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  1. Debbie292d

    Help! Needing my hen to miscarriage, she will die otherwise.

    Phosphorus and D3 help calcium absorption. So if your calcium doesn't have the D3, then I would put Poultry Cell or Nutri-Drench vitamins in her water. They both contain D3, plus the vitamins would probably help her strength more than electrolytes would. Electrolytes wouldn't hurt though...
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    CRD medicine??????

    This is one I see recommended and I saved the info. Tylosen: Tylosin an antibiotic helpful with MG/respiratory symptoms. Dosage is 1 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. Here is one place to order it: https://jedds.com/products/tylosin-powder Wishing you the best! Keep us posted if it works!
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    How I came to love bantams

    This is a great story as I bet this leads to you getting bantam chickens. I'll look forward to the next chapter. :)
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    Help! Needing my hen to miscarriage, she will die otherwise.

    It will. But it should only take a day or two to find out, so I always suggest up to three days. Some are saying a week. I personally wouldn't go so long due to the possibility that too much calcium can cause kidney damage. I know this from personal experience and extensive research done at...
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    Baby chick can't walk?

    Such good news! They are both beautiful! We've had leg issues with only our buff chicks, so it's obviously a parental problem I haven't narrowed down yet, but leaving them in the incubator longer than the others usually helps. If not, the B-complex and leg bindings for a couple of days...
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    13 week old Handraised EE roosters, Mesa Arizona

    Awe, have you tried your state/local poultry groups in Facebook? I have my best luck there.
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    The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

    We too have three cats, but also two dogs. I'm glad we're done with a couple of their booster now as the bill last year for all five of them to get whatever they all needed, plus the exams was over $700. We had two still on their boosters though.
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    Clucking neighbors

    Hiya, Chucky, and welcome to BYC! :frow I would get a copy of the specific contract or agreement or ordinance so you know exactly what the "law" is for where you are at. We have a forum where you can post for help if you need it too...
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    I feel like a new member

    Welcome back to BYC! :frow We have this forum perhaps that might be what you're looking for? https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/pictures-stories-of-my-flock.39/
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    Tractor Supply 18 chicken coop - how to seal the bare wood? Plus a few other ???

    We have a wood floor in a new Amish coop we bought. Hubby painted it with wood stain the paint shop recommended. 2 coats. So far we really like it! In our other old coop, he laid linoleum in it and trimmed around it. That works nice too. We use horse bedding pellets in both coops.
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    How important is temperature for storing fertile eggs?

    Hi, 80 should be okay but I'd not want them any higher. I keep ours in the basement and it's in the 60's though. Maybe running a dehumidifier near yours would help? You could always grab a big cooler and put a small gallon size bag of ice in there on one end too. I know someone who does...
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    Help! Needing my hen to miscarriage, she will die otherwise.

    Hi, I would give her a calcium pill. If you have some Calcium +D around 400 iu., that'd be the best. Otherwise, whatever you've got or a Tums even. This will cause contractions. You can do this once a day for up to three days. You can give her the calcium pill whole. Just pull down her...
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    Convert to deep litter?

    Your title says "deep litter" which I don't use, but then the horse bedding pellets/pine wood pellets, that's what we use in our coops and brooders. I would definitely think that sounds like a plan and much easier for you. Quail, unlike chickens, wouldn't scratch the pellets around as much so...
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    First 4th of July with Chickens

    Assuming you're in more populated area where this will go on all night, I'd lock mine up early, but during the day, just see how they do. They could be oblivious to it after a while. Here, we're in the boonies, and we'll do some. They all stop what they're doing and stare. I'd be afraid...
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    Hello! New to the crew!!

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow We're glad you're here!
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    Comment by 'Debbie292d' in article 'Pelletized Bedding / Shavings'

    We've been using horse bedding pellets in our coops for around 9 years, and in our brooders about a year. We do not do anything to the pellets in the coops until March. Every March we clean them all out and put in fresh ones. We spread the old ones which by now is 90% sawdust and dried...
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    Comment by 'Debbie292d' in article 'Pelletized Bedding / Shavings'

    It is not. You can use wood stove pellets in the coop, (I wouldn't) but not the horse bedding pellets in your stove.
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    Comment by 'Debbie292d' in article 'Pelletized Bedding / Shavings'

    Yes. We've been using them for over a year now in our brooders. I start out with an inch in the brooder, then cover one end with paper towels for their first few days. Let them wander over to the pellet side so they get used to them. Sure, they'll seem like their eating pieces and probably...
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    Comment by 'Debbie292d' in article 'Pelletized Bedding / Shavings'

    Of course it does, once. Just like anything else you use, the chicks or chickens have to try it once! It's 100% pine, so even if they did actually eat a pellet, it's not going to kill them.
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    Ducks and Chickens - Different Beneath Their Fancy Linens?

    A puncture wound is scary as you know there could be germs deep under the skin that could fester an infection. I think I would suggest putting this one on antibiotics just to prevent that. I don't want to just give antibiotics to a flock for no reason, though. Most sniffles and sneezes and...
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