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    What am I doing wrong?

    The chicks that were sick were the 3 polish bantams I got. It turned out to be a respiratory issue, it killed one chick and affected the roo, but he lived after I got medicine. As for the polish bantam hen (the one that passed away a week ago), she was not sick with the respiratory issue, only...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    I give them scratch in the winter, not too much, just a bit on colder days/nights, and occasionally meal worms, and chopped tomatoes in the summer, and I have given them all yogurt maybe twice total, both in the summer, not recently. I make sure to not feed them too many treats at one time, as...
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    Do polish bantams do well in the winter?

    I totally forgot to post an update! I did in fact decide to cover the run with plastic. They all did well during the winter, they never even seemed cold during the day since they were out of the wind and elements! I put a tarp at the door so that I could easily take it down on the mild days, or...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Hi friends, I am once again here to get some advice, as this website & the wonderful people here have been incredibly helpful! Basically, I have had quite a few chicken deaths (all of them being a little over a year old) and many issues in the past year and I want to know what I'm doing wrong...
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    Do polish bantams do well in the winter?

    Thank you so much!! :) My garage is not the biggest and we do not have a loft, would I have to build a secondary coop to be inside the garage for them to stay in? Also should I cover their run so that there's no direct wind or is that not something to worry about? Thanks again!
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    Do polish bantams do well in the winter?

    I am new to having chickens so the upcoming winter will be my first. I have 4 standard hens (they are 10 weeks old), a Cornish, and two polish bantams (a rooster and a hen, 17 weeks old). I tried to do some research and it sounds like chickens are fine in the winter as long as they have a nice...
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    My chicks are sick! cont.

    Thank you so much for all of the information- This is very helpful! There was definitely mucous on my youngest one's beak (the one that has passed away), I checked the other three's beaks and they look pretty clear. I will take them outside soon to get a better look to double check, though...
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    My chicks are sick! cont.

    Okay!! thank you so much!
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    My chicks are sick! cont.

    Hello again! I posted a forum a bit ago about my sick chicks but I thought I would post a new forum with some updated info. If you can help I would really appreciate it!! I am new to taking care of chicks and the four chicks I recently got are sick! The smallest and weakest little chick passed...
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    My chicks are sick!

    They are definitely older than one week though I'm not sure how old exactly. Thank you so much for the symptom checker tool, that helps a lot! I was thinking they might have some respiratory problems as well, since they are sneezing so much! How can I determine exactly what they have?
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    My chicks are sick!

    Thank you so much!
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    My chicks are sick!

    Hello, I have never raised chickens before but my friend was given a chick for free and asked me to take care of it. Since it was only one chick, I went to an auction and got three polish chicks to keep my chick company. However, once I brought them home, all three of them turned out to be...
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