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    lost my first chicken last night

    My meekest (bottom of the pecking order out of 10) was found dead yesterday. No sign of injury and perfectly healthy the night before. My 8 month olds still sleep together and not on the roost (I think - based on where the chicken poops are). They like to be together at the corner of the coop...
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    night time food and water

    I had trouble with water in the coop getting the pine shavings wet too. I think they did it on purpose this summer to have a cool place to lay down in. I took a kiddie pool, filled it with sand and placed the waterer in that - dry pine shavings! The sand also seems to be able to dry out quite...
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    thank you!!

    I started thinking about raising chickens a couple of years ago and found this website. I now have 10 happy healthy laying hens! This whole experience has been so smooth and fun and a lot of it is because I have learned so much ahead of time from the wonderful people here. Things that might...
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    10 day chick with protruding vent

    thank you - I think she is doing better this morning. this entire site has made me much more comfortable and relaxed with my first chicks - thank you all so much!
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    10 day chick with protruding vent

    I'll get a picture up tomorrow am. they were all on paper towels for the first 5 days, then I switched over to the wood chips that came with the brooder pen set up I purchased from my pet chicken. This one was the last but the worst of the pasty butt but for the last night stayed nice and...
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    10 day chick with protruding vent

    One of my chicks ~ 10 days old has had a problem with pasty butt. I cleaned it very well every night and for the last couple of days she has looked really good. She has always been the quite shy one out of the 10 that I have bought. tonight her vent is red, hard and protruded. the vent...
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