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    Brothers sick hen 2

    Hi I'm back, can someone please help me with the doses of aple cider vinegar, water ratio. I read bleach can also be used? Ratio? How much yogurt? Where and how to syringe, fluids so i don't drown my chicken. thanks
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    Trying to save brothers chicken

    Hi all, I have been reading and reading, still don't know. Brother has a red hen she stopped laying around Christmas. brother said she was molting. I did not know she was really sick until tonight. I did some reading about all the usual issues, prolapse, no. Vent gleet, no. felt the crop this...
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    wood shavings

    Hi was hoping someone could answer a question about wood chips. I read that hardwood chips chould not be used and that pine is recommended. Is that correct? My brother has a cabinet shop where he uses all kinds of mixed woods and has lots of shavings. Should I avoid it? Thanks Sandra
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    anyone know where I can buy a prefab chicken coup? IN Alberta, Canada?

    Hey there, we've been looking too. We are in Ontario. Just thought i'd let you know I saw one on the Costco website. Yep, good old Costco...just keyed chicken in the search. Might need a couple modifications. Good luck! Sandra
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    Should I be concerned?

    HI, new to the foruma and to hatchlings. We got 8 last Thursday and had lost one yesterday : ( We have no idea, like many on the forum, why. But I worry if it is a viral thing. Someone mentioned a salmonella virus and that the eggs from the remaining exsposed survisors would not be good. How do...
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    lost two babies overnight

    So sorry Anne. Sounds as though we are in a similar boat. As are others on the forum. I have not had your experiance as I am new to this, my first try with a brooder box. It is a terrible feeling to lose on and the fear of the others following is equally bad. My other 7 are doing well though I...
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    What am I doing wrong???? Very sad day :(

    Oh, so sorry. I am new to the forum and we have something in common. We too are doing everything right and we lost one yesterday and now are very worried abou the rest. Must have been terrible to lose them one by one like that. (((Hugs))) But as I read the forum I feel a bit better as it seems...
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    A sad day.

    The chicks are 4 days old, or at least that is when I picked them up at the hatchery. They do hatchings every Thursday and that is when they called an told me I had my chicks. We are feeding with chick starter. We are using a 60 watt bulb at a distance of about 8 to 10 inches for the brooder...
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    A sad day.

    Having an existing chicken from a neighboring farmers coop, (she was attacked by a raccoon so her mates were picking on her) we decided to get a few more chickens to add to our coop. We picked them up on Thursday last. There are 8 in total. Well that is until today. : ( Ther was one little...
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    Hello

    Just purchased our first chicks from the hatchery Aug 2nd. Looking fwd to adding them to our existing chicken. We got her when a neighboring farmer had a raccon attack his coop. She was injured and her mates would not stop picking on her. So we took her and she is now doing great! Decided to add...
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