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A L E R T ! Global Announcement 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
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
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
Blucote

Last post by labradors « Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:48 pm
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by Happy » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:56 am
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:48 pm
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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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 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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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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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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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
TL

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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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Last post by Killerbunny
Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:30 am
Availability of lice treatments?

Last post by Shnookie « Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:11 pm
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by cgbalch » Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:49 pm

Hello,

I have a hen that I suspect has lice. I read online to go get some lice powder for poultry and dust it into her feathers. But I've gone to...

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Last post by Shnookie
Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:11 pm
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:
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
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
TL

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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
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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Last post by kenya
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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Last post by WLLady
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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Last post by Kbr42
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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Last post by windwalkingwolf
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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Last post by Kbr42
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

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