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    My lap chicken!

    Hi all! It’s taken three batches of chicks but I finally have a lap chicken! This little baby, whom I’m naming Mellon (bonus points if you catch the reference!), is about 3 weeks old. We have three of them and two are frizzled EE/ Silkie crosses, and one is just a regular smooth feathered...
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    Chick not eating or drinking! HELP!

    I feel like they had a high volume of orders and didn’t necessarily pay attention to the chicks they were sending. Feels like they sent a LOT of very small babies this time and 3 of them passed. It was something my hubs brought up. I’m not sure if it’s true or just unlucky this go around
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    Chick not eating or drinking! HELP!

    we are kind of dealing with this now as well. It’s so weird. We almost feel like the hatchery just rushed it and we ended up with a lot of babies that maybe just weren’t really healthy to begin with but I’m not sure. I feel so bad for them :(
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    Weirdness and Unsure what to do

    Hi all. So we just got our 3rd batch of baby chicks in from MyPetChicken a little over a week ago. Upon arrival, everyone was doing fine, eating and drinking and all seemed fine until about 3 days ago. All babies were fine, we went to bed. We woke up, one of my polish was dead. Just random as...
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    Vaxxed and unvaxxed chicks

    Hi all! So we have 15 babies coming from MPC next week — vaxxed for Mareks. A local lady had silkie/EE cross chicks available and we got three of them that are obviously unvaxxed and I would love to get some babies from TSC — assuming they have any of the chocolate orps still available today or...
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    Black Australorp- Hen or Roo

    Hen! :)
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    Limping Hen with no Discernible issues or injuries

    Hi all. So I have a 5.5 mo/ pullet -- little frizzle EE -- that is limping pretty bad. She was fine yesterday and we haven't been home today to see if she woke up this way or hurt herself. I caught her and checked her over. No evidence of mites. No injuries at all, not even a scuff mark. Her...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Yes! My husband is going to be treating the coop today. We're cleaning everything out, spraying it with a permethrin spray from TSC and song DE everywhere in the coop. Setting up a pool in there too with DE and top soil for them to bathe in. Still keeping Petunia in the house until we are sure...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Hi all! So...I was inspecting her vent this evening and as I was looking closely at her I saw a tiny white bug. It seems we've been treating for all the wrong things. She has mites/lice 😭 we are picking up spray from tsc tomorrow and putting her out to bathe in DE and whatever else we need to...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Just am update for everyone! She was chugging the water yesterday qith the corid on it and she perked up a lot. She ate an over easy egg and some of her chocken food last night and is way more alert this morning. She's holding her tail up more, pecking around her in the shower and on the glass...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    She has been offered calcium since Friday and she ate a lot of it Friday and some Saturday but wasn't interested sunday-today. Hoping the corid perks her up and we can get her to eat. No egg, no. She isn't acting painful or anything -- no eggbound-ness or other weird reproductive issue...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    What is the direct dosage? We added the 9.6% solution to a gallon of water and she has been CHUGGING water today since we swapped it out. Way more than yesterday. She has no interest in her chicken food. She initially wanted the calcium pills, but she doesn't want any of it. No cooked eggs...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Nope. We haven't seen any worms at all in any of her poop. I'll swap over to the corid today and see if she starts perking up more. Guess we will treat the whole flock, though I still find it so odd no one else has been acting weird. I wonder if she was just more affected because of the heat and...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Hmm. Maybe we try that route then and see how it goes. I just feel awful for her. She acts like she wants to eat and everything, but she just doesn't eat much. Seems so bizarre that she is the only one showing any symptoms at all. How long do we treat, 7 days? Do they perk up pretty quick if...
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    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Hi! Thanks for responding! Her crop is emptying, yes. I felt her just a little bit ago and ot was softer than it was earlier so it's going through seemingly OK. What do I feel for when I feel underneath her? It doesn't feel like much, just her bones and then the flesh is maleable -- no hard...
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