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    Lovin' the chicks.

    What a great time to be in the egg business too! haha Short update. My original chicken family has grown in size and shrunk in number. The dozen per day prediction has held very true! We have learned a lot in terms of chicken facts-of-life since last summer! I am very pleased with my kindly...
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    Young pullet paralyzed & lethargic

    My older chickens free range all day. I do let the littles out to roam, but just after I get home from work in the evenings - so maybe 2-3 hours/day right now. Otherwise they're in a large coop area. That's a good idea - I'll try her near the others in a cage and see what happens. They do...
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    Young pullet paralyzed & lethargic

    She still seems stiff and weak, but there has definitely been some voluntary motion in her legs and wings since Saturday. Last night she was also much more animated - protesting more as I tried to prop her on her feet. I hope that's a sign that she is getting stronger and not that she is in...
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    Young pullet paralyzed & lethargic

    This is my first flock ever and my first illness ever! I got her onto her feet and she didn't immediately flop over onto her side! I feel slightly encouraged. Still lethargic. Definitely not moving her legs. Is moving her wings a tiny bit maybe. The rest of the flock still seems ok. I...
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    Young pullet paralyzed & lethargic

    Her poop seems to be a normal texture and grass green with white on one end and sort of yellowish flecks in the white.
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    Young pullet paralyzed & lethargic

    1) nearly 9 weeks old, production red (or maybe a cinnamon queen) one of 16 assorted, same-age hybrid layers. Maybe a little small? Not by much if so. 2) found laying on her side in the coop around 10am. I thought she was dead but then I saw her head was up. Unable to stand or move her legs...
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    Lovin' the chicks.

    Thank you very much!! They were only in the black bin for a few days while I put together a larger brooder. :) They definitely wouldn't fit in there now!! I told my partner that we'll have lots more friends once these chickens start laying. Lol I do want to learn about the ins and outs of egg...
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    Lovin' the chicks.

    I appreciate the wealth of info on this site!! What a great resource for a noob like myself. Very happy to be here. :) We (myself, husband and 1.5 year old son) inherited 3 hens last year (2 buff rocks and an unknown; same size, solid black) from my Dad after a pack of coyotes picked off the...
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    First time chicken tenders!

    First time chicken tenders!
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