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These chicks are in my garage their eyes don't seem to run just a little crust on them.I have been washing them with warm water with a q tip and only 2 had there eye shut again and they are in a separate box in the brooder they were alll kept in section ones that eye's stayed out after washing...

OK how do I cull them? I have been using Q tips and soaking the eyes so they will open the eye are not weeping just a little crust in the corner and they where Vaccinated

Can someone Help me and tell me what to give my chicks for this I have no idea I did start giving them sulmet only because I don't know what to do all most 22 chicks with closed eye's

Yes I did but they just get crunchie and seal back up they don't smell so not sure what it is I'm hoping someone does on here

Sorry but I don't know what to treat them with I need help please anyone know what to use Thanks

I e-mailed them but what should I give them

I just got chicks from MPC and I lost 2 right away then I noticed their eye where shut on some then the next day a few more no smell no leaking just shut with a little crust any Idea what it is I did move them into my garage so they are no way never my other chickens Thank you

I know it sounds mean but I had one layer with bumblefoot now another has it, should I get rid of them "stew pot"not sure what to do they are my oldest hens probably not laying much.

In NOFA news letter last (north east organic farmer association ) last month or the month before their where recipes in their for layer chick and meat birds they are online the feed store should be able to get you the 50lb bags of each grain that is organic find a big old non-working chest...

I wasn't sure which chicken or chickens ate the poison , The poison was inside one of those traps that the mice can't get out of once they go in and when I the front of the coop got plowed this );winter the trap got smashed and the packet came out and I never saw it until I was cleaning up it...

How much for all of them ?

Hi after I process them do I freeze them or should I let them set for 24 hours also seeing Thanksgiving is next Thurs should I keep one out of the freezer.

He died before I got to process him

OMG I didn't know that now I feel bad I know they eat like crazy I didn't think they where that big until I seen one of my layers with her chick that is almost the same age as my meaties and what a huge size difference meat birds are atleast 7X to 10X bigger

Did you lose any to cocci ? most chickens get but.. meat birds are fragile as I found out, you slaughter them at 6 to 10 weeks I was trying to raise them organic and I let them free range at 4 weeks old and it wasn't long before they had cooci. I don't know what I was thinking i should have...