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    Butchering an Egg Bound Chicken?

    One of my hens died trying to push out an egg. Can I eat it? Or at least cook it for my dogs? Please let me know, I don't know what to do
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    Comment by 'Mrs JMC' in article 'How to raise chickens for meat - Tips and pictures'

    How much are they supposed to weigh at 5 weeks? I want to make sure they are gaining weight so by week 8 I can process
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    can you use cat litter for bedding!!

    I was wondering if I could use cat litter in the baby chicks box it smells
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    Comment by 'Mrs JMC' in media ''

    I'm trying to incubate a few eggs, I used a flash light to check if fertilized, The inside looks like veins, What am I supposed to look for?
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    I started giving him antibiotics 2 days ago, today I took him out of isolation. He hopped on his good leg and charged to fight with one of the other roosters. So I will continue giving him the vitamins and electrolytes with antibiotics. Today I was able to clean out the 3 coops and spray the...
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    No his vent is so crusty but he will not let me get near it, he kicks with right leg but his Left leg doesn't move at all
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    How can I treat feather cyst? He will not stand on left leg and keeps it up, He's in pain so I've been crushing ibuprofen for swelling and pain. I don't know if I should put him down or wait another week to see if he gets better. I went to TSC and got vitamins and electrolytes with with...
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    If you can see his comb looks like frostbite, it snowed a few weeks ago and that's when he started having problems
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    Free range and I also sometimes feed them leftovers like chicken, veggies and rice. I make sure I don't feed them anything that they're not allowed. I'm going to make the flock scrambled eggs as treat right now
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    As I was trying to take the pictures a few tiny white bugs were crawling on my teal hoodie, Are those Fleas or mites?
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    Help my rooster has swelling next to his vent "butt" left side and hasn't been able to stand on stretch his leg out

    Thank you so much for replying, I will take more pictures of the area and buy the treatment. At the moment I'm feeding the flock cracked corn and when I get treats I get meal worms.
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