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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    Adult Hens 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes 1 Black Sexlink 1 Gold Sexlink 2 Easter Eggers 9 week-old chicks 4 Blue Wheaton Amerucana girls 1 Blue Wheaton Amerucana rooster 5821 + 11 = 5832
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    Need help asap - Dying Chicks

    Thank you. This was explained quite differently where I got the Corvid. I did lose another chick about an hour ago. Very sad I didn't catch it in time as you said. I did get enough Corvid for any future issues/outbreaks.
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    Need help asap - Dying Chicks

    Well heck! I make it a habit not to traipse around the chick coop/run, but can't say I never stepped there before (especially since I had to build the coop/run). :-( Could the babies have contracted it & died within 4 days from cocci on my property? I was about to have words with the...
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    Need help asap - Dying Chicks

    The new chicks are housed on a different area of the property than my adult hens and when I have not kept any chickens before. They are separated my about 1/2 acre (I wanted separate flocks). Could the coccidia have traveled that far from my adults or just be lying around the property? We've...
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    Need help asap - Dying Chicks

    Hi everyone! Thank you! I found the Corid and also did some additional reading here on coccidiosis. I have been giving it to the three survivors overnight by syringe. Its still touch-&-go, so I'm hoping the little girls pull through. I've had them on medicated feed, so they came with the...
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    Need help asap - Dying Chicks

    Hi all. I recently got some chicks from a breeder. All of the sudden they have just started dying. I've contacted the breeder & local feed store and everyone is clueless. The chicks are under 4 weeks old. They become lethargic, stop eating, have bloody stool and then die. There's no sign of...
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