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    A mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated chicks - help me realize my risks/options

    Cocci and Mareks from hatchery.
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    A mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated chicks - help me realize my risks/options

    In the meantime of writing this out I did call Purina and the nutritionist on site said it is totally fine to feed vaccinated chicks medicated feed. My guess is, it's just a waste of getting them vaccinated if we then give them the medicated feed? I'm interested to hear further too. And to...
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    A mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated chicks - help me realize my risks/options

    We have 14 vaccinated chicks coming on Saturday. Due to demand we were unable to get the Ameracaunas and Copper Marans we were after. I did find a local farm that has 2 week old ones available (ones coming from the farm would be unvaccinated). What are my risks and options with a mix of 14...
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    Hen makes no noise

    I’ve got 14 1.5 yr old hens and on average get 10 eggs a day so feel overall they must be healthy happy bunch. All winter through summer we’ve been getting that. I’ve noticed one of my white leghorns doesn’t make noise though. She opens her mouth and stretches her neck as if to speak and...
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    Help! worms or ?

    Update: Our sweet lil girl is out of her misery. After doing More research I felt worms wasn’t the best fit. Her belly was very large and hard so was hoping in was digestion issues. Our local farm store said they’d try the digestion route before deworming the whole flock. I felt that made...
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    Dusty coop

    Thanks everyone. My parents had an n95 mask left from some renovations so I got that. I’ve never had allergies (in my 30s) but even noticed the dust/pollens (our spot is near a logging road so very dusty) out huckleberry picking created a irritating cough. I will for sure mask up going forward...
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    Help! worms or ?

    My husband and I just checked her vent and under her feathers. No sign of a bug. She clearly has had messy poop (vent pic attached). The hairless breastbone is strange. Doesn’t look picked at or irritated. She looks puffed out which fits I the “she has worms” category. My only option for...
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    Help! worms or ?

    I can post more pictures if necessary.
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    Help! worms or ?

    We were away for a few days (had a family looking after the15 girls). When we returned this morning one of our girls had a very pale face/ droopy comb. She was moving slowly... almost like her bottom is dragging on the ground. She still is pecking around and drinking (haven’t seen her eat but...
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    Dusty coop

    Our ventilations fairly good (all along roof line and two smaller windows plus the coop door . The smell is minimal. Under our roosts we put fine sand and I use a cat litter scoop to get all the droppings so it takes only a few passes with that (shaking out the sand) to stir up dust. I don’t...
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    Dusty coop

    We’ve had the chickens a year now and this past month I’ve noticed how dusty the coop has gotten when I clean it (weekly) because it’s so hot out. It takes me less than 15 minutes and I’ve never worn a mask in that time but lately I find I have a dry irritated cough for a day or so after...
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    Bald chicken butt

    I also just re read the other thread linked above. We have two large windows in our coop. I am wondering if they are getting to much light and when some chickens are on the roost others are pecking feathers away. Starting to make sense. Perhaps I should board up the one side of the window that...
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    Bald chicken butt

    So it's been a month since I first posted. In that time I noticed a half dozen more chickens have small areas (only if I'm pulling feathers back or inspecting) or no feathers on rear. A few have a light scab in the area (kinda like how road rash on humans heals). We are getting 12-13 eggs a day...
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    Bald chicken butt

    Wanted to send a quick update. I think the weather had them a bit confused and they started moulting. A few more bums had some missing feathers but they all do have very fluffy new feathers coming back in. (And that’s fluffy consistency of new growth) While not as quick as they are loosing - the...
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    Bald chicken butt

    Seems happy as can be. No difference this morning when I went out but did notice 2 more girls with some neck feathers missing. I’m wondering if some are going through a molt? They are 10 months old and laying great all through the winter so far. None look injured. Should I be checking for...
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