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    MY CHICKENS ARE DYING....HELP!!!!!!

    PROBALLY WON'T GIVE UP BUT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET OVER THE DISAPOINTMENT... I HATED GOING OUT EACH MORNING TO SEE IF ANY MORE WERE SICK OR WORSE, DEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO TRY EASTER EGG CHICKS...NEVER HEARD OF THEM.....WOULD PROBALLY BE ALOT OF FUN..WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? AND HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT...
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    MY CHICKENS ARE DYING....HELP!!!!!!

    WELL THEY TOOK THE CHICKS AND SAID THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THE SIZE THEY WERE... IT IS SAD THAT CHICKENS ARE BRED TO SUFFER LIKE THAT...OF COURSE THAT IS WHEN SOMEONE AS DUMB AS ME BUY THEM AND THEN DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO....THANKS AGAIN GUYS...THINK I WILL STICK WITH SOMETHING I KNOW SOMETHING...
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    MY CHICKENS ARE DYING....HELP!!!!!!

    SILKIECHICKEN THANKS FOR HELPING ME OUT ON THIS...I CALLED FEED STORE AND VET THIS MORNING AND GOT A GOSH TO BAD FROM BOTH...THEN GOT ON THE PHONE AND GAVE THEM TO A FAMILY WHO WILL UTILIZE THE MEAT, THESE CHICKENS WERE BROUGHT FOR A LITTLE BOY (GRANDSON) WE ARE RAISING...HE IS PRETTY UPSET, WE...
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    MY CHICKENS ARE DYING....HELP!!!!!!

    THANKS YOU GUYS.....I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THESE WERE SOLD TO ME WITHOUT WARNING ME FIRST THAT THEY WON'T LIVE....I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW BIG THESE GOT AND SO FAST.... WONDER WHY THE VET DIDN'T CLUE ME IN ON WHAT I WAS IN FOR....??????? UNBELIVEABLE!! NOW I AM JUST DANG MAD!!! I HAVE TALKED TO...
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    MY CHICKENS ARE DYING....HELP!!!!!!

    I BROUGHT 16 BABY CHICKS THE LAST PART OF MAY...THESE TURNED OUT TO BE WHITE ROCK CORNISH CROSS. THEY NOW WEIGH BETWEEN 10- 15 LBS.. THEY ARE HUGE...PROBLEM IS THEY ARE DYING ON ME...IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HOT HERE SINCE THE END OF MAY AND THEY ARE ACTING AS IF THEY LOOSE THE USE OF THIER...
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    roo and chicks

    i have 16 new babies around 4 weeks old, is it safe to turn them in with roo and 2 hens..i haven't seen any bad behavior from roo to hens but i am worried about turning him in with chicks. i have babies out in hen house in day time, roo and hens turned out and locked away from chicks. but would...
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    PECKING

    HELENA, I PUT THE HEN THAT IS BEING PECKED ON IN A SEPERATE PEN, SHOULD I PUT THE ROO IN THE PEN INSTEAD? THE HEN ACCIDENTLY GOT OUT AND THE ROO HAD HER PECKED DOWN INSTANTLY. ABOUT AT MY WITS END WITH ROO.
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    Texas

    CAN'T SAY I KNOW YOUR HUSBANDS FRIEND BUT MAYBE HE IS IN SOUTHERN UTAH, WE ARE IN EASTERN UTAH, WE ARE AT THE BASE OF THE UINTAH MOUNTAINS, I ALSO LIVED IN NEW MEXICO A LONG TIME AGO, HOBBS AREA, BUT TEXAS IS STILL MY PICK. I HAD FAMILY THAT LIVED IN BROWNWOOD, DON'T KNOW IF ANY STILL THERE OR...
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    Texas

    CARLA....I AM WITH YOU ON THE 100 DEGREES. IT IS 18 BELOW ( AND I DO MEAN BELOW) ZERO HERE NOW...WE ARE HOLDING OUR BREATH CALVING DOESN'T START FOR AWHILE. I HAVE HEAT LAMPS ALL OVER IN COOP TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING WARM....HOLD MY BREATH ALOT....GRIN..
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    Texas

    TO TEXAS HILL COUNTRY I AM FROM TEXAS.....MISS IT SOOOOOO BAD. LIVE IN UTAH NOW (COLD COUNTRY) MARRIED TO A RANCHER WE RUN A COW- CALF OPERATION, WAS RAISED IN CLYDE TEXAS ( 15 MILES FROM ABILENE) GOT TO GO BACK 3 YEARS AGO TO SAN ANTONIO TO A CATTLEMENS CONVENTION.... I LOVE TEXAS.... TELL...
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    PECKING

    THANKS BONNIE, I WILL TRY YOUR SUGGESTIONS, I HOPE IT WORKS, SHE WAS MY BETTER LAYER UNTIL THIS STARTED. IT IS ONE ROOSTER THAT IS PECKING HER SO BAD, SO MAYBE I WILL TRY CAGE FOR THE OLE FELLOW FOR A WHILE
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    PECKING

    I AM NEW TO RAISING CHICKENS! I HAVE ONLY 4 AT THE TIME AND THOUGHT THINGS WERE GOING WELL...UNTIL ONE HEN STARTED BEING ATTACKED BY A BIGGER CHICKEN. THEY HAVEN'T LET THIS HEN EAT WITH THEM SINCE I BROUGHT THEM HOME BUT IS GETTING WORSE EVERYDAY. DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFRENCE THAT THE HEN THAT IS...
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