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    Sick Chick and Not Sure Why

    And at 11:30 Sunday morning she breathed her last breath. The rest of the flock seems healthy and unaffected. Thanks for all the helpful info on the matter.
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    Sick Chick and Not Sure Why

    She is about 1 1/2 years of age. No other birds in a flock of 32 are having issues. The others are typcial chickens. Energetic, eat all the time, quite curious about everything, etc. It's just this one girl. I bought a farm and inherited her when she was about 16 weeks old, and to my knowledge...
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    Sick Chick and Not Sure Why

    Answers to other questions. It is summertime in East Texas, so it has been mid to upper 90's. As far as I can tell, she is eating and drinking water. I have not observed her walking, as she is idle. Poop appears normal. I have not seen her bullied by other chickens. I've kept her isolated in a...
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    Sick Chick and Not Sure Why

    As of today, she is still with me. Still inactive but alert. I opened the cage today, and she left it, but I found her later parked against an inside wired fencing seen in the photos. I picked her up, held her, and she responded a bit. She's such a sweetheart. It is painful to know she is sick...
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    Sick Chick and Not Sure Why

    I have a Buff Orpington about 1 1/2 years old and a bit on the small side relative to the others chickens of the same breed. For nearly a week she has been relatively idle, wings drooping, and she just sits and does nothing. As of yesterday, though idle, she still ate and drank. Her waddle looks...
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    Merging Two Flocks

    Thank you.
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    Merging Two Flocks

    Thank you.
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    Merging Two Flocks

    Thanks. I'm a city boy turned country last August. I've learned so much but am still learning. I appreciate your input.
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    Merging Two Flocks

    Questions for the more experienced chicken keepers here. I have two coops which are side-by-side and separated by chicken wire. I want to combine both into a single flock and open the doors between the two coops. Pen 1 has 17 hens and 2 roosters, and Pen 2 has 15 hens and two roosters. The...
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    Expert Advice Requested - Combining Flocks

    I'm not sure of their age. I bought the house and moved in mid-August, and the chickens were conveyed with the house. They were not laying at that time but started a couple of weeks later, so around September 1.
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    Expert Advice Requested - Combining Flocks

    So, from 1 to 3, ages are: Pen 1 - the middle children. Pen 2 - the older siblings. Pen 3 - the youngest.
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    Expert Advice Requested - Combining Flocks

    Pen 1 are several months older than Pen 3. Pen 2 are the oldest. Physical layout of the coop spaces puts Pen 2 in the middle, so they have exposure to both of the other two flocks.
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    Expert Advice Requested - Combining Flocks

    My coop has three separate spaces for three flocks. The runs are next to one another with only chicken wire separating the flocks. Each sub-coop has its own nesting boxes, runs, roosting space, food/water, etc. Pen #1 - 12 hens and 2 roosters all raised together from hatchlings. They are...
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    Looking for Advice from Experienced Chicken Owners

    Much appreciated. I just didn't want to keep her in jail longer than necessary.
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    Looking for Advice from Experienced Chicken Owners

    Will enjoy opinions from more experienced chicken keepers. I'm definitely a newbie. The hen discussed above is doing so much better. She is walking on the injured leg albeit with a limp. She is still in the cage within the pen, so she is with the other chickens yet protected from them...
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