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    Chicks acting funny after sulmet dosage?!!

    Sorry not to post in a while but here is an update. NO chickens lost! After doing some deep thinking (in the bathroom lol) I remembered that i put the sulmet in the waterer and when i started spraying it the water fizzed. After i went back out and checked there were no funny side effects...
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    *UPDATE* just set the eggs! PIC on page 4!

    Best of luck, but i might suggest that you get a piece of metal or plexi glass and cover part of the box, that would capture some of the humidity released from the evaporating water. The only way we can learn is by trying and improving, you cant always go by what happened to someone else.
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    Chick with crooked foot/toe. What should I do? **PICS**

    I had some chicks given to me last year and half of them had feet like that. I attempted the boot method but it hurt them too bad, so i was gonna sell them to my neighbor for food. My brother felt bad and took them instead. They all grew up fine and still scratch and Live it up like all the...
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    temperature.. can't seem to find a consistent answer!

    I do 100-101 on top of the egg
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    My first home made incubator.

    I also have 3 thermometers one on each turner lol.
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    My first home made incubator.

    Yeah i was thinking about another fan, The pics were rough but there are 6 3/4 inch holes at the top and the bottom.
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    My first home made incubator.

    Ok so after lack luster hatches out of my 3 styrofoam incubators. My last one not included. I decided to make my own. I had a 2ft x 2ft x 6ft snake enclosure i never finised made out of melamine. So i added a door made out of 3/4 treated plywood. To attach the door i used Piano hinge. For...
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    My lucky eggs!

    After a horrible winter where predators wiped out almost all of my flock i decided to rebuild. I had 2 hens a pullet and a Roo. Hen number one is a BO, hen number two is a Hatch, and the roo is a Rir. Long story short the 2 girls had a real busy week one week so i decided to incubate the eggs...
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    My first Marans hen and I am super dissapointed. :(

    I have a batch of cuckoo marans in the bator right now, and most of them are that color.
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    Just bought chicks yesterday - Healthy, then lethargic, dying off

    I second the above post, also "save a chick" is nice to have.
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    Raising chicks and ducklings together... w/ duck q's

    Ok im not a duck person but ill help where i can. Duck food would prob be better but i fed my ducklings chick starter for a month and they are fine. As for a pool i just used a large dog water bowl for the first few weeks. And as far as getting along, my brother has a magpie and a chocolate...
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    Ok what kind of Roo is this i have 4 lol

    Wow that looks really close, never even thought of that!
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    Ok what kind of Roo is this i have 4 lol

    And those are greenish slate colored legs btw.
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    Ok what kind of Roo is this i have 4 lol

    Mutt is gonna be a negative it came from my feed stores straight run bin. They are a st run assortment from ideal poultry so there shouldnt be any mutts lol.
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Not sure what to say, but usually if u have chicks die like that quickly without symptoms it could be from coci. I know medicated chick starter helps them to gain immunity, and ive heard that if you put chicks on wire to early that also could have an affect. I would go grab a pack of corrid or...
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