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Locked Egg Shell Charts - Summary
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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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Last post by poultry_admin
Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:52 am
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Last post by kenya
Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:34 pm
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Diatomaceous Earth
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by SandyM » Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:37 pm
Read this interesting post on DE this afternoon.
I personally swear by the stuff, but it's always nice to have a shadow of doubt to make you be...
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Last post by SandyM
Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:36 pm
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Identifying illness through manure analysis
Replies: 48
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Jaye » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:36 am
Thought I'd share this link again. It was discussed on PTO's predecessor, but wasn't able to find it on PTO.
The reason why I've been referring to it...
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Last post by SandyM
Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:05 am
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Broken feathers
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Gizmo » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:35 am
So a few of my chicken have bald spots due to boredom. I thought we were doing better until I went out this morning and poor violet has tail feathers...
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Last post by Jaye
Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:16 pm
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Last post by Ontario Chick
Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:14 pm
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Poop Eater
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by SandyM » Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:28 am
Ok. I'm back about another issue, same Silkie. She's going to drive me bonkers before I get her figured out.
She is a poop eater. More recently, a...
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Last post by Flat Rock Farm
Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:01 pm
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Leg Lifts
Replies: 34
by SandyM » Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:57 pm
Im not sure if this is a health concern or a behaviour issue.
Bossy boots, Silkie hen who is removed from her flock when not free ranging with them...
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Last post by SandyM
Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:35 pm
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Being Plucked Bare **HELP NEEDED**
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by SandyM » Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:13 pm
My Silkie hen is at it again.
I went to lock them up tonight and do my head count. She has the rooster cornered and plucking his feathers out. Some...
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Last post by SandyM
Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:08 am
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Testing of flock
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by
clawton » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:20 pm
Does anybody know who or where to contact about getting my flock tested fo MG ?
I'm fairly certain it's not that but I just want to double check for...
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Last post by Pollo Caballo
Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:35 pm
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Does Anyone Vaccinate?
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AniPearn » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:08 pm
Does anyone vaccinate their chicks, and if you do, what do you vaccinate against?
Thanks!
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Last post by WLLady
Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:02 am
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Vaccinations
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AniPearn » Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:11 pm
Hey, I've kept a flock of silkie chickens for nearly a year now, and as expected, my two hens have gone broody with the first thaw. Last year I had a...
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Last post by modern17
Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:31 am
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Frostbite?
Replies: 14
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TomK » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:53 am
Okay..another question..this one about, yeah, you guessed it, as the header alludes, frostbite..went out this morning to open things up for the...
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Last post by Doug The Chickenman
Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:31 pm
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Layered Nacho Dip
Replies: 4
by SandyM » Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:08 pm
I have left over layered nacho dip from the weekend. None of us care for it and it's going to sit here until it gets green and fuzzy.
Can the...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:50 pm
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cold weather weekend assessment
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by
Scotty » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:27 pm
So now that temp has risen from weekend I noticed this aft that 4 of our hens are sneezing. Eyes, combs etc everything else looked OK. Is sneezing...
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Last post by ross
Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:21 am
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Last post by kenya
Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:02 pm
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Turkey with a Cold
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by
JimW » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:41 pm
When I went out to give the birds some warm water and warm food today, I noticed my 1 turkey hen had a bit of a sniffle and looks to be a little...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:54 pm
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Yuk
Replies: 18
by SandyM » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:36 am
What can make this image.jpeg happen. Glad it was me and not a customer who cracked this egg.
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Last post by muffin57
Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:25 pm
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Last post by SandyM
Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:16 pm
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Eye drops for chicks?
Replies: 7
by
kdms » Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:52 pm
It's not been a good week for our chickens....if you didn't have a chicken first aid kit set up, what type of drops would you use in the chronically...
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Last post by ross
Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:42 pm
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What's wrong with my rooster?
Replies: 29
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kdms » Sat Jan 30, 2016 5:30 pm
Help please...what's wrong with my rooster? He's barely eaten the last two days and is listless...and is having poops that look like this....
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Last post by WLLady
Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:06 am
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Plucking feathers?
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Colleen Kinzie » Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:18 pm
If I pull out broken feathers will that make new ones come in right away or will it take until next time the chicken moults?
Thx
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Last post by WLLady
Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:18 pm
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WONDER DUST on Poultry???
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by
Poultryprincess » Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:20 am
Had a scare today with an old white silkie hen. She was covered in blood on her breast & feet!!!
I thought that perhaps a weasel had tried to grab...
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Last post by ross
Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:23 pm