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    Beware Lancaster Fancy Fowl

    978 route 100 Bechtelsville Pa 19505 is the address to his car shop where we picked up the chicks in May and then the sick pullets that they ended up being picked back up in August. Good luck.
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    My Experience w/ Lancaster Fancy Fowl

    On the 'beware of Lancaster fancy fowl' thread there is a state police officer asking for information for his ongoing investigation of them. I went as far as giving them another chance after PayPal refunded me because he had such a sad story and say he could get me the chicks. So I went to his...
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    List things newbies absolutely need to have on hand

    The run is movable so I can put it further away. How much space should there be between them. My plan was to take care of mine first, then the newcomers, then change clothing and disinfect shoes. Doing that each time for the first three days. Then hubby gets home and he will care for the first...
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    List things newbies absolutely need to have on hand

    Thanks! I found some fake ceramic eggs at petsmart. Hubby said to mark them so I don't get confused. If I had used golfballs that wouldn't be necessary huh.
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    List things newbies absolutely need to have on hand

    Totally new to all of this!! I am picking up three 4month old pullets tomoro. I have two 3 month old pullets at home I raised from chicks. Our coop has a run attached on the left and a shed on the right, which is also where the nesting box opens and there a window above that box. I am closing...
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    Adding new non-vaccinated birds in with vaccinated

    That's good to know. Hubby believes the same and keeps telling me to relax but I really would hate myself if I kill one because I was careless.
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    Adding new non-vaccinated birds in with vaccinated

    Thank you very much for the info. I've decided to forgo that unvaccinated pullet I was going to purchase because it was a rare breed and expensive. If I'm going to find out the hard way if my two present pullets are carriers I rather not use a fancy pricey pullet as the canary! So I found...
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    Adding new non-vaccinated birds in with vaccinated

    I was just made aware by a breeder that it could be a problem. My two,a ccllb and a pbr, were vaccinated as chicks for mareks and are on medicated chick feed. They're a little more than 3 mos old. The pullet I am looking to introduce to my mini flock is not vaccinated. He told me that mareks...
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    Stinky pullet with snotty nose

    Makes total sense. So his reply when I called a week ago was that the chicks were doing very well and he believes it was just that his wife squeezed them too hard when she clipped their wings and squeezed the contents of their crop up through their nose. But he was glad he took them back...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest - Post Your Best Poultry Dust Bathing Pics!

    The girls love sharing their kitchen drawer 'tub'.
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    Stinky pullet with snotty nose

    Just a quick update. My two seem to be fine. I'll continue to keep an eye on them but they're clean and dry and no odor. The other two were taken by the breeder and he texted me today that they're doing well. I have no idea if they went to a vet for tests or just treated and watched them...
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    Chicks hate the pdz floor. What now?

    Thank you, I'm having fun making all the decorations and fun things for them. I had no idea that I was a chicken coop decorator at heart, lol They are happily heading to their roost at dusk now and don't give a second thought to the floor. Time did the trick. Yay.
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    Stinky pullet with snotty nose

    Thanks, I checked out all of your links. I had started them on ACV in the water and a fermented chick feed. The EE ate and drank but the Marans would only eat. A couple of hours ago she started to drink, voraciously. And I noticed the big blobby gook on her beak was off. She looks so much better...
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    Stinky pullet with snotty nose

    Wyorp, you were very helpful when I got my first two as day old chicks and I had no idea what I was doing (11 weeks ago), they had a cecal poo and I thought the sky was falling!! Thank you for once again helping out. I've been trying to contact Lancaster Fancy Fowl and the owner is not...
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    Stinky pullet with snotty nose

    Can anyone offer suggestions? The smell is very strong, reminds me of a bad sinus infection kind of smell... Or when one of the children at the preschool I worked in had a seriously advanced ear infection. I don't know how to describe it other than wet soil that a dog peed in. Can you tell I'm...
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