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    Mareks???

    Thank you so much for your response. The main reason I think it can't be Mareks is because I got the chicks as eggs and hatched indoors, and they've been kept indoors, in a completely new environment - no other chicken ever! But the symptoms seem unmistastakable. Oh Well! I'll have a read...
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    Mareks???

    OK, some background. I hatched 4 eggs successfully in a standard, small incubator 5 weeks ago, and have kept them in an indoors pen with chick crumb and water, a brooder (removed last week) and sawdust bedding. They are bantams (breed unknown, but 3 look similar - black with white/grey...
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    Ask your chick related questions HERE! (Newbies welcome!)

    HELP! The first of my bantam eggs has hatched, other 10 no movement yet. so I've plugged on my ECOGLOW 20 brooder to warm up ready for the clocks,. It's been on fr about 4hrs and there is no heat at all. Does this mean it's broken or does it take longer than this? Thanks.
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    Help! One dead bantam...why?

    Update... One looking a bit better and has taken herself off to bed. The other three still looking odd and not looking like they'll make it through the night.
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    Help! One dead bantam...why?

    Any ideas? I had trusted my family to look after my five bantams (various breeds) whilst I was working last week 8am-8pm. Mistake! Found one dead this morning, an empty food trough and dirty water. They had also not been cleaned out for about four weeks and I found lots of red mite. I have...
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    28 day old chick and one non-broody hen! Help!

    Thanks all for your help and advice. Just thought I'd let you know that 'Lottie' is now outside and fully accepted by 'Harriet'. She has been sleeping in the coop for the last 3 nights and finds her own way in and out. We have just introduced 2 new chicks into the equation and even that is...
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    28 day old chick and one non-broody hen! Help!

    Thanks so much - sounds positive. What age do you think? Chick is 28 days at present, good feathers but still a fluffy head! Took her outside today for the first time for 10mins as it was quite warm (23deg) but it's getting cooler all the time here - Norfolk, England - any advice?
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    28 day old chick and one non-broody hen! Help!

    Hi, Real chicken novice here - I've just had adult hens before, integrated new ones successfully etc etc. However, at the moment, I have just one hen. At my children's nursery they hatched out chicks in an incubator. Just one survived and the kids put us forward to have it! I have been...
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