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    If chicks keep getting picked on?

    We have fifteen chicks in a sixty square foot pen. Plan is to move them into their coop/run after next week. Besides the two orpingtons, we have 4 - yokohamas (so far, I have never seen them pick on anyone) 1 - white jersey giant 1 - golden laced wyandotte 1 - steele egger (meyer breed of...
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    If chicks keep getting picked on?

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    If chicks keep getting picked on?

    So we have two jubilee orpingtons (one I posted about has scissor beak, so far, she's eating okay on that end) but in the last couple of weeks, both were getting their tail feathers picked off to the point of bleeding. We separated them so they could heal. (It's not just one chick who's doing...
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    Six week old chick died (not sure cause)

    No, that was the wyandotte. (At least a good update for her, she has all her feathers back, separating the bullies worked out well.)
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    Six week old chick died (not sure cause)

    All of ours (sixteen before this) are the same age, this was our dark brahma. She was fine this morning, nothing remotely out of the norm. All were eating / bopping around, no worries at all. Came home, she was gone. No sign of illness or anything. The only thing my husband said was she looked a...
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    Scissor beak (four week old chick)

    We have two jubilee orpingtons. One has a scissor beak (happened rather quickly) the other one, so far, is fine. Besides gently trying to massage it, is there anything else to try? Will watch the other one too, but hopefully she won't have the same issue.
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    Troubles with picked on chick / one bully

    So, the one chick who was bleeding was isolated (she can see the rest / just no access) and we tried to put her back in yesterday. There's one chick (black cochin) who still won't leave her alone. The injured chick also picks off all the blu-kote we put on her. We've added a couple toys, they...
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    Two week old chick - lethargic and wants away from the heat lamp

    Thanks for the tips! Def. will watch them once we put her back in to see who is/are the main culprits.
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    Two week old chick - lethargic and wants away from the heat lamp

    Her area has a heat lamp / they're all in the same pen just have netting (small enough no worries anyone gets stuck) to keep her alone. Figured least that way she sees the others.
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    Two week old chick - lethargic and wants away from the heat lamp

    well, we figured it out - last night's pasty butt check was fine for all of them, so guess things weren't quite noticeable - turns out she was hiding in the corner to not get pecked on - they were going after her tail feathers. Guess during the day today it got bad / we ended up separating her...
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    USPS Shipping Delays: March 2021: Should I Be Concerned?

    Luckily we have a hatchery within driving distance. No issues up until this year, but first, all but one died in shipping and they looked awful / like the box had been tossed and thrown around. And a friend who works for USPS mentioned she's seen "fragile / live animals" boxes not handled like...
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    Two week old chick - lethargic and wants away from the heat lamp

    She seems to want to be by herself and away from the heat lamp. The temp is fine / all of our other chicks are happy and bopping around. She move away if we're adding food or water, but then goes back to her corner and lays down. Try some yolk or pedialyte? A few days ago she wasn't doing this.
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    How long can chicks last en route? (for anyone BTDT)

    yeah, next time we'll drive to another hatchery vs shipping. Live and learn I guess. Have never seen this before. Yup, monitoring the three and have their vitamin water in there / least the most active one is eating / drinking no problem. Vocal but I think she's missing hearing other chicks.
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    How long can chicks last en route? (for anyone BTDT)

    welp. So stunned. They showed up / picked them up but only 3/8 are alive. The other five look like they got tossed around / banged up. Never seen anything like that before. Super upsetting. Poor little girls.
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    How long can chicks last en route? (for anyone BTDT)

    No, the tracking is what really has mean concerned. The only thing it shows is "label printed Tuesday" Doesn't even show a scan that it was accepted by the USPS.
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