I am not breeding I establish a "bachelor pad". I do this by using a large empty pen & take 3 or 4 roosters to it & then keep adding roosters until they are all in there together. It has not been "home" to any of them so no one in particular owns it. There may be a little squabbling but nothing serious & they all settle in there together. When breeding season nears I separate the same breed hens into pens & then go get their rooster & put him in there with them.
With chicks I have 4 brooders & by the time I hatch out the chicks for the 4th brooder at week intervals the 1st brooder chicks are ready for the grow out pens. I have mixed chicks of different ages if the size & ages are not too far apart. I watch for a short time to see how they mingle.
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Does the bachelor pen need to be away from the hens? If the boys can see the girls, does it cause problems?
 
Audio51 said:
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That's the one. It seems random when they do it but maybe it's before or after laying and I just don't notice. :)

I love that sound, but not sure how my neighbors feel about it...
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I agree! Usually I think it's pretty funny, though when they do it for 10 minutes straight it starts to get a bit irritating ;)
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The show tomorrow in Red Bluff...Where is it? I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where in Red Bluff I'm supposed to go.
 

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