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    knock kneed chicks..please help

    thank you...that was in fact very helpful. i did not know putting to many chicks together could cause spraddle leg, which this sounds a lot like and i had 15 chicks together in the same brooder. i will see if splinting and more vitamin B does the trick.....perhaps i just wasnt using the...
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    can i put chicks that are 3 weeks apart together?

    well i kept them all together and they are going on a month now with 0 sibling induced fatalities. a few have died of mysterious seizures, but other than that all is well. just wanted to update in case someone else in countered the same problem.
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    knock kneed chicks..please help

    i have them on vitamin supplements and the problem persists. i had read that post before that's what led me to the vitamin deficiency theory. they have been on vitamin supplements for over a week now. in fact i am on the 12th day today so almost 2 full weeks. i just cant believe no one has...
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    knock kneed chicks..please help

    One of my chicks started walking funny and after inspection it seemed to have an injured knee joint. i read up on some stuff and thought maybe it was a vitamin deficiency. At the time it was the only chick with the problem. even after the medicated water the chick's legs have progressively...
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    can i put chicks that are 3 weeks apart together?

    thanks for all the advice and welcomes....i have a second brooder already made but didn't want the hassle of tending a coup and 2 separate brooders. i will try putting them together and see how that goes. if it doesn't work out i'll just move the smaller ones to the other brooder. thanks again.
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    can i put chicks that are 3 weeks apart together?

    i got chicks from a friend but did not get the number or breeds that i wanted so i ordered off of Murry MacMurry and the chicks will be about 3 weeks apart when i get the others in....is it ok to put them together or should i set up a second brooder?
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