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    Pine Shavings for Days Old Chicks

    My newest chicks have shipped! Very excited. I have set up their home for the next few weeks and all I could get for the bedding was Pine Shavings - FINE. It looks a lot like sawdust. I was worried that this was too fine for the chicks.. either afraid they would eat it because it was so...
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    Moving a flock of 10 chickens

    Its for an extra large dog - approximately 4'long x 3' tall x 2-1/2' wide
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    Moving a flock of 10 chickens

    Moving to a little farm approximately one hour away. Need to move 10 chickens. Was thinking of using a large dog crate in the back of an Equinox. I had read that I need to bind their legs?????? Is this necessary? Looking for any suggestions to make this move as less stressful as possible...
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    Hp! Sick 4 week old chick

    Update on my sick now 5 week old chick - she did survive. The Corid did seem to help a lot. She is eating great and her droppings seem normal. HOWEVER, she is still unable to stand - at all. Her toes are still curled. She sometimes get turned over on her back and can't even right herself...
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    Hp! Sick 4 week old chick

    Today she really is no better. Still eating good, however, she is not standing at all, just laying on her side. Now she seems to have "tremors" when she's laying down. Have increased the water to 5cc every two hours (with 5 cc mixed into her food) but she still has no interest in drinking -...
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    Hp! Sick 4 week old chick

    The electrolytes I'm using does have B2 in it - I checked. Started the Corid. She is definitely eating much better. Seems to have no interest in the water. Still have to force that in a syringe. I am mixing the food with the medicated water. Besides the water that is in her food, is 2cc of...
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    Hp! Sick 4 week old chick

    It seems like she's had a stroke (if she were a human). She has no strength in her legs at all. She can't stand, her right wing droops. If I hold her up, she eats good. But as soon as I let her go, she just collapses. Her toes are curled up unless I place them on the ground (in an attempt to...
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    Hp! Sick 4 week old chick

    Yesterday when I sent down in the basement to feed, water and clean the crate of my 11 four week old chicks, one of them was just laying on the bottom of the crate with everyone else walking all over her. I removed her from the crate and brought her upstairs and placed her in a box with a heat...
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    Sick4 week old chick

    Yesterday morning when I went down to feed, water and clean the crate where we have 11 four week old chicks, one of them was just laying in the bottom of the crate, with everyone walking all over her. I removed her from the crate and brought her upstairs. I have been feeding her with a syringe...
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