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    Shipped eggs, no visible air sac

    Sadly mine were all scrambled and it was. Disappointing 7 day candle. I hope yours turn out differently, good luck!
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    2 week chick paralysis

    Here is a video to see the problem better: 2 week chick leg issues
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    2 week chick paralysis

    Hi, when I came home I found one of my chicks on her back and the other chicks walking over her. I picked her up and she seems to not be able to control the lower half of legs at all. No motor function at all. Thinking it may be splay legs I put on a little elastic brace but does not help her...
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    3 day chicks, watery poop

    I raised it to the very top of the cage and it is 97Fdegrees now. Not ideal but when I I tried taking it out of the cage entirely it was closer to 86 and they started huddling and chirping loudly. My original hope was that they could move accordingly since I have definite cool spots to 74F in...
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    3 day chicks, watery poop

    Alright, I think this is in part due to the heat being too hot. I saw two birds panting when they woke up under the heat, and it would explain why they are drinking more water. I checked with a different thermometer and the corner was 106F To fix this, I raised the heat lamp several inches and...
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    3 day chicks, watery poop

    Everyone is sleeping now so you can see them on the outskirts of the heat lamp You can see on the towel that there is a fair amount of liquid in stools causing a tea staining to the paper.
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    3 day chicks, watery poop

    Hi all, New chicken mom with my second round of chicks, this time shipped from FL to WA!! I am seeing liquid poops and I don’t know if I should be concerned! They arrived this morning. They had fairly solid greenish poops on arrival but now it seems like most everyone has liquid stools...
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    Shipped eggs, no visible air sac

    Hi, Can I ask what happened to these eggs. I have 6 shipped eggs. 4 I can’t see the air sac. Two have moving air sacs
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