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    Tractor Supply birds - What are they?

    Yes! That’s what they called them. Thank you! But what breeds make a Pearl Star Leghorn?
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    Tractor Supply birds - What are they?

    Looking for some help on identifying my hens. I want to say they were advertised as brown leghorns, but I really can't remember. We got them 2/26/25, when they were a day old, from Tractor Supply in upper middle Tennessee. They are now 5 1/2 months old and appear to be a mix. Facts: As chicks...
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    What breed?

    This little girl decided to move into my friend’s horse barn. She has a body like a leghorn, with black tail feathers that go straight up. But based on the pics I’ve seen, she doesn’t look like a brown leghorn. Perhaps it’s just because she is still young? The dark neck feathers are...
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    won't eat; can't stand, plus I found mites

    Since yesterday, I've had to force feed her the rice and buttermilk with a syringe. She will drink water but acts like she can't eat. She's so skinny, I feel bones in the front of her neck and her breast bone is protruding. Am I supposed to feel bones in the front of her neck or is that...
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    won't eat; can't stand, plus I found mites

    Thanks, can this be bought at TSC or local co-op?
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    won't eat; can't stand, plus I found mites

    Good info. I'll have to find one and look at it under the magnifying glass. I'm curious now! I wonder why people say mites don't live on the chickens and only come out at night. These definitely were living on my birds! Sometimes there is just as much bad info out there as there is good...
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    won't eat; can't stand, plus I found mites

    Coop is completely soaked with Permethrin (inside and out) and birds got a full body dip in a bucket of it. Went out a few minutes ago and Zebee was standing! Still can't walk, but she was standing. I got a bowl of water and set in front of her and she is drinking and drinking and drinking...
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    won't eat; can't stand, plus I found mites

    Fantastic! I will try this ASAP. I already had some rice cooking to feed them anyway!! Thank you so much. So, since the bugs are living on my birds, do you think they are mites, or lice? or something else. Someone posted that mites don't live on the birds, but these such were.
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    won't eat; can't stand, plus I found mites

    This will be long, but I want to give history and answer all questions I might create... 28 month old Isa Brown, total of 10 in flock, all bought at the same time one year ago; bought from a guy who said the chickens came from the Amish in IN or IL; doubt they were ever vaccinated or wormed...
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    dead hen - blood in nest box

    Thanks. I called her my Cheddar Cheese! I loved that bird. From pics I just looked at, it definitely looks like prolapse. She had certainly gotten thinner than the other girls and she laid the biggest eggs. We got double yolkers from her on numerous occasions, and the single yolkers would...
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    dead hen - blood in nest box

    Hi Everyone. I just found my best layer (Cheddar) dead in the yard. My first thought was that my dog killed her (which would be a first. She'll occasionally chase one, but has never attacked them). There were a few downy feathers lying around Cheddar as though she was attacked. I examined...
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    3 Issues - Can they all be related? All comments welcome!!

    I have to say.... subscribing to this site has been more helpful than anything I've gotten from books!
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    3 Issues - Can they all be related? All comments welcome!!

    I filled their feeder this am with 3 times the amount I give them each evening. When I went back out to check, there was still about 1/3 left. Apparently, to let them eat to their fill, I needed to be giving them twice what I was giving them. I will definitely start keeping the feeder full...
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    3 Issues - Can they all be related? All comments welcome!!

    It's not about money. I would never sacrifice their health to save money. Again, the "book" I bought that is supposed to tell me everything I need to know about raising chickens says: A fat chicken doesn't lay eggs, so I've been afraid to overfeed them. Since they range all day long, I assumed...
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    3 Issues - Can they all be related? All comments welcome!!

    Thanks for the quick reply. I thought I had seen several posts here on early molting but the "expert" book says they are too young. I was led to believe the only reason this would happen was because of some kind of stress. I had a whole different flock of Isa's last year and they all pretty...
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