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    Sick Chick

    I think my 4 pr 5 week old chick seems to have coccidiosis so I've switched all the brooder chicks to water treated with Corid - a bit more than 1 tsp in a gallon of water, and I gave the sick 4 week old chick about a half a dropper full of the corid water. Then also I put 1 and a half tsp...
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    Way to give CORID powder if hen isn't drinking much?

    Does anyone have any idea if this would be too much for a 4-5 week old chick? I gave her 1 drop at around 3:00, almost 3 hours ago. Should I not give more, or give a drop again, or maybe 2 drops? Any advice would be great!
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    Rooster Training Advice

    Only having read the first few responses, (no time to read 9 pages right now) I want to say that my roosters are all very friendly and allow me to pick them up and the hens (Icelandics.) So I think your rooster is totally trainable. Keep doing what you are doing, in my humble opinion (though...
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    Conflicting thermometer hygrometer

    Thanks. I'll do that for next time, I guess, since I'd have to take it out for 18 hours or so. I'll do it for hte other one and put it in the incubator quickly if I don't see any pips yet.
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    Conflicting thermometer hygrometer

    I have had poor results with incubating. The last hatch 3 weeks ago was 24 very expensive Icelandic eggs with 4 hatched chicks (one died on day 3.) I've just gotten a new thermometer hygrometer with good rating - a ThermoPro TP50 Digital Hygrometer Indoor Thermometer. It says I've got 70%...
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