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    chick dying of what!??HELP!

    Thanks for the replys. Being in NZ we are in summer now so it is outside raised by his mom.
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    chick dying of what!??HELP!

    he managed to find a couple of earthworms after I turned over a rock
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    chick dying of what!??HELP!

    so, one eye open again, it seems to be more paraletic -no contol over legs then anything, had a slimy/regular looking yellow poo.
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    chick dying of what!??HELP!

    I have a 2 week old buff sussex chicky that is about to kark it, I guess! I am just wonderin of what ?! When feeding this morning it had one eye shut but ne discharge or gunk that would have glued it up and stumbling around but he ate 2 worms and his chicken crumbles 4 hours later he was lying...
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    broody left eggs for 5 hours after 20 hours of sitting-problem?

    Thanks for the heads up! That gives me hope! Expenive eggs they were too in time as well as money! so she (I in that case) better get it right! She is one grumpy, nasty chick that! It took me more then a week to uncluck her last year so I thought I'll let her have a go this year! I'll try my...
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    broody left eggs for 5 hours after 20 hours of sitting-problem?

    I put my broody on the right eggs last night but in a diffrent coop! she was sitting snug until the wind blew down my door...(what sort of door is that , some might ask...I know:he not one that looked like a wall:/ anywho...so she ran back to her previous nest of course so the right eggs were...
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    rugged feathers or the remains there of

    good on you for spreading the love!! The DE on eartwise ofcourse wasnt food grade:he... but I found some on trade me...400gr. for 38 $$$$$ geez! that guy must have brought a sack from the states (35$ for 50lb!!!!can you tell that I allready spend way to much time on that subject:caf) and is...
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    DE -does the grade matter?

    How important is it to have food grade Diatomaceous Earth in order to combat mites and dust the coop? I am in NZ and cant find food grade anywhere!
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    rugged feathers or the remains there of

    I check missy again today and it looks like - here come some really sicentific terms now - like where her feathers enter her skin...(featherfolicals?) it is redish on most of her body>>? it looks really uncomfortable! so action is needed and what I read about that DE Earth, it seems it is the...
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    rugged feathers or the remains there of

    hey Matey! That wouldnt be your Kiwi in the profile pic??? how cute anyway!! No, not looking like new feather growth that?!...The cold sprang to mind aswell...mind you we are in Rodney/North Island...so not really that cold! have you come across and DE here to deal with mites and the likes, my...
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    rugged feathers or the remains there of

    This is my first moulting season...(I am NZ and we are now in winter) and my oldest girls -Brown shavers, a NZ Hybrid egglaying machine(15 months) are now looking pretty rugged. the feathers are absolutly frazzeled and on one of them has a baldish spot on her back before the tail feathers start...
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