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    Chick with crooked beak...

    My 3 week-old Silver-laced Wyandotte has a "crooked" beak-- upper is fairly significantly off-set from lower. She doesn't seem to have trouble eating/drinking, but I wonder if it will cause her problems in the future? None of the others have the problem. If it will cause issues for her, is...
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    Help! Surprise chick delivery!

    Update: We lost the two weakest chicks-- one Americuana, and the Gold-laced Wyandotte The Americuana was hanging back from the others, seemed really stressed... Passed the first morning we had them. The Wyandotte had what looked to me to be an infected umbilical stump. She was really...
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    New chicks on medicated feed-- do they need vitamins?

    My new chicks are on medicated feed (crumbles), but I've read that many of you put vitamins in their water, too... Is it overkill to do both? I want to keep them healthy, but I need to find a good balance between optimum diet and supplementation... Many thanks for answering my 10,001...
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    Sick chicks help!

    Okay... The brooder is inside, in the warmest room of the house (probably 70ish degrees), and consists of a small wire-puppy crate (2.5' wide x 2' high x 3.5' long) with a cardboard box inside. The box has a good inch of pine shavings lining the bottom. A double-thickness of thermal blanket is...
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    Sick chicks help!

    The chicks aren't huddled together or anything, nor are they running away from the light. I don't have a thermometer in there to check for sure, but when I hold my hand a chick-level in the brooder, it seems to be sufficiently warm-- 88-90 at least. Last night, however, the warming light I...
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    Sick chicks help!

    I'm on my second day of chicken-keeping, having been surprised yesterday with the delivery of my (canceled) order of 6 day-old chicks. Long story short, we set up a makeshift brooder, got them fed and watered, and they all made it through the night. The chicks had been riding around with the...
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    Help! Surprise chick delivery!

    Sea Chick-- I might have to pick your brain a bit about how to change muni code... but until then, we're planning to keep at least a few "outlaw" birds. I doubt we can keep all 6, but I'll be happy if we can keep 3-4 of them. We have good homes lined up for those we can't keep, if it comes...
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    Help! Surprise chick delivery!

    Hi! This is my first post, but I've been lurking for awhile as we have been contemplating adding a few chickens to the household... Surprise! This afternoon, we received a small box with six chicks (2 Americuanas, 2 Wyandottes, 2 Chantecklers). We ordered them with high hopes before getting...
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