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    Chicken Lethargy

    I wanted to provide an update. The pullet stop eating/drinking 24hr after the first symptoms. We treated her for worm/cocci and give a some antibio broad spectrum. She did not have mite/lice. We feed her with a syringe several times a day. She was not egg bound. Ans she passed this morning...
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    Chicken Lethargy

    We checked for lice/mite this morning, but did not found any.
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    Chicken Lethargy

    We were feeding starter pullet pellet 16% protein + treats like cottage cheese, seeds, corn. Because we were concern she was an early layer and might not have enough calcium, we mix the pellet with leying hen pellet + oyster shell. She is not being picked on. We already added vitamin in the...
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    Chicken Lethargy

    crop was full yesterday. Empty today. No other symptoms (no sneezing, etc...) The coop is cleaned every other day at worse.
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    Chicken Lethargy

    I will. None of them is laying eggs yet. Could it be a pre-laying behavior? We try to diagnostic her for egg-bound, but there is nothing obvious when compared to her "sisters". Here is a pict. The two in back are behaving normally. The one in the front stays static, but can still perch, runs...
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    Chicken Lethargy

    We've had her since hatch. The crop emptied overnight. I'll isolate her to have a picture of her poop.
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    Chicken Lethargy

    Hi, One of my hens ~17 weeks had started yesterday evening to go lethargic. this morning she drank a bit, ate a bit but nothing compare to the rest of her flock who has the same age. There is no visible signs of disease (combs, eye, wings, cloaca all look fine). Any idea what should we do? Best,
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    What breed are these chicken?

    Tyvm to all of you
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    What breed are these chicken?

    They are about 8 weeks-old. Hens i assume.
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    Mixed breeds

    Got it. So basically, as long as they are layer blue/green egg and are not pure breed, they are easter egger. Then i found it difficult to understand why they are always are friendly , docile, cold-hardy, etc... it is seems that it could be much more variable based on the potential mixes. Opinion?
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    Mixed breeds

    Stupid question: are easter egger just a fancy way to call hybrids of 2 pure race?
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    Advice on mixing chicks

    Hi we are raised our first flock of chicks We are in a residential area and have 4 chicks. 2 of them may be cockerel which is pb because we cant have any (we are in residential area). They hatched on 6/15. Solutions are: 1) wait it is too soon maybe your cockerels are pullets - stop...
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    Post Pictures of Chickens that need to be Sexed Here!

    Really oO
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    Post Pictures of Chickens that need to be Sexed Here!

    Looking to sex this Easter egger. Pict 1: 3-weekd old Pict 2-3: 5-weeks old
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    Post Pictures of Chickens that need to be Sexed Here!

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