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ok I went out there and noticed that on the red stars that there is white stuff on like the ear area or whatever those red things are that are on either side of the head or jaw and its all white in the same area on the easter eggers also.

good, i hope it will be soon. I am going to try to walk out there and and put alittle med. water in her mouth with a dropper or something. TY)

today I noticed my easter egger was in the box this morning, then this afternoon I was going to clean everything its been so hot. Duckie was still in the laying box, I took her out and she wouldnt go by the others and she has practically clear diahrria, she sounds a little funny and has her...

does that one sound like a rooster

Quote: I want to leave the 2 ,5 wk olds in with the big ones, how long can i leave them together and will anyone hurt duckie with that little spot of owie by his beek, hes pretty big do I take that rooster away from the others so the 2 little ones cant see him or what

ok I put them together and I think one of the 5 wk old EE is a rooster, I just noticed its comb and it looks redder and there is 3 rows unlike the others that just have one row and that one fights with the bigger ones and now duckies face is bleeding. I took the maybe rooster out but the other 2...

I have 4- 8 wk old chicks in coop and 3- 5 wk old chicks in pen next to coop, but I want to know when I can put them together in the coop, the 5 wk olds still come in at night but they are getting old enough to sleep outside, but im scared the bigger ones will peck them to death does anyone...

duckie-EE , ping and pong-red stars, grace-EE, hendrijka-EE, hawk-EE, Elisabeth-EE:D

I have 3, 3-4 week old stripey Easter eggers and 1 has had diarrha for 4 days and its not getting better. I keep them in a clean bin with the heat lamp,I change their water in the morning and at night,they have antibiotics in the water,they eat alot of chick starter. their bedding is the pine...

Hey, we are next to Pinnacle Mtn. west of Little Rock,I used to live in Mountain Home, Ar though.Love my chickens!

Quote: Are you sure they r fleas? they sound like chiggers, chiggers bite the softest part of u and they can be all over chickens and they start itching a few hrs after you get bit. I found listerine works well and then put on hydrocortisone, do the bites have like a tiny hard spot in the middle?

my husband didnt know that when i said", you have to stand right by the chicks in their little area outside because of "predators" ,that i meant hawks,so he walked away for a min. when he came back my stripey baby was gone.I was so mad,so now im terrified that when they're full grown and i let...

Quote: I would put a video camera in the coop and have a monitor on in the house,that way you'll know for sure.

Good evening, does anyone know how old chicks need to be, before they can start having worms, bugs and such?

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