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    help please, sick 4 week old chicks

    :(well the bad news is that one has since died and the other is extremely unwell too, they are 4 weeks old and because i am in new zealand its the middle of summer and stinking hot, i am not worrying about the temp, they have been outside for about a week now in their own coop, the other 3 i...
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    blood in poo.... what does this mean?

    i have 4 week old chicks and 2 are very sick, they are very slow and unhappy and have quite alot of blood in poo, they were getting the medicated chick crumbs for 4 weeks and i have recently run out so were just getting maize and other goodies, any hope for the rest?
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    help please, sick 4 week old chicks

    have removed them and given them the starter again, is there anything else i could do?
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    help please, sick 4 week old chicks

    hi there, please some advise, i have 5 spangle hamburgs chicks that have been nice and healthy up until today, i went to feed them this morning, one looked quite slow, didnt get off perch, not interested in food, i picked it up, butt end looks fine ( not runny or smelly), crop doesnt seem hard...
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    HELP!!!! they are trying to kill her

    can anyone help please, my broody hen who has raised 2 batches of eggs this season, she has finally ditched her last lot of chicks and left them to it, so i thought i would introduce her back into the rest of the flock so she will hopefully start laying again............. but when i put her in...
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    what now?

    no pipping and no cheeping either
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    what now?

    i have 6 of the eight silver spangle hamburg eggs i had in the incubator hatch, 2 still sitting there, how long should i wait before throwing them away? When i candled them last week they were all alive and kicking. thanks for any ideas.
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    slow chick

    can anyone help me with some info on a slow chick, it hatched from the bator 3 days ago, only one, the rest didnt hatch. It still cant really walk that well, more stumbles around the cage, sleeps alot, doesnt really seem to want to eat or drink, but any movement or noise around it, just starts...
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    help please with auto turning of eggs

    thanks for the ideas and the welcome. how often do i need to hand turn the eggs? i work away from home, i can get back to them every 3 to 4 hrs though. will this be enough? They have been in now for 2 weeks. What about over night, will they be ok with a turn at 9pm and another at 5am (when i...
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    help please with auto turning of eggs

    hi everyone, i have 2 different sets of eggs in my incubator, due at different times, i have read that i need to stop the auto roller at 18 days, but i still need to keep the others rolling, so heres my question, what will happen if i leave the 18 day old eggs on the roller? will it do...
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    hamburgs go clucky?

    can anyone tell me if silver spangled hamburgs go clucky easily? I am looking at getting some, but after my last lot of chickens (wyndotte) 3 out of 4 went clucky i want a breed that is going to lay not just sit around!!
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