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I believe my 2 month old chicks have Coccidosis because of the sudden onset of very bloody stools I found this morning. On another thread I was advised to use Corid, which I cannot get until Tuesday, so I have begun treatment with Sulmet until I can get the Corid. But never having dealt with...

24 THINGS HEADED FOR EXTINCTION IN AMERICA 24. Yellow Pages This year will be pivotal for the global Yellow Pages industry. Much like newspapers, print Yellow Pages will continue to bleed dollars to their various digital counterparts, from Internet Yellow Pages (IYPs), to local...

COLD IS A RELATIVE THING. . . . . . . 65 above zero: Floridians turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant gardens. 60 above zero: Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Minnesota sunbathe. 50 above zero: Italian & English cars won't start. People in Minnesota drive with the windows...

Well, I followed SpeckledHen's example and sprained my ankle so I haven't been on much the past few days. This borrowed laptop seems difficult to navigate though I am glad to have it to use. So, I am wondering how our BYC'ers in Austrailia are doing since I have been reading about the...

I just received my brand new Meyer Hatchery catalog and they sell diapers and saddles! I never thought I'd see the day a commercial hatchery would cater to backyarders.

The Cleaning Poem Cleaning Poem I asked the Lord to tell me Why my house is such a mess. He asked if I'd been 'computering', And I had to answer 'yes.' He told me to get off my butt And tidy up the house. And so I started cleaning up... The smudges off my mouse. I wiped and shined...

The Zen of Sarcasm 1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me alone. 2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire. 3. It's always darkest before dawn...

I would like to find a local breeder if there are any. I'm also looking at petfinder, rescues, etc., so this is just one place I'm checking out.

Puns 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still. 4. A rubber band...

I have been offered some deer meat but I have no idea what to do with it if I accept. I tried bbqing some steaks early this year, but didn't like the flavor. Dh and I cannot eat chili so that's out. So many people love venison so I know it has to be good if I could only learn how to cook it...

Since I have Juvys in with my adult layers I decided to by starter/grower for them all, just for a few months till the young ones get old enough for layer feed. Since I have been unhappy with the Purina in my area, I tried a new feed store that carries Nutrena feeds. Then today, a week later, I...

I gotta love it when someone who knows nothing about chickens gives me babies for my birthday. Does anyone have any ideas? All I know is that they are 5-6 week old bantys. I've looked at the hatchery website (Ideal) and still can't figure it out. 1. Black, black face & beak, dark legs...

Which make better pets? I have some oegb but they are not friendly. Are Dutch calmer and easier to handle? Hmmmm.

Child's ID Bracelet Missing for Decades is Discovered in Gizzard of Minnesota Chicken FAIRMONT, Minn. — More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny...

It seems that over the past year or so I have been sick a lot. Not bad enough for the Dr, just icky, muscle pain, exhausted, that kinda stuff. I don't think I have fibromialgia, my sis has that and it's not the same. A friend told me that I could have picked up a bacteria that is carried in the...

I have a banty hen, just a bit bigger than an oegb hen, who takes spells of sneeze then stretch her neck out. She'll sit on the ground and breath heavy for a bit then sneeze and stretch. Wierd. I wondered about gape worm but all were wormed with Eprinex just a few weeks ago. No one else is...

Our property was just hayed and the folks were kind enough to leave "puffs" of hay laying about. Soooo, I was wondering if this loose hay would be good to put in the chickens runs for them to dig and play in or with the coming seasonal rains would it tend to mold and make the birds sick?

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To make a Chicken be Served Roasted. Get a chicken or any other bird you want, and pluck it alive cleanly in hot water. Then get the yolkes of two or three eggs; they should be beaten with powdered saffron and wheat flour, and distempered with fat broth or the grease that drips under a roast in...

Has a mythical beast turned up in Texas? By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 1, 6:54 AM ET CUERO, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But...