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    Hock joint injury

    Anyone had any luck curing these? We have a big rooster whose hock joint is sore. He's been on hospital pen rest with baby aspirin for a week with no improvement. No other symptoms and he is eating well. I'm thinking vet wrapping it might be an option, and we are going to try epsom salts...
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    India Blue Peacock

    For sale, central Ohio. He would like to find a good home with IB peahens. (he dislikes other colors). 5 years old. Will deliver within 50 miles, or pick up. No shipping.
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    Strange Peacock Behavior

    I've mentioned this before but just have to again because it is so strange to me. We have a 5 year old IB peacock who of course thinks he's the best thing ever. We also have a Charcoal peahen who is 6 years old. They have lived together for the past five years. Every spring and summer as soon...
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    Old Rooster with multiple foot issues

    Hi I have a rooster who will be 10 years old in June. About a month ago, we had some very bitterly cold weather for about a week. Afterwards, I noticed Elwood limping, and was eventually able to catch him. He had frostbite on both feet, his left foot being the worst. He also had scaly leg...
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    What the heck is wrong with TSC????

    OK, I just have to share, because....well, really. I bought a 50 lb bag of Purina Flock Raiser from our local TSC store a few days ago. It was the last bag on the shelf. On the way home, I noticed an unusual smell in the car, but didn't think much about it...thought it was maybe from outside...
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    Thought this might be helpful

    We have another rooster with bumblefoot. We started his soaks yesterday, and of course he wasn't too thrilled. My son was helping me and found "calming music for chickens" on his phone in a google search, lol. He started playing it and it was amazing...Dinali settled right down and gazed...
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    More complications with bumblefood

    So I posted in September about my rooster with complex double bumblefoot. I ended up taking him to a very popular avian vet here who is also very reasonably priced. She lanced his swollen foot for us, put him on antibiotics, and told me to soak his foot in epsom salts every day and of course...
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    Suspect blackhead

    WE have a little hen just over a year old. She has never done very well since she was hatched, mostly staying by herself away from the flock but she was eating and drinking so I just figured that was just her. Two days ago I noticed she was sitting by herself and acting lethargic. I caught...
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    Rooster with complex double bumblefoot

    Hello, We have a big heavy cross bred rooster who is four years old. He is the alpha in our flock and is a sweet natured gentle guy, but doesn't enjoy being handled. A few months ago he developed bumblefoot in his toe. We didn't notice it at first as he never limped on it. When we did, we...
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    mysteriously lame cat

    Our 1 1/2 year old cat is mostly a house cat, but she sometimes ventures outside. Saturday, she disappeared all day, which is unusual. When she finally showed up late that evening she was so lame she could barely walk, was stressed and starving. I'm not sure where she showed up from, as I had...
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    Filing claim in Small Claims court for damages from dog attack

    Has anyone done this? I wrote a detailed letter and itemized statement describing what I wanted in restitution, after my neighbor's dogs attacked our flock. They had offered to make restitution. My neighbors asked me to put the information in their mail box, and I told them i did so. That...
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    rooster injured by dog attack

    I posted about the dog attack earlier. I noticed this rooster yesterday morning when he finally came out of hiding...I thought the dogs had carried him away. He lost the feathers on his back and tail. At first I thought he would be alright, but last night he was acting extremely ill on the...
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    orphaned peachick looking for new momma

    My 10 year old IB peahen was massacred by my neighbors dogs today. She recently had hatched two peachicks, I sold one at four weeks to a friend, and was gonna let my hen keep her other baby for a while, til they became less bonded. However, at 6 weeks, the baby and momma were still very...
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    Another flock massacre by dogs

    I see this has been discussed many times. This happened to us today. Our flock freeranges. Neighbors dogs came this afternoon and killed two hens, and my sweet and favorite 10 year old IB peahen, orphaning her one chick in the process. I'm still not sure if there were more casualties, I won't...
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    peahen has nest in a the wrong place

    So, something of a silly question, but I'm just wondering the best way to handle this. My 10 year old IB peahen goes broody every year, and she always selects a different spot for her nest in our barn. Once she has selected her nest, i'm always careful not to disturb her, but i let her know i...
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    Sinus infection in older rooster

    I have an older mixed breed bantam rooster, he will be six years old in July. Aboutsix wees ago, he developed a swollen eye with infected material in it. I know this is not too uncommon but I didn't have the nerve to try to remove the material myself, so I took him to a vet, assuming it would...
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    Permethrin

    We have a bad lice infestation which we normally don't have. I know everybody uses Permethrin for feather lice, but Permethrin is quite toxic to anything and very toxic to cats. For that reason, we can't use permethrin dust or spray unless it's on the individual birds, and that is not all that...
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    cold chick

    We got day old chicks from the hatchery yesterday, something I normally don't do this time of year, but they had no pullets and we need hens. Because I was expecting to get pullets and not chicks, and was rushing to get the chicks before they sold out, wasn't set up or prepared for the chicks...
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    Marek's vaccine question

    I've heard that birds vaccinated against Marek's can transmit the disease to unvaccinated birds. I assume that might be true, since Marek's vaccine is a live virus vaccine. But idk for sure. Anyone?
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    What the heck is this?

    I have never seen this. WE have a two and a half year old mixed breed hen who was fluffed up and acting sick about ten days ago. I caught her and observed she had lost weight and was slightly lethargic. Symptoms were pretty mild so I just figured it was probably worms. Quarantined her and...
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