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  1. R

    Yearly shots for dogs with seizures

    I have a Schipperke (M) 7 yrs old. I also have a 8 yr. Rescue (m) . My Schipperke Started his 1st seizure about 3yr old. They got really bad. He was having 3-5 each week and were very long (25 min.) The Vet gave him some Meds after several tests and did nothing! I also didn't like the side...
  2. Chullicken

    Egg Stuck...

    One of my hens, RubyRuberton, has had egg binding for about a week now. Her vent seems to have a bulge so that's good I think as she's managed to move it slightly. I have given her Tums bits, Salt Bath, Secluded and given Electrolytes to her water. She wants to be active and is still eating well...
  3. Thechickentrainer1999

    Feeding cheese

    What age can I start feeding my baby chicks cheese? My older hens go absolute crazy over it and that's the main food I trained them with when they were young. When I say feed them cheese, I'm talking about only 1 shreded piece at a time broken into 10s per bird. That together is only about 1...
  4. Kimberlass

    How to use brewer’s yeast / oregano / eyebright

    Hey everyone! I have a chicken who just developed what I believe is water belly. After some research, I want to try adding some things to her diet. Buuut...aside from knowing brewer’s yeast, eyebright, and oregano are good to try, I’m not really sure how to introduce them. Can I mix all of it in...
  5. TriciaChickens

    Broken Eggs 35% of the Time - WHY?

    Hoping that some insight can come from this knowledgeable group! I have a small (2 girls ) flock. One is a New Hampshire Red and the other is an Ameraucana. About 35% of the NHR eggs are broken. I don’t think she is pecking them since there is lots of yolk. I also have porcelain eggs in the...
  6. S

    Avi-vital vitamins as a preventative

    hey guys I bought Avi-vital vitamin booster for my flock with the intention of giving it to them occasionally as a vitamin booster in their diet. My girls eat a 15% protein seed mix, plus free range and food scraps. Usually plenty of leafy greens when I have them. I have no reason to...
  7. gvlclay

    New to raising chickens...starting from “scratch.”

    Hello. I’d love to learn how to raise healthy chickens in my backyard. I’m building a coop on Wednesday and buying my first four chickens. I reside in North Central Florida and I’m just beginning to plan and design a backyard chicken coop and habitat to gain organic eggs and have the proper...
  8. G

    Blue Eared Pheasant losing feathers

    Hi All, I have a trio of Blue Eared Pheasant and the condition of their feathers are really bad. They have little to no feathers around the neck/chest region as well as very few on their back. I have a number of other pheasants and their feather condition is perfect so I don't think it has to...
  9. Table4Six

    Your Chickens' Diet- Do you supplement with greens?

    This thread is for sharing and learning the best ways to add variation to your chickens' diet by supplementing greens, especially when free-ranging is not an option. Share your expertise and what works best for you: how often you provide greens and what do the chickens like best.
  10. Sussex123

    Feeding Wheat to Poultry

    Hi, I am after a cheaper alternative to having poultry for feed and I can buy wheat and / or barley at a very cheap price per ton. I was wondering if I could give it to my pekin ducks, muscovy ducks, saxony ducks and sussex chickens as their only diet from my. I would give them probably about...
  11. castrbl

    foul smelling light stool

    my hen is healthy, happy, and full of energy. but the past 24 hours her poo has been nasty. its on the normal poo chart and she has had poo like this before but it typically is caused by something she ate and it goes away after a while but it hasnt. its light colored and is half solid half not...
  12. K

    Chickens eating eggs

    Firstly, these are not my chickens, and I don’t agree with their husbandry. I am trying to convince the owner to let me take over their management. There are 8 Red Sex link layers and 1 Columbia rock in a 6x8 foot dog pen with a 2x6 nighttime coop at the top of it. One sex link went broodyish...
  13. Sussex123

    Quantity of food for Muscovy Ducklings to Duck

    I am looking to start raising muscovies but was wondering how much I need to feed them (in grams) meaning for instance (completely made up) 1 day old 100g and then 1 month old are 200g so on so forth until they are adults. Will Muscovy ducks eat corn, sunflower, mealworm, fish, watermelon and...
  14. Carolinexlt

    Muscovy duck supplements

    Hi, new to the group and new to ducks. Just got three young Muscovies, big but don't have their mature wing feathers yet (unsure of age). I am currently feeding them chicken grower, as that is what the local feed store gave my husband when he asked for duck feed I know it is not high enough in...
  15. B

    Scratch grains.

    Hello everybody! I DON"T feed my chickens the standard pellets that most people use, but instead give them a 5 grain scratch, cat and dog food, lots of fruit and vegetables and scraps from the kitchen. They also free range and eat a lot of insects, small creatures (lizards, mice, nestling birds...
  16. A Balanced Diet for your Flock!!

    A Balanced Diet for your Flock!!

    Okay people!! This article is about how I feed my girls a balanced, healthy diet. 1. Never EVER give your chickens junk food. Chickens are very hardy creatures and could probably handle a little junk food, but it is best not to try. 2. They must ALWAYS have access to clean, fresh water. 3. Feed...
  17. sylviethecochin

    Diet to Get Darker Blue Eggs Query

    I was reading something that said there's no way to change the color of your eggshells via the egg-layer's diet. Yolks, yes. Shells, no. It occurred to me that I get deep green eggs at the beginning of my EE's egg-laying cycle, and the eggs get both less brown and less blue as the year...
  18. vatsan324

    Quails & Hard-Boiled Chicken Eggs

    Can 6-week-old coutrnix quails eat hard boiled eggs? what part can they eat? If they can not yet, how old should they be?
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  19. L

    Need some idea to keep my broiler healthy

    I have one broiler. The eggs which I brought from called them Ross Cobb. Not quite sure what that is. I actually got 12 eggs but my incubator broke down and only one survived. When there is only one, it becomes special and makes me really hard to eat it. She looks like a she and is currently...
  20. Sussex123

    Ducks with Babies and Chicken Diet

    I bought a muscovy mum, her 8 babies and 2 other muscovy ducks. They are all females except the ducklings which could be anything. I was wondering if the ducks and ducklings can eat something other than chick starter which is all i can find for young ducklings or can i feed them something else...
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