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[Sunny Side Up]

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I've tried this and had my birds gobble up the seed like candy. It's better to grow it in shallow trays that you can then set in their pen when the grass has grown to a few inches high. Does rye grass has any special nutrients that make it worth the effort to grow for them? Otherwise you could just pull weeds or cut vines to give them greens to eat. Or plant things just outside the fence of the pen that they can nibble without completely devouring.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

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I am so sorry for you! Will keep my eye out..I swear, people never cease to amaze me!

 

[pat1297]

I am in Orange Park, just outside Jax and have a small dog and 6 free range hens. What is it you need?

 

[Thundrr-Chicken]

is anyone interested in a buff brahma bantam boy? ... eventually he's going to have to go ... i cant have any crowing here... he's gorgeous

 

[Nava]

 

[Thundrr-Chicken]

i have 4 large fowl buff brahmas to go as well... dont know their gender yet... i think they are 6 weeks old now.. anyone interested?

 

[HathawayHens]

Hey all... does anyone know if I can get a fowl pox vaccine anywhere in central Florida? My birds seem to have come down with it (mosquitos, perhaps? there are lots of them in the coop) and I was hoping to keep the younger birds from catching it. Thanks for any leads!

 

[Sunny Side Up]

My feed store here in western West Palm Beach has a vaccine, I don't know what it's called or how much it costs. It may be worth the expense & the effort. However, I rarely do anything to prevent or treat Fowl Pox with my birds and they all usually get over it all by themselves and make a lifelong immunity to it for the rest of their lives. It's always the young birds who are affected here, the older ones have already been exposed to or had it, and are now immune.

The wet form of the Pox can cause more harm, and sometimes they can be disfigured by the dry form. I have a neat little Dutch Bantam roo who lost a few points off his comb due to Fowl Pox. I don't think there was anything I could have done to prevent that except maybe to have vaccinated him when he was younger.

There's a lady who runs our Chicken Club who has been keeping chickens forever, she always says to put liquid black shoe polish on the lesions on the combs & wattles. It won't prevent them from occuring, but I guess it helps them to heal. I did put the polish on that little roo's comb but he still lost the points.

Check with your feed store or vet supply place to see if they carry the vaccine. I wish you & your birds well!

 

[HathawayHens]

OK, thanks. So far it seems like the dry form, but I am so upset... lol. It's like the kids have chicken pox or something!

 

[pamcpitts]

Pam Pitts West Palm Beach