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    Foul smelling diarrhea, eye discharge, and lethargy

    3rd day of Corid today and Lulu is drinking on her own. Eyes are not cloudy anymore and she is opening them. She took 2 bites (pecks) of mash, so we are hopeful she is turning a corner. Thank you Mrs.B and Kathy for replying!! I so appreciate your expertise! Ive never heard of Coryza, I will be...
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    Foul smelling diarrhea, eye discharge, and lethargy

    Thursday February 20th our chicken Lulu, was demonstrating the "penguin" waddle, along with distancing herself from the flock. She was still eating and drinking, but not herself. She seemed to want to stand and would close her eyes while doing so. We brought her inside on Friday (the 21st) to...
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    New Mother to 8 Beauties

    Thank you all for warm welcomes! (We are in TX BTW) My kids and I were just wrestling with the fact that we may not have Reds...the chicks don't seem to match the pictures on BYC...Oh well, they are named and loved already, I guess we will be surprised once they start to feather! :)
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    New Mother to 8 Beauties

    We just started raising our chicks 2 weeks ago. We have a Barred Rock, 1 Buff, 3 Gold Sex Links, 1 Black Australop and 2 Rhode Island Reds. We have decided to house them in an empty stall in our barn. I look forward to perusing the website as a member!
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