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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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What is going on?

Last post by Satellite « Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:51 pm
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by Satellite » Fri Dec 23, 2016 9:29 pm

So I had a chicken pass away in September--I didn't think much of it--it was just a mixed breed of not great genes--18 months old.

I wrote here...

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Last post by Satellite
Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:51 pm
Information H5N8 High Path UK Cause for Concern

Last post by poultry_admin « Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:35 pm
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by modern17 » Thu Dec 22, 2016 3:53 pm

Please see the article that has been forwarded on to me by some of my US contacts... In talking to my Provincial contacts today . the concerning fact...

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Last post by poultry_admin
Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:35 pm
ILT Alert Dec 16,2016

Last post by modern17 « Thu Dec 22, 2016 4:18 pm
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by modern17 » Thu Dec 22, 2016 3:22 pm

Just a FYI ... ILT has been detected in Eastern Ontario .. see map and FBC notice... OMAFRA and CFIA are stressing to keep up your biosecurity at all...

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Last post by modern17
Thu Dec 22, 2016 4:18 pm
Poopy rears

Last post by Maximus « Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:40 pm
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by nekoatsume » Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:19 pm

Another day, another problem! I have 4 gold laced Wyandotte girls.. All have large fluffy tears. They are getting poop stuck (and of course freezing)...

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Last post by Maximus
Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:40 pm
Septicemia in small flocks

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:35 pm
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by Satellite » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:02 pm

Hello all. I took some birds in for processing yesterday and 1 young one was rejected due to septicemia. From my limited on-line understanding, this...

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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:35 pm
Information Hi Path H5N8 EUrope

Last post by Killerbunny « Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:33 am

by Killerbunny » Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:33 am

Just some info and a reminder to stay alert

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Last post by Killerbunny
Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:33 am
Marek's Vaccine, Bad idea?

Last post by Happy « Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:03 pm
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by windwalkingwolf » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:21 am

What many people have reported anecdotally, and what many people on here have suspected, now has some research to back it up.

Excerpt: ... group...

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Last post by Happy
Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:03 pm
Question Mystery Respiratory Illness

Last post by Ontario Chick « Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:59 am
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by windwalkingwolf » Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:15 pm
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A lady up the road from me is having some horrible issues with her young brood. History: A couple of times late in the summer, she hatched a bunch of...
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Last post by Ontario Chick
Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:59 am
Question Losing weight for unknown reasons

Last post by Satellite « Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:55 pm
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by Satellite » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:44 pm

Hello all--

I have just had a chicken pass away--my sweet Silkie girl that just raised a batch of chicks. She appeared fine with the brooding and...

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Last post by Satellite
Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:55 pm
Question Long term management of trichomoniasis (canker)

Last post by jennbee « Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:25 pm

by jennbee » Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:25 pm

Hello,

Unfortunately, my free-range flock has canker. They are a pet flock so I don't have the desire to cull.

I've read that recovered birds are...

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Last post by jennbee
Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:25 pm
Question Dust baths in winter and grit

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:25 am
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by muffin57 » Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:07 pm
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How do chickens have dust baths in the winter? I would think that it probably more important for them in the winter than summer, since they spend...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:25 am
Weasel?

Last post by ross « Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:27 pm
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by Happy » Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:49 am

Got a call from a lady that took two birds off me a few months ago. Something got in her coop and took 16 chicks (not sure what age but there's no...

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Last post by ross
Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:27 pm
Bumble foot core

Last post by KimChick « Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:58 am
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by Colleen Kinzie » Thu Nov 03, 2016 10:54 am
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Has anyone seen a bumble foot core this large
No cutting required. Just pulled and wiggled very gently!
Must be a huge relief image.jpeg
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Last post by KimChick
Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:58 am
Egg shell chart - discussion

Last post by KimChick « Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:23 pm
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by Colleen Kinzie » Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:21 am
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Not sure if we have this posted here or not
Someone on FB had it posted
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Last post by KimChick
Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:23 pm
Tukey diseases from chickens?

Last post by Home Grown Poultry « Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:13 pm
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by kelliszoo » Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:38 am

So I am thinking of trying turkeys again, not sue what breed yet, but in the past I have tried them twice and they just dropped dead on me both...

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Last post by Home Grown Poultry
Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:13 pm
Question Zyfend A: supposedly natural worm control. Anyone tried this?

Last post by Jaye « Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:08 pm
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by Jaye » Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:02 pm

I came across this product - backyard chicken health pack - while I was putting together a list of stuff to pick up on my upcoming trip to...

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Last post by Jaye
Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:08 pm
Cecal worms

Last post by Happy « Thu Nov 10, 2016 8:41 am
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by Happy » Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:48 am

Saw some thin wriggling little worms in a cecal poop yesterday. Disgusting thread like and maybe 1/4 inch long if that. Quite a few of them. I've...

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Last post by Happy
Thu Nov 10, 2016 8:41 am
ILT Out Break Kawartha Lakes region

Last post by Killerbunny « Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:13 am
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by modern17 » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:03 pm
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No need to panic but ...caution is suggested if you are in this area of the province

OMAFRA and FBC is working with the challenges the owners are...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:13 am
Blackhead problem

Last post by Epona « Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:12 am
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by Epona » Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:41 am
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My question is how do you clean / sterilize an area / coop after you get rid of the birds? I don't have the problem here. I sold 4 peachicks to...
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Last post by Epona
Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:12 am
Solved UPDATED - Should a lame / injured chick be saved?

Last post by MuskokaMaiden « Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:29 pm
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by MuskokaMaiden » Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:04 pm

Well folks, I came home yesterday to find a 3+ week old chick with a floppy leg. It gets around well enough to stick with mom & hatchmates but I...

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Last post by MuskokaMaiden
Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:29 pm
Information Niagara Quarantine release

Last post by WLLady « Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:15 am
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by modern17 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:11 am

Good news. Please see the official notification in the attachment .
As of Aug 18,2016 .. the former control zone in the Niagara area is released....

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Last post by WLLady
Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:15 am
Surgery Steeling myself for the dreaded Bumblefoot surgery...any advice???

Last post by MuskokaMaiden « Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:15 am
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by MuskokaMaiden » Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:18 pm
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Well, I've got everything set up but am totally & completely stalling while I work up the nerve to put Helen (the buff orp) under the knife. This is...
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Last post by MuskokaMaiden
Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:15 am
Stumbling chicken

Last post by Poultryprincess « Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:24 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:53 am
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I have a pullet, 8 mos old, started kind of stumbling with one leg. Pretty good on the other. Using the opposite wing for balance. Started about a...
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Last post by Poultryprincess
Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:24 pm
Hens comb is really pale

Last post by Killerbunny « Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:52 am
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by Ducker24 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:05 pm
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Hi I just joined this site I used to be on poultry swap but I guess that sites been now for some time. Any how my 2 year hen has stopped laying eggs...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:52 am
Solved ILT vaccine

Last post by Killerbunny « Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:30 am
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by madison174 » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:55 am

Wondering if it's okay to give birds the ILT vaccine if they've already had it? We have a few older hens that may have had the vaccine in their...

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Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:30 am

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