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    Introducing pullets to hens

    Great tips, thank you!
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    Introducing pullets to hens

    I've got two pullets approaching the 8 week mark that seem big enough to be moved. I have them in our make-shift brooder which is an XL dog kennel all dolled up with bird necessities. I have been told it's best to introduce them slowly. So we have the brooder inside the "run" area so the birds...
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    What stress am I looking for?

    Update! Well I found a small opossum hanging out in the coop when I went to check on them after work a couple nights later. I have a bird net across the pen that had a tare in it around the mango tree. I assume that's how the opossum got in. I didn't find any other openings into the area then...
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    What stress am I looking for?

    Thank you for the advice! Appreciate it. I had one more broken this weekend.
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    What stress am I looking for?

    I have two chickens who are 3 years old and have been tremendous layers. “Easter egger” breed from TSC, so not actually sure. Past two weeks production seems odd. I assume one isn’t laying. I don’t use cameras, can’t tell during the day. However I’ve gone to the coop multiple times to find a...
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    Drunk chicken?

    Look who’s back with the flock! Think I can say we’re out of the woods. She fed herself yesterday in her crate. When I got home from work I opened it up and she walked herself into the coop with the others and got up on a roost for the first time in a week and I think/hope she was very happy to...
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    Drunk chicken?

    Well it’s Sunday morning, roughly 5/6 days since Darla was nearly a goner. Probably not out of the woods yet but she was out of the sink this morning on her own so I let her in the yard. She went to the feeder but as warned, Katniss my queen bee took her as a target quickly so I kicked the...
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    Drunk chicken?

    Oh shoot. We will let it be experimental, as long as she seems strong enough to stand. We will see. Thanks for all the help. This was/is our first medical problem since having chickens. We made it two years without so much as a hiccup.
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    Drunk chicken?

    She had her eyes open a good amount this morning. She managed to climb onto the sink and sort of half assed perch. Might try to put her in the yard tomorrow and see if she tries to get her own food and water. Depending on her state tonight. So far she’s hanging tuff. Fingers crossed
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    Drunk chicken?

    Got about 2ml of water/feed in her this morning before I left for the farm. Came back for lunch and she was holding her head up, which was better than wed/thur. She seems to be fighting me a bit more with the feed so I’m hoping that’s bc she’s finding energy. Keeping her butt clean. I just gave...
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    Drunk chicken?

    Thanks all- she’s still hanging in there tonight. No egg today, which I assumed. She hasn’t opened her eyes much but every few hours we are getting her to swallow down a few mls of watery feed. I appreciate all the advice, I’ll keep trying. I crushed a calcium carbonate tablet and fed it to her...
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    Drunk chicken?

    I know the formula isn’t chicken, we used it for a baby bluejay that fell into the coop last summer. He came to life on it and it’s what I had on hand that I could add to water. My focus is just making sure she gets water to fight whatever it happening. No calcium tabs, yet. Haven’t made it to a...
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    New to BYC

    Howdy! Nice furry/feathery family ya got there. Welcome to the zoo 😜
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    Drunk chicken?

    Update: She’s still pretty lethargic, we kept her inside all day to monitor her. We just fed her 3ml of a baby bird feed via a syringe. She did not open her eyes but when I pulled her neck up and opened her beak she began to swallow. Hoping some fluid and sustenance will bring better news...
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    Drunk chicken?

    Thanks for the tips- she doesn’t seem to be able to take to any water or food. I will keep trying
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