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    Eastern Tennessee Thread

    Oh my East Tennessee friends, I have lost a chick. It appears she had a broken neck. As I was scrubbing the tractor down, just in case it was some disease, I found raccoon prints on top of the run area. I hadn't been closing them up in the coop because of the heat, but NO MORE EXCUSES. I...
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    First time chicken keeper...Six Week Old Chick Can't Stand

    After inspecting the tractor I believe I know what has happened. I have found raccoon prints on top of the tractor. I haven't been locking them up in the coop area, just leaving the door to the run open so they could come and go as they pleased. I'm sure the raccoon(s) were trying to get in...
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    First time chicken keeper...Six Week Old Chick Can't Stand

    I culled her. I couldn't take it anymore. I thought long and hard about trying to wean her back, but she was just pitiful. I had to put her out of her misery. She had pooped in the pet carrier twice and they looked completely normal. Which, eases my mind, a little. I've given the tractor a...
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    First time chicken keeper...Six Week Old Chick Can't Stand

    I've been looking into wry neck. It's not that she's holding her head at a particular angle; she just isn't holding it at all. It's not twisted. She isn't able to stand or sit. She just lies on her side, not moving at all. She was fine one day, then basically gone the next. There is no...
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    First time chicken keeper...Six Week Old Chick Can't Stand

    It isn't looking good for my little chicken. My husband and I checked her last night and believe that she has broken her neck. Like I said, she was always the craziest of the three. She may have tried to fly and somehow injured herself in the run. I have her in our cool garage in a pet...
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    First time chicken keeper...Six Week Old Chick Can't Stand

    1. They were fed medicated chick starter for the first four weeks, I now have them on unmedicated. 2. All poops look normal. Nothing bloody, nothing runny. 3. I JUST FOUND MOLD GROWING ON SOME POO! I have moved the tractor three times in 10 days, but we have had a lot of rain here...
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    First time chicken keeper...Six Week Old Chick Can't Stand

    I am so frustrated and heartbroken right now. I just found my little 6 week old gold laced wyandotte lying on her side in the run. She is always the wildest of the three running around like crazy. She is really nervous and will flip around in circles when I come near. She also tried to fly...
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    Really depressed

    I'm kind of feeling the same way right now. I just got my three little pullets yesterday. It has been so hot here in Tennessee that I decided to let them dig around in the cool dirt under our porch. I was checking them every 10 minutes. My husband gets home and runs in the house to tell me...
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    Courtneys Chicks

    Hello, and welcome to my little chicken page. This is where I'll share my story of a first time chicken guardian in a semi-urban environment...

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    Eastern Tennessee Thread

    I went to Chicken Creek in Grimsley, TN today and picked up three chicks. Here is my niece with the little barred rock she named stripe.
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