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    Feather Pulling Problems

    I am in a dilemma. I have 14 hens and one has been pulling feathers out of all my other hens’ necks (most of my chickens are EEs so they’re ugly without their beards and muffs 😞) Long story short, she has done this before and we’ve put blinders on her twice. This most recent time she wore them...
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    Help! Weak chick!

    Thank you so much! I hope she will! I’ve had cocci in a chick once before and she ended up being totally fine so hopefully this girl will be the same!
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    Help! Weak chick!

    Okay thank you!
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    Help! Weak chick!

    What causes a chicken to puff her feathers out, walk and stand kind of stiff, but otherwise seem semi normal? She’s not paralyzed, she has an appetite, eating and drinking and pooping like normal. No respiratory problems, no pasty butt. She scratched in the bedding when I put her to bed but...
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    Help! Weak chick!

    Here’s a picture of her. She’s actually the biggest of the three splashes I got so I don’t think it’s been poor growth.
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    Help! Weak chick!

    Okay so after being separated from the big chickens all night she wasn’t able to jump out of her coop this morning and her crop was full feeling. Not squishy but not hard. She drank a LOT of water when she came out. I have her inside with some sugar water (I don’t have any hydra hen or...
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    Help! Weak chick!

    I can and will just separate them from the big chickens when feeding from now on until they get a little bigger. They have separate feeding areas but it still seems like they’re getting bullied. Thank you for the advice! I certainly hope all it is is under eating and she can be better!
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    Help! Weak chick!

    No thank you for the suggestion! I am always very wary of cocci!
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    Help! Weak chick!

    No, she has no blood in her poop or anything otherwise to suggest cocci. I had a chick her same age over the summer with it that I treated and she was lethargic and wouldn’t eat or drink. At least this baby is eating and drinking a lot!
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    Help! Weak chick!

    I have a 13 week old chick that I noticed was really weak today and when I picked her up she felt like nothing and had no crop. Her wings and tail are droopy. I offered her some food and she began eating ferociously. So I’m hoping this is just malnutrition? I’ve recently introduced her and her...
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    Combining young pullets with older hens

    I’m looking for some advice on introducing and combining my flocks. I have three young pullets that are nearly fully feathered and are quickly outgrowing their small coop. My question is, how many weeks should they be before I introduce them to the rest of my flock? I have 11 hens. The chicks...
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    Transitioning pullets outside

    Yes I’ve been turning the lamp off during the day and only keeping it on at night. It’s pretty cold in our house (old house no insulation) so I feel like they should be somewhat used to the cooler temps
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    Transitioning pullets outside

    I have two potential areas they can go, one where I’m fine with the heat lamp being because there’s a draft, and one where I’d rather not keep the lamp because it’s enclosed. So if I can put them to the enclosed coop you’re saying they won’t need a lamp?
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    Transitioning pullets outside

    I’m looking for some advice on transitioning my 6 week pullets to outside. They’ve been in a brooder inside my house since I got them, but they’re quickly outgrowing it (and are smelly) and they need to be outside to have more space to run around and play. But where I live, the next week’s...
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    New Chicks Advice Needed

    I’ve recently gotten some adorable splash Ameracaunas, day old from Meyer Hatchery. I only got three cause that’s all they had, and those are the only chicks I’m raising right now. They are three days old and doing really well, sleeping and eating and drinking and pooping like they should. But...
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