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Locked Egg Shell Charts - Summary

Last post by poultry_admin « Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:52 am

by poultry_admin » Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:52 am

Summary of the egg shell charts
Egg Quality Chart
alltech_Egg_Quality_Chart.GIF alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf Reference

Ameraucana Egg...

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Sticky Coccidiosis treatment

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:04 am
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by WLLady » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:14 pm

10 days of amprolium (5 days at 0.024% and 5 days at 0.012%) and off 5 days. If symptoms return during that 5 days repeat treatment for 10 days at...

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Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:04 am
Migration advisory

Last post by modern17 « Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:02 pm

by modern17 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:02 pm

Although we have enough on our minds with all that is going on in the world currently .. please see this advisory on wild bird migration from OAHN...

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Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:02 pm
Very Pale Combs

Last post by KimChick « Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:30 pm
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by KimChick » Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:27 am

Two of my RSL's have very pale combs. The first one I noticed had also gone through a tail feather molt, but now I noticed another hen, also with a...

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Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:30 pm
Question lameness in mature quail

Last post by Jaye « Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:54 pm
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by Jaye » Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:38 pm

We've been monitoring/helping out a mature quail for the last few days. No idea why she's gone lame. We'll be doing a more in-depth look at her...

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Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:54 pm
Question Sneezing, gurgling and wheezing!

Last post by WLLady « Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:54 pm
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by Country Bumkin » Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:26 pm
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I noticed cold like symptoms in one of my hens during the recent cold spell. Tonight, when I went to tuck them in, a second one was showing the same...
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Last post by WLLady
Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:54 pm
No eggs!

Last post by Killerbunny « Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:00 am
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by Kbr42 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:57 am

I'm stumped!

I have 2 crested cream legbars that started laying at the end of the summer. Each layed about 6 or 8 eggs each then stopped! They have...

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Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:00 am
Bad foot

Last post by Killerbunny « Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:34 pm
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by Shnookie » Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:29 pm

About October 12th I noticed the inside toe on the left foot of my Serama pullet was sticking almost straight up. I assumed it was broken. She...

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Last post by Killerbunny
Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:34 pm
Hen broke a toe

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by Happy » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:15 am
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Pretty sure I've got an old girl with a broken middle toe. Noticed her not feeling well yesterday morning and after checking her over I realized she...
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Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:56 am
Roundworm? Warning yuck pic

Last post by Jaye « Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:08 pm
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by Happy » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:14 am
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So everyone had a round of safeguard about a month ago. This is a roundworm right? I've only ever seen cecal worms in poop....
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Last post by Jaye
Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:08 pm
A friendly reminder to protect your flock during Fall & Spring Migration

Last post by modern17 « Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:17 am

by modern17 » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:17 am

Please see in the attachments . I have been asked by OMAFRA to forward along the annual fall migration advisory. Keep them safe and biosecure.
TL

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Last post by modern17
Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:17 am
Is this bumble foot?

Last post by KimChick « Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:56 am
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by Giffen Farms » Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:08 pm

Is this bumble foot? Looks like a big pimple ready to burst, anything I read on the interweb has several different remedies on how to treat it but no...

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Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:56 am
Blucote

Last post by Epona « Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:16 pm
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by Happy » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:56 am
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Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:16 pm
Necropsy Fatty Liver Disease? (graphic post mortem images warning)

Last post by kenya « Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:16 pm
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by Reboot » Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:49 pm
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While building my goat barn yesterday I saw one of our Wyandottes ( 2 yr old) off by herself sitting out in the open apparently looking pretty...
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Last post by kenya
Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:16 pm
Moult? Or something else?

Last post by Shnookie « Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:56 am
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by Blizblaz » Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:51 pm

One of my hens is looking quite scraggly. She started off losing feather in a ring around her neck, now she looks like a plucked chicken on her...

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Last post by Shnookie
Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:56 am
Hen with Beak "Fangs"

Last post by Killerbunny « Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:48 pm
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by KimChick » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:52 pm

I've been calling this hen our Vampire Hen. It looks like she has a couple of fangs on either side of her beak.
Anyone ever seen this before? and...

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Last post by Killerbunny
Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:48 pm
Holy Moly moult

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:53 am
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by Kbr42 » Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:28 am

OMG,

Check out my Red Pyle Frizzle Roo
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Here is what he really looks like

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I would love to rehome...

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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:53 am
A L E R T ! ILT Norfolk County - 7 June 2019

Last post by Killerbunny « Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:38 am

by Killerbunny » Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:38 am

FBCC has issued an Alert for Norfolk County

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Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:38 am
A Mummy in a Laying Box?

Last post by KimChick « Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:40 am
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by KimChick » Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:45 am

I found the weirdest non-egg in a laying box this morning. It almost looks shrink-wrapped. And I know it was this morning because I stir the nesting...

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Last post by KimChick
Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:40 am
Question Possibly Marek's Disease

Last post by Killerbunny « Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:38 am
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by gendronk » Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:48 pm

Hello All,

I am new to this site and to chickens in general. I purchased 10 day old chicks (4, cream legbar, 2 silver penciled Plymouth rock, 2...

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Last post by Killerbunny
Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:38 am
A L E R T ! ILT Advisory Lanark County - May 30, 2019

Last post by modern17 « Thu May 30, 2019 2:05 pm

by modern17 » Thu May 30, 2019 2:05 pm

Just received this from OMAFRA

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Thu May 30, 2019 2:05 pm
Question Old girl with bad hip

Last post by Killerbunny « Sun May 26, 2019 7:30 pm
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by Killerbunny » Sun May 26, 2019 6:00 pm

One of my special girls has had a bad hip on and off (NJ) and it usually gets better She s now hobbling around not helped by rank liking her. SHe...

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Last post by Killerbunny
Sun May 26, 2019 7:30 pm
Information Prolapsed vent

Last post by Killerbunny « Fri May 17, 2019 2:58 pm
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by Happy » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:20 pm
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I found one of my girls with a prolapsed vent about a month ago. It was just luck that I was off on this particular morning and I sat down in the...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Fri May 17, 2019 2:58 pm
A L E R T ! ILT Found in Elgin County 24 April 2019

Last post by modern17 « Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:25 am
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by modern17 » Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:06 pm

FYI
ILT found in a small flock in Elgin County Ontario
OMAFRA is urging all to practice proper biosecurity with your birds
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Last post by modern17
Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:25 am
No crowing

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:01 pm
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by Kbr42 » Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:25 am
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Need some help folks! I have all the odd issues : :sAng_banghead:

My Red Plye roo...he's 10 months old and up until this week has been your normal...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:01 pm
Fairy eggs, fairy eggs everywhere fairy eggs!

Last post by Killerbunny « Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:30 am
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by Happy » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:24 pm

Some of you may remember “Little People” the tv watching, chick that I hatched last spring. She’s part Cochin and part Barred Rock....

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Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:30 am

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