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[mjgigax]

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Better living with electricity.

Since you know they're going under, an inexpensive fence charger, and a hot wire installed about 5 inches off the ground on the outside of the pen will do the trick. Deters Raccoons, Skunks and Opossums as well. If they are very big, or very hairy dogs, you can run two wires, one at 5 inches, the other at around 8.

No dead dogs, no angry landlord, and most importantly, no more dead birds

My Grandpa ran a hotwire, about 5 in. off the ground all around the sweetcorn patch to keep the racoons out. It did the trick but the cats sure didn't appreciate it.
I remember he used short T-posts on the corners and the wire layed across old canning jars turned upside down to keep it from sagging and shorting out.

 

[nnbreeder]

I think that the official name would be Old English Game Bantam Club of America and the numbers should lead you to the original breeder. They have a website.

 

[Ksane]

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Thanks, Shavon. I'm really amazed at how friendly they are. That must be a tiny chicken thing.

 

[Ksane]

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Thank you!

 

[smfamf]

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Thanks, Shavon. I'm really amazed at how friendly they are. That must be a tiny chicken thing.

What kind are the two in the center? They look kinda like the Silver Duckwings that I have for sell.

 

[Rexbandit]

Hi all. How is everyone today. Been a while since i was last on and was just wanting to check in. Hope everybody is doing good. As for me im sitting 15' feet in a tree talking to squariels this evening.

 

[Ksane]

They are. Those are the 2 my husband liked the best. I'd like to find a few other colors once these guys are out of quarantine. I'll be sad if the mottled pullet doesn't make it, I love that color.

 

[nnbreeder]

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First off what I would do is to worm her with some Wazine-17. 1oz per gallon of water and use that as the only water she gets for a full day. I know that you probably don't see any worms but if you see worms in the droppings they are usually too far gone to save. Don't use Ivermectrin on this first go round, if she has a bad infestation they could get caught in her digestive tract and form toxins that will kill the bird.

I would also start her on the rescue remedy of which I will post here in a few minutes, I gotta go retrive it.

 

[nnbreeder]

Here you go. There has been many birds saved using this feed. Used with permission from another site.

To help a bird recover from illness, they need extra protein.. this formula really helps them with thier recovery

My Treatment is this

“” This amount feeds one bird””

Feed the birds three times a day for three days a mixture of

This mixture is what you will need for the entire three feeds…. It is not 3 egg yolks and 3 teaspoons of honey etc…. divide the contents into three

½ to 1 x egg yolk….. give the whites to the other hens mixed into their seed or pellets (depends a lot on the size of the egg yolk)

1 teaspoon honey…. .given for energy

2 x tablespoons yoghurt…. Given for calcium and also to make the bowel go back into normal production after this upset
Only use the plain yoghurt never the one with fruit or extra sugar in it, not good for the bird

¼ teaspoon calcium powder (if you can’t get the yoghurt)

3 to 4 tablespoons rolled oats…. To give substance to the feed, or use chicken crumbles or layer pellets but soften them with some boiling water first

Sprinkle of multi vitamin powder (only if you are not already giving it to them in their drinking water, don’t overdose) just a few grains will usually be enough for this size mixture

2 to 4 table spoons of apple sauce or grated apple, it must be grated not chopped up for ease of digestion

Mix to make a crumble mixture not runny

If the bird is not eating you will have to force feed... roll into small pellets the same size as a layer pellet.... and force feed, and then massage the neck in a downward motion to get it down into the bired crop, make sure your keep the neck straight, its really hard getting someting down a neck that is bent or curved, the bird may be too weak to eat or have lost the desire to eat…. Don’t hold back…. The longer it goes without this the worse it will get

If you must give it something to drink – only give drops onto the beak or use the crop tube to get fluids down the throat, don’t try and pour any fluid down a chickens throat, it will more than likely go into the air passage and into the lungs and end up drowning the bird


This will give the bird a large dose of Vitamin D, C and A

After 3 days cut back to once a day for 2 weeks, you should notice the difference in 3 or 4 days

Give other food also, chick crumbles, grower crumbles or layer pellets depending on the age of the bird etc
Also have fresh water at all times for the birds to drink in easy reach, remember it is not well so it may not go looking for the food and water, so put it just about under its nose so it can’t miss it

 

[nnbreeder]

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We moved a 40' mobile feed room into position. It's an old 65 passenger school bus that I traded out some labor for. Now if the weather gets really nasty all of the birds can go inside as it's close enough to the house to run a cord out there and use a heater or two.

The back door matches the flatbed perfectly for unloading feed and hay into and the last owner pulled the seats and mouse proofed it.