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    Sick Americauna: Weak, neck tucked in and feathers fluffed

    Thank you!..I will try this tomorrow. Do they get worms from bad food? dirty coop? anything in particular? I will search past postings for info too.
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    Sick Americauna: Weak, neck tucked in and feathers fluffed

    We've never done any de-worming or any treatment for anything. We have 17 hens.. Could that be it?
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    Sick Americauna: Weak, neck tucked in and feathers fluffed

    Hi- I noticed one of our Americaunas laying down in the run today. I picked her up and set her inside the coop...she stood a moment and then laid down again. She is not moving much at all, and has her head kind of sunk in her feathers (her neck is all tucked in) and her feathers are all...
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    Herding guineas into coop...but coop is off the ground

    Hi-I posted a topic about not being able to get our guineas back in the coop. Well, I went out and 'caught' them the first night they wouldn't go back in and put them back in the coop. Yesterday, I let 3 of them out (of the 5) but at eve, was only able to 'catch' 2 of them, the third hid right...
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    Guinea fowl...first half-day out...won't go back in coop--what to do?

    We've had our guineas in a coop locked up for 6+ weeks. (They were about 6 weeks old when we moved them to the coop). Today, we let all 5 out at about 3:00pm. They stayed very close to the coop, maybe within 20 yards...but at dark, they were not back in the coop. I put some food out on the...
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    Female rabbit has babies, do we have to keep the other female out?

    Unfortunately, our rabbits were left out one night and the male jumped over into the the female section...and now we have some babies. We have 2 females in a cage together. One had babies and has nested in a box inside the cage. Must we keep the other female rabbit out the cage? We don't...
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    Chicks in coop with old flock, ok, but when one gets in the run...

    We put in 6, 6-week old chicks with our existing year-old flock of 8 hens and they were separated for 2 weeks while in the coop together. Then, because we only have one coop and the chicks were getting pretty big, we integrated them together. The chicks stay in the coop...but the door is open...
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    Looking for some guineas!

    We live in MN and have ordered 3-4 keets through a feed store in town--but they haven't shown up for 2 deliveries (1 month late) and beginning to wonder if we'll get any this year. Anyone in the MN area have some guinea fowl they would like to sell? Just thought it would be worth a shot! We...
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    6 week old chicks separated in coop with existing flock??? help!

    the chicks are 6 weeks old....and feathered out...but definitely not as big as the existing flock! (they are a year old).
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    6 week old chicks separated in coop with existing flock??? help!

    We have a flock of 8 layers and just put 6 week old ones in a sectioned off area of the coop. They have their own food and water...we put fence around the sides of the sectioned off space, but didn't have enough for the top and I used a bed sheet?!--will that work enough to keep the old flock...
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    Guineas and Broiler chicks in brooder ok? and guinea coop question

    We are picking 3 guinea keets and 12 'broiler' chicks next week. Can we raise them initially in the brooder together? From what I understand the guineas should eat high protein food and so do the broilers correct? Then I can just take the broilers out when ready and leave the guineas in the...
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    While Roosting...some chickens are getting pooped on--

    While roosting at night..some of the chickens are getting pooped on (right on their backs)... We have a high roost that has enough space for all 10 chickens, but some of them sit on a lower one too...is the easiest thing to do is just remove the lower roost? It is freezing outside in MN right...
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    not laying yet, move to free range in afternoon?

    We have 10 hens that are 5 months old. We keep them in a coop (at night) and attached run during the day. We would like to start free-ranging them for part of the day. We have about an acre that is fenced in with a deer fence--so it is not totally bird proof. Our dog cannot get out, but not...
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    baby chick--injured joint at leg? Not using leg-what to do??

    We received her on Wednesday this week, so I assume she was born on Monday?--so she was 5 days old. We were just going to keep putting ointment on and trying to help her eat until she was CLEARLY close to death...because we were slightly optimistic at times. But, we are new to this--and...
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    baby chick--injured joint at leg? Not using leg-what to do??

    our poor baby chick passed last night--we found it totally limp and hardly breathing...so sad:( Thanks for all the advice--we did try everything..I think it was just too infected/swollen or such--she wasn't eating or drinking enough either. I'm excited to see these other 11 that we have grow...
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