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    Raising chicks outside??

    Over the winter I lost 7 chickens and 2 bunnies somehow :( I'm down to 2 at the moment but want to get maybe 10 new chicks. I also recently got a cat so raising them in the house is no longer an option. I have my bunnies hutch that would be perfect free perfect size for the number of chicks I...
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    Pale face and tail down

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    Pale face and tail down

    I have an 11 month old silver laced Wyandotte. Her face looks very pale compared to her sisters and she's keeping her tail down. I noticed tons of feathers in the coop this morning and haven't gotten any eggs in a week. Could she be molting? Haven't gotten eggs from any of them (3) but the...
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    Weird spot in yolk...?

    I just fed it to my dog haha. We give them eggs to help their coats and that one was cracked anyways and I'm not sure for how long. Now I know!! Thanks!
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    Weird spot in yolk...?

    Thank you! I've never seen it before so wasn't sure if I should be concerned.
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    Weird spot in yolk...?

    Just went and took care of my hens. I always forget to grab the eggs so today I got 12, 1 had a crack so I tossed it into the field. Brought the other 11 in and made sure they weren't cracked. Noticed two were so I cracked them for my dogs.. the first one I cracked concerned me a bit. Want to...
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    Homemade Incubator experiment

    I've added 8 vent holes up top and it hasn't helped yet. How big of holes do you suggest? I've gotten the humidity to go up since I first asked.
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    Homemade Incubator experiment

    How do you get your temp and humidity to stay stable? I just made an incubator and I need to drop 10* and double my humidity and I'm out of ideas. I've added more water bowls, bigger bowls... I'm only using a 25w bulb so I don't think I can go much lower.
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    Long term affects from sinus infection???

    We got the antibiotics from our avian vet. He said it sounds like a sinus infection. He gave us tylan powder. She was swollen, breathing funny, wouldn't eat or drink, wouldn't stand. She was on antibiotics for about 10 days in August (18-27) and again mid September to beginning of this month.
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    Long term affects from sinus infection???

    My hen had a sinus infection that we noticed August 15. Got antibiotics and the swelling went down. She's been on them off and on since then. After about 3 weeks she started eating in her own again. She lost a bunch of weight and went down to about 2 lbs (started as a big fat healthy bird) she...
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    Sick silkie.

    The only others in with him are another silkie and 6 chicks and they all seem happy and healthy but definitely keeping a close eye. I've double checked my food and it seems good. I believe he got dehydrated and I didn't notice. I was checking their water every hour or two but yesterday was super...
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    Sick silkie.

    Thanks for the suggestions but sad to say, when I got home shortly after posting this there was no coming back for him. He was struggling to breathe and was completely limp. After bawling my eyes out my husband put him out of his misery and we had a little chicken funeral out back and buried him.
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    Sick silkie.

    I've got a silkie, his name is red. Yesterday I noticed him laying in the grass while everyone was trampling over him and he didn't move. Figured he was dead so grabbed him but he wasn't! Now I have no idea what's wrong! He was limp but responsive. I gave him lots of water and he was happy to...
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    No eggs :(

    Thank you for your input! We had 4 (3 hens and a roo) and I bought 4 more hens who were about twice their age.. 1 just died out of the blue and the other we actually just shot the other day due to a HORRIFIC head injury she had when we got her. So maybe the death of the 2 they grew up with...
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    No eggs :(

    They all come back every night. I bought the fake eggs and put them in their boxes but it hasn't done anything. We have 5 hens and a roo who free range during the day and are in the coop at night. And a meat bird and 2 silkies who are in the coop all day with supervised outside time. coop is by...
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