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    sick turkeys

    Hello. My name is Bob and I live in Lytle TX south of San Antonio. It is Sandy and it has been very windy this year. I have turkeys laying eggs and when they're about two months old I put them in the pen with the others. I've noticed that my smaller turkeys and now some of the adults have what...
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    When to switch feed

    Well, my chicks that survived (19 total- 2 White Plymouth Rock, 4 Americaunas and 13 Rhode Island Reds (out of 30 total)) are doing well and they are a week old today. Just as happy as can be!! I am buying more chicks today and this weekend to replenish the ones I've lost and to get my flock...
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    Help! How do I perk up a sick chick?

    I had recieved 30 chicks last friday, 20 Rhode Island Reds, 4 Americaunas and 6 White Plymouth Rock. Through the course of four days I lost 11 chicks and all 11 did exactly what yours is doing. We did the samething as well. They didn't all die at once but after you nursed each one it looked like...
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    How long to leave chicks on medicated feed?

    My new chicks are only about a week old and I have them on medicated chick starter. I was wondering that question too. Now I have an answer. I never heard about giving chicks yogurt?? Can you give more information about giving them yogurt?
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    I would have to figure out to get the pictures from my phone to this site. I believe we are over the hump of the deaths. I had one more death (#11) Monday morning. We went from 30 chicks to 19 in four days. When we got home from work yesterday we didn't have anymore deaths and the same for this...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    The brooders I have are actually rabbit cages I bought from a pet store. No smell or odors because i've had them set up for over a week. I'm using pine shavings to catch their droppings. The temperature is about 90 degrees. I don't know if they have mites or not. These are our first chickens, so...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    Yeah, I believe we did it all right. I'm going this wednesday to buy more for the ones I lost and get them locally. I will probably seperate them from the ones I have now. I have another brooder, I just need to get another heat lamp, shield and waterer for them. I really hope they survive as...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    My wife and I do think it all started with the post office. They were suppose to have called my in laws when they got them, instead the stupid post man had them in his truck. well he tried to deliver them but my in laws weren't home. so he kept them in his truck until he was able to deliver them...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    The lamp is a heat lamp. I put a beach towel around the two long sides. The top and ends are open. My pine shavings are blocking one end. The temperature in there is staying at a constant 90 degrees. When they do take a nap, some will huddle together and some just sleep on their own. I have...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    oh yeah, we put a small towel in there for a bedding and they enjoy that. we take it out frequently too and replace it.
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    no chemicals in the cage. it had been set up for about two weeks awaiting the arrival of the chicks. should i put something around the cage to block any drafts? i read where one person did and they killed almost all of their flock. i'm just at a loss and can't figure it out. they just keep...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    they're not panting at all. some huddle under the heat lamp and some just sleep on their own. i had them vaccinated for maericks disease. i don't know what the symptoms of the disease youre talking about are. the chick starter food is medicated. that was the only type food for them i could find...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    Well, I thought my chicks would be ok by lowering the temperature down to 90 degrees but they keep dying. So far, I have lost almost half of my Rhode Island Reds over the weekend. I started out with 20 of them and I'm down to 11 right now. Do I need to seperate breeds in the brooder? I have...
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    thank you all for the help. i did raise the heat lamp up some and it does seem to be helping. if there's anything anybody can think of please let me know. i just hope i don't lose anymore and that the company i got them from can send replacements for the ones who didn't make it. Bob
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    Baby Chicks Are Dying

    my brooder is about 42 inches long and they have plenty of room to move around. they seem to move about for a while to include eating and drinking and then after a bit they go under the heat lamp. everything i've read about chickens says the temperature needs to be around 95 degrees the first...
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