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    Week old silkie chicks with diarrhea and occasional blood in stool

    I've got the same thing going on with 2 of my week old chicks. I started them on Corid last night. Did the corid work, if so how long did it take for them to bounce back? I'm stressing out that they aren't going to make it!
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    Please help. 21 week old chicken-rooster or hen??

    Thanks everyone! I live in the city and cannot have roosters and she is so gorgeous, I really wanted to keep her. I was convinced from week two she was a he because she is sooo aloof. She won't let me touch her at all, even though I raised her from a chick. Oh well, she doesn't have to be my...
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    Please help. 21 week old chicken-rooster or hen??

    Hello Everyone! I got my second batch of chicks back in January and I cannot tell if one of them is a rooster or not. There has been no crowing, but there is something about him that just seems like a rooster to me! I had convinced myself it was a hen until last week when I saw him try to mount...
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    Need help! One chick died, how to introduce 1 more.

    Hello everyone. Here is my situation, I have a small backyard flock of 3 hens. I picked up 3 day old chicks on Saturday, but 1 died last night :(. My concern is if anything happens to either of the other two, then I will only have one chick to introduce to my existing flock and that seems unfair...
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    HELP!!! Chick with injured Wing!!

    Thanks for the reply @WVduckchick. I had a feather duster hanging from the top of the brooder (saw it on one of these boards) the chicks love it but one got tangled and I think tried to pull free and it left its little wing a tiny bit bloody and it's laying limp, hanging down from its body. I...
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    HELP!!! Chick with injured Wing!!

    Did your chick make it? My 5 day old baby chick's wing looks just like yours and I don't know what to do. I tried to tape it but couldn't get it to stay. Did you just leave it alone?
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    Backwards introduction...2 grown hens coming into 3 month olds coop?

    Hi all! I have sort of a backwards flock introduction and don't really know how to do it. I have four 3 month old chickens (3 hens and 1 roo who is getting a new home soon) in their coop I built them. I have a friend who is giving me two, 1 year old laying hens that I want to introduce to my 3...
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    Ameraucana Projects Thread

    Does anyone on here know if any of the hatcheries have any true Ameraucana chicks? I can't find any breeders around my area and would have to ship from hatchery, but I have heard they are all actually Easter eggers
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    What time do you let them in/out of henhouse?

    Morning everyone! My 7 week old chicks spent their first night in the new coop last night! I have a manual pop door and scooped them all up the chicken ramp last night at about 7:30 and closed the door behind them. What time do you guys let them in/out of the henhouse to the run?
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    Coop walls...cedar fence okay?

    Even if I paint over it?
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    Coop walls...cedar fence okay?

    Hi everyone! I am working my way through the garden coop plans and I have a few questions I would love some input on. The plans call for double walls, first plywood then cedar boards over the top of the plywood. We live in the Pacific Northwest and rarely experience extreme cold, for the sake...
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    Is this an EE and a Roo?

    That's what I was noticing too, the males seem to have more patches and less consistent patterns. Bummer! I'll keep my fingers crossed though! I will have to find a home if she is in fact a he and a get a few new chick.
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    Is this an EE and a Roo?

    Sorry meant to put this pic in the post too.
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    Is this an EE and a Roo?

    This is my hopeful lady, Joanna Gains. She/he is only about 3.5 weeks old so it's probably too early, and was hatchery sexed but she is definitely different from the other 3 babies I got at the feed store with her. I picked 4 different breeds since this is my first experience with chickens and...
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    Chick feed?

    First time with baby chicks, what do you guys start your day olds on? I've read a couple different things online so now I don't know what to go with. I would like to avoid medicated, but also don't want my day old chicks not to make it. Any advice would be great! Thanks.
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