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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
Hen with hole in neck :/

Last post by Giffen Farms « Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:54 pm
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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 18, 2019 8:54 pm
Information ILT Prescott Russell

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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Last post by KimChick
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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Last post by Kbr42
Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:00 am
Pigeon Canker

Last post by PigeonManNick « Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:55 pm
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by PigeonManNick » Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:53 pm

Hello everyone.

For the past month or so, my pigeons have had bad canker. I've used Ronidazole for 7 days as recommended, which seemed to have made...

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Last post by PigeonManNick
Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:55 pm
Bittersweet nightshade

Last post by WLLady « Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:12 pm
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by Happy » Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:12 pm

I know this is toxic to humans.
My chickens have eaten these berries for years and I haven’t noticed any ill effects but have recently been told I...

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Last post by WLLady
Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:12 pm
Information Leg Bands

Last post by Penny « Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:46 pm
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by Killerbunny » Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:15 pm

I noticed one of the Wyandotte girls limping today so I picked her up and found that her leg band had slipped, gone around her toe and was digging in...

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Last post by Penny
Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:46 pm
Miss Kitty

Last post by Happy « Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:36 pm
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by Happy » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:41 pm
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One of my older girls (Kitty) is and always has been a weirdo.
She's been picked on all of her life. It doesn't seem to matter who I put her...
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Last post by Happy
Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:36 pm
Information Vent Gleet! Oh, Vent Gleet! I hate you! You stink!

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:08 pm
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by Jaye » Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:16 am
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I believe that Vent Gleet is a condition of circumstances, and not a sign of inherent weakness in a hen: It’s the end result of a stressful episode...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:08 pm
Scaly Leg Mite Treatment

Last post by Jaye « Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:18 am
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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 Aug 08, 2018 10:18 am

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