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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
Information Prolapsed vent

Last post by kenya « Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:58 am
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by Happy » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:20 pm

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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Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:58 am
Quail eye injury

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:56 pm
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by Jaye » Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:09 pm

So here is Lily's post-injury eye. Looking for insights - insights ... lol, just realized that was a pun. :-)
Bad eye:
IMG_20190304_184444~2.jpg...

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Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:56 pm
AI Advisory

Last post by WLLady « Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:00 am
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by modern17 » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:51 am

Just a FYI from OMAFRA
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Last post by WLLady
Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:00 am
Dead sparrows in coop

Last post by ross « Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:51 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:43 am

I fight with sparrows all the time. I have a badminton racket in the coop and dispatch some at times.(Watch the birdie! Whack!) Tear down their...

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Last post by ross
Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:51 pm
No crowing

Last post by Kbr42 « Sat Mar 02, 2019 5:09 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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Sat Mar 02, 2019 5:09 pm
Hen with hole in neck :/

Last post by kenya « Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:45 am
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by Giffen Farms » Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:27 am
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Morning,
I have a year old black copper maran hen with a hole in the back of the neck, I'm thinking it's from the rooster mounting/holding on as lots...
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Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:45 am
Scaly Leg Mite Treatment

Last post by WLLady « Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:43 pm
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by nekoatsume » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:41 am
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What type of Ivermectin works again, externally? Pour on? What’s the dose for bantam birds? Does anyone still eat the eggs? What can I treat the coop...
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Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:43 pm
A L E R T ! ILT Prescott Russell 2019 01 15

Last post by Kbr42 « Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:51 pm
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by Killerbunny » Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:54 pm

ILT in Prescott-Russell small flock

January 16, 2019
FBCC has been notified by OMAFRA that a chicken from a mixed flock of 100 birds has tested...

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Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:51 pm
Question Molting / Moulting

Last post by kenya « Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:50 pm
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by KimChick » Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:02 am
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When would chickens begin moulting? On one site, I saw at 18 months old.
Another site says in the Fall.
Just don't want to misdiagnose lice / mites...
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Last post by kenya
Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:50 pm
Crusty scaly legs

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:56 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:31 am

Scaly crusty legs. Mites I presume. Big Freedom, a hen with two month old chicks, and I just noticed yesterday. Caught her and splashed coppertox on...

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Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:56 pm
Stumped again!

Last post by Kbr42 « Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:13 pm
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by Kbr42 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:48 am
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Ok, I'm stumped again.

I have a standard 3yr old Buff Orpington hen who has been steadily loosing weight ( I wish I were so lucky) since the...
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Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:13 pm
Dull feathers

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:10 pm
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by Happy » Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:34 pm
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This is Bebe. She’s part Barred Rock, part Cochin. She’s 20 months old and just regrowing feathers from her first adult molt. Bebe used to have very...
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Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:10 pm
A L E R T ! ILT in Leeds & Grenville - 14 Dec 2018

Last post by KimChick « Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:29 pm
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by Killerbunny » Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:57 am
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INDUSTRY INFECTIOUS LARYNGOTRACHEITIS (ILT) DISEASE ADVISORY
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
December 14, 2018
On behalf of the four feather...
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Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:29 pm
What’s going on with this bird?

Last post by Ontario Chick « Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:07 pm
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by Happy » Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:18 pm

WLLady
windwalkingwolf

I’m sharing this pic with permission of the owner. 3 months old. Has always had the odd feathers on right side-they grow...

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Last post by Ontario Chick
Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:07 pm
Bubbly eye and sneezing

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:25 pm
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by Happy » Fri Dec 07, 2018 5:55 pm

One of my old girls is not feeling her best tonight although it took my a while to notice. She has bubbles in one eye, a bit of a head shake and...

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Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:25 pm
Can rooster eat layer crumbles?

Last post by KimChick « Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:00 pm
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by Penny » Mon Nov 19, 2018 3:01 pm

I've lost my old boy (1 year old) and just purchased a purebred replacement rooster. Part of me thinks that the higher calcium in the layer crumbles...

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Last post by KimChick
Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:00 pm
Stumped

Last post by ross « Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:56 pm
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by Kbr42 » Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:16 am

Need some help here! My broody banty RIR, was fine on Thursday morning. When I cleaned out the coop at 6am I kicked her out of the nesting box,...

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Last post by ross
Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:56 pm
Hen broke a toe

Last post by kenya « Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:16 pm
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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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Last post by kenya
Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:16 pm
Egg production, and lack there of

Last post by Penny « Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:05 am
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by KimChick » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:38 pm
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For the 2 full years that we've had chickens the hens lay the most eggs in March, April and May, probably similar to most.
However, this summer and...
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Last post by Penny
Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:05 am
Migrating Birds

Last post by Kbr42 « Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:05 am
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by Kbr42 » Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:47 am

Well for the last 2 1/2 weeks I've been battling the fall out from all our migrating birds! The first to go was by 7 month old Black Copper Marin. I...

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Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:05 am
Question Flax Bedding

Last post by Jaye « Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:54 am
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by Kbr42 » Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:00 am
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Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone here uses Flax bedding in their coops? Currently, I use construction sand, but I'm always on the look out for...
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Last post by Jaye
Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:54 am
Question Chicken Food

Last post by KimChick « Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:47 am
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by KimChick » Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:51 am

I need a good sounding board, and PTO is it!
The chicks that I hatched are now 13 weeks old and are mixed in with all the other hens and rooster....

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Last post by KimChick
Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:47 am
Shell-less eggs

Last post by KimChick « Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:50 pm
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by labradors » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:12 am

I caught one of my chickens eating an egg one day, then it occurred to me that there were no shell fragments to be seen. The next two days, I found a...

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Last post by KimChick
Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:50 pm
I think I'm losing him...

Last post by Kbr42 « Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:00 am
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by Penny » Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:26 pm
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For about the last week I've noticed Alvin's comb getting darker and darker. As of this morning, his comb is dark purple and the tips are getting...
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Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:00 am

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