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*If your chicken has a booboo, you can apply neosporin or triple antibiotic ointment, but be sure it's the kind WITHOUT pain reliever. Pain relievers that end in "caine" are toxic to your bird.

*Food Grade Diotamaceous Earth or D.E. is a wonderful multi-purpose, natural helper of chickens.

-mix it with their feed to help prevent worms

-dust them with it to prevent mites and lice

-mix it in their bedding to kill and prevent mites and lice and fleas

-mix with water to white wash coop walls that may be infested with mites or other critters

-use to kill fire ants without putting poison in your grass where your chickens might get it

*Practice Chicken Biosecurity

-have visitors hose off their feet before coming to visit your coop

-protect your flock from unseen diseases by quarantining new birds for 30 days or more - and then introduce only one of your flock to the new bird.

-set aside a pair of shoes that you wear for trips to the chicken coop that you don't wear anywhere else, and hose them off often

**Remember, we can track in all kinds of diseases from other places on our feet and clothes.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

HALP!

Posted by Viking Granny!!!! at 7:41 PM

Is this chicken a rooster?

Do you know what kind of Bantams are yellow and have feathers down to their toes?

Notice the one with the pink comb?

I am watching her like a hawk...

not really... hawks are mean to chickens.

I am concerned that this little one named CHARLOTTE might be a Rooster...... O no!

I took a picture of her and her sister so you could see how much color is already in her comb. What do you think....?

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BethJuly 2, 2009 at 8:22 PM
i'm not an expert, but that first picture especially looks like charlotte might be a charles. =)
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Viking Granny!!!!July 3, 2009 at 4:20 AM
Dad GUMMIT.......... O BTW Hi Breeze.... I am so glad that you are following this blog....... and I look forward to you comments and suggestions and stories......
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