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    2 Month Old Chick, One Stiff Leg, Does Not Stand or Move.

    What steps should I take next?
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    2 Month Old Chick, One Stiff Leg, Does Not Stand or Move.

    Yesterday when I found her she was eating and drinking fine when I held the bowl up to her. This morning she wouldn't eat or drink anything. I have not check on her today, but I can give you an update when I get home.
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    2 Month Old Chick, One Stiff Leg, Does Not Stand or Move.

    I have two month old Orpington chicks at home, when I went in to go take care of them I found one laying down with both its feet in front of it. I believe it has lost feeling in one of its feet and the other seems very stiff. I couldn't feel any fractures, breaks, or misplaced tissues in the...
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    Two Dead Chickens

    I plan of filling the hole with driveway gravel to prevent this from happening again.
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    Two Dead Chickens

    The rain actually erodes the ag-lime out of the corners and causes a hole.
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    Two Dead Chickens

    I live in Norther Illinois, just 10 minutes south of the Wisconsin border. Unfortunately due to the fact that high school students are involved I did not get a chance to take pictures or really observe the body. I try to dispose of the bodies discreetly and quickly. Both bodies have been...
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    Two Dead Chickens

    I have lost two chickens in the past month, both were perfectly healthy, they recently got over a respiratory infection I treated with Tylon 50, but other than that I hadn't had a problem with either. The coop is right outside of a high school classroom and although we live in a some what rural...
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    Changing From Quail to Bantams-A Ag Teachers Cry for Help!

    Thanks for all the replies, I think we have decided to keep a couple bantams for fun breeding and still keeping the quail facilities going. I really like the quail and will just keep adapting the program to the students.
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    Changing From Quail to Bantams-A Ag Teachers Cry for Help!

    First Post! Here we go! I am a Agriculture Teacher at a High School, I have been working here for 3 years and have been a developing a quail production facility in our livestock room. In our production we go through everything from hatching the eggs in our incubator, raising them in...
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