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    Need help fast - 8 week old chicks very underweight UPDATE

    Big Nose almost died yesterday. She was lying on her side, her feet were clenched and she could not lift her head. She had feces caked all over her vent and tail, which I removed and cleaned. I broke an egg on a plate and put it on the ground near her. Then I gently helped her eat some. I...
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    Need help fast - 8 week old chicks very underweight UPDATE

    Quote: I really did think I was feeding them enough. I have two long trays on either side of the coop that I fill up so everyone has an opportunity to eat. They are around 8 weeks old and have been outside for about a week now. None of the chickens have bloody poop. I handled them thoroughly...
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    Need help fast - 8 week old chicks very underweight UPDATE

    Quote: OMG. I feel so horrible. My mom raises banty hens and said she feeds hers twice a day so I just figured that was the way to go. I am afraid it is my own fault. Poor babies, I cannot believe I did something so horrible. I will try the corid and give them much more food from now on...
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    Need help fast - 8 week old chicks very underweight UPDATE

    I suppose I should be handling my birds more but I'm just not that type of chicken-raiser I guess. This is my first time with chickens. I have 6 EE's and 6 ISA Browns. I feed them 20% chick starter, unmedicated. I feed them in the morning and at night. I give them one whole coffee can full of...
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    Buff Orfingtons and Black Astralops

    Quote: I guess I didn't realize raising chickens and talking about them was so elitist. Perhaps those people saw the real araucanas and figured that was a breed standard, and theirs weren't to standard, hence the difference. But what do I know, I'm just ignorant.
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    EE colouring / plumage - chicks vs/ adults --- Post your PICS!

    My gals (guys?) are now 3 weeks old. In the pictures, they are the colorful ones - the buff colored ones are ISA pullets. I bout my EE's straight run and I'm afraid I might have 5 boys and 1 girl. The smallest one is gray and is so friendly and sweet, so she must be a girl. The others are much...
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    So when do they start looking like chickens?

    I have 6 ISA browns and 6 Araucanas. They are 3 weeks old. The Araucanas are getting beautiful feathers, but as they grow you don't see them in the pin much. The ISA's have pins all over that are falling off a little each day, showing their beautiful brown feathers. They're kind of ugly right...
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    When can I move them outside?

    I moved mine out at 3 weeks. I put a board in my coop to divide it, so the chicks are in a pretty small space. I have a lamp in there for warmth. The outside walls of the coop are insulated with stacked straw bales. It has been warm here (60s) but at night we're into the high 20s, and my birds...
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    Hi from Michigan!

    Hello! I'm new to the forum, and to raising chickens. I have always loved chickens ever since I was a little girl - my bedroom had chicken wallpaper! We just bought a house in the country with 11 acres (mostly wooded) and no zoning - which means I can finally have chickens! I built a coop by...
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