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    2 month chick all of a sudden lethargic and weak, having issues with walking. Coccidiosis or vitamin deficiency?

    Thanks for the replies, he unfortunately died this morning. I'm assuming it was coccidiosis since he went downhill so quickly, but who knows.
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    2 month chick all of a sudden lethargic and weak, having issues with walking. Coccidiosis or vitamin deficiency?

    He's a two month old easter egger, one of three chicks that my hen hatched. The two others are acting completely normal, and he was acting healthy up until the past few days. He has been showing the following symptoms: Puffed up, hunched over Lethargic/acting sleepy, stays in same spot most of...
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    Mites and Broody Hen

    Update: I dusted her again and moved her back into the dog cage. As expected, she wasn't happy with me taking her off the nest and it was difficult to dust her because she kept moving and started to eat grass. Surprisingly I didn't have millions of mites on my gloves after touching her, from...
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    Mites and Broody Hen

    Okay thank you, luckily I don't have straw bedding but I feel like maybe I have too many wood shavings in her nest. Leaving the food and water in there probably hasn't been helping. It seems like that's one of the places they like to hang out around so I'll definitely be doing something with that.
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    Mites and Broody Hen

    Here she is. I originally placed her in the box with the eggs but she apparently wanted to move out of it. Her coverage is lacking quite a bit, I'll definitely need to improve that if I move her into the dog cage again.
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    Mites and Broody Hen

    Sorry this post is kind of long and all over the place. Any advice or information is welcome, whether it's information about the mites or how to deal with them. My broody hen has a mite infestation and it's becoming a huge problem. She is on day 17 I think, I'm not even sure. I moved her from...
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