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    Lethargic and insteady

    Up until Sunday he was one of the most active birds out of the bunch. Now he does tire easily, but he’s not mouth breathing. The heart issue never crossed my mind. He was a bit stronger this morning, so hopefully we are heading in the right direction. 🤞 Have you checked his crop for impacted...
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    Lethargic and insteady

    I have a 3 month old Orpington cockerel that was panting and lethargic on Sunday. It was warm with almost no breeze, but nothing like the heat we had earlier in the week. I was changing their water every day about noonish and adding ice blocks. We got him set up in the basement and gave him...
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    Dehydration: Symptoms, Cure and Prevention

    How long does it take for a chicken to fully recover from dehydration? Sunday afternoon I noticed one of our 3 month olds was lethargic and panting, but still eating and drinking. I brought him into the basement and set him up there for the night. He seemed brighter yesterday morning, but still...
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    Ideas for temporary housing

    Ok, so then is a kennel in a barn a viable option?
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    Ideas for temporary housing

    18 birds - which are not ours. We were looking after them for a friend at first, but then we decided to get our own, and were hoping to pull out the temporary set up and do the renos after her birds left and but before we moved our birds in (they are currently in a small tractor and only 6...
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    Anybody dealt with a broken yolk sac?

    So, he survived the night, and is doing ok. I gave him some electrolytes, and it perked him up a fair bit. My next question is, if I give him a separate are in the brooder, will they other chicks be ok? He still has a bit of the dried sac stuck to him, so I am worried about him getting an...
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    Ideas for temporary housing

    All over a year old
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    Ideas for temporary housing

    So long story short, we ended up with some chickens, and did a quick and dirty conversion of a lean-to into a coop. Now that I am hooked on chickens, I want to make some upgrades to the lean-to to make it the permanent coop. One of those upgrades is pouring a concrete floor (it's currently a...
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    Anybody dealt with a broken yolk sac?

    I have a chick that hatched sometime in the last hour, and by the time I got to checking the incubator this morning I found a bunch of yolk on the paper towel, and what looks like an empty yolk sac still attached. The best guess I have is the other 2 in with him stepped on the sack and it...
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    4 week old chick closing eyes and scratching

    Hi all! I just wanted to follow up on my question, in case someone is facing the same problem and comes across this post. I ended up trying the eye wash, and within minutes, her left eye was doing better, and this morning, she is not closing her eyes or scratching all. I am assuming she just...
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    Hello from Ontario

    Oh my gosh! I was adamant that they would not have names until we knew what they were. They've been here a month...they all have names. lol!
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    4 week old chick closing eyes and scratching

    Hi! I am pretty new to chickens, and have a 4 week old Orpington chick that has been spending a lot of time with it's eyes closed. I noticed it yesterday afternoon. It is still bright, busy, eating, drinking, scratching, preening...but will close it's eyes for no apparent reason. At the...
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    Hello from Ontario

    Hello! My family is new to chickens (got them in January), and to be honest, it was completely by accident. With a background in ag, most of my experience with chickens was either in mass production or research, so I was not fond of the beasts. Fast forward to a few months ago, and a friend of...
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