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    3 week old Lavender cochin chick lethargic

    Unfortunately my other Lavender didn't make it through the night. She was drinking fine last night but was gone this morning. I feel like I'm failing these poor baby chickens.
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    3 week old Lavender cochin chick lethargic

    Update: she held on for 4 days without much improvement and passed about an hour ago. I'm really sad but even more worried because this morning my other Lavender cochin is acting slow and seems disinterested in eating. We are starting more intensive monitoring of her. I'm thinking she is having...
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    New chickie mommy with adhd and anxiety ;)

    I assumed chickens of the same breed usually feather about the same rate. However most of them are starting to get a whole bunch of feathers with the exception of these 2. I do only have one Buff Opingtone so nothing to compare them to but the Sussex has a partner bought at the same time. That...
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    New chickie mommy with adhd and anxiety ;)

    These are the 2 I suspect of being cockerels
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    3 week old Lavender cochin chick lethargic

    Question: whole egg or just yoke? I have gotten a tiny bit of soaked starter feed in her and she doesn't seem to be doing the gagging gasping quite as much. Basicly at the moment she falls asleep, we cuddle, she wakes up I give her more water and we repeat, with lots of me fending off my 2 yr...
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    3 week old Lavender cochin chick lethargic

    I'm brand new to chickens, I bought 7 chicks from Tractor Supply Co 3 weeks ago. The other 6 seem to be fine but one of my Lavender cochins is a little smaller than the others and this morning she was laying down and stumbling when picked up and put back down. Since she was getting walked on...
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    New chickie mommy with adhd and anxiety ;)

    Hello everyone, My name is Anya, I have 4 kids and 7 3 week old chicks. I am new to chicken keeping and after months of research I thought I was pretty well prepared. We got 8 chicks 3 weeks ago and lost one the next day when I finaly was able to see a long peice of their pine bedding down her...
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