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    Crele Oprington developed a limp

    I have a crele Orpington that is about 17 weeks old, and she has developed a limp. I don't really seem to notice it when she is walking but when she stops, it's like it just gives out. I felt it and the leg with the limp is warmer than the leg without which I assume is a bad thing. I have put...
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    Crele Oprington developed a limp

    I have a crele Orpington that is about 17 weeks old, and she has developed a limp. I don't really seem to notice it when she is walking but when she stops, it's like it just gives out. I felt it and the leg with the limp is warmer than the leg without which I assume is a bad thing. I have put...
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    My business adventure- Big Ben Farms

    This is my business adventure story. Hope you enjoy it. Hi my name is Ben. I started Big Ben Farms. I am a 15 year old high school student. I am trying to save up money for my farm by breeding and selling chickens.I started my breeding program with Ameraucanas. I love my Ameraucanas but I am...
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    Is it bad to mix breed colors?

    Ya see most people have them fully covered with shavings on floor, I would like them to be able to go out side
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    Is it bad to mix breed colors?

    OK thanks for the input. I am just having troubles because I only have one coop for them so I don't know how to very cheaply but sturdily make sepreate breeding pens
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    Is it bad to mix breed colors?

    I recently got English orpingtons. I got 3 chocolate, 2 black, 3 blue, 1 buff, 2 mottled, 1 blue-buff splash, and one cuckoo. I'm not 100% sure which are roosters yet. I want to breed these and make as much money as I can because they are from england, but I don't know if I should mix colors or...
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    Chick's keep dying

    I thought the cord and medicated feed worked against eachother?
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    Chick acting weird

    I know she has wry neck. I have her on nutridrench I hope it helps but the others kinda step o b her occasionally. So I might isolate her with them so they can still be together.
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    Chick's keep dying

    Thank you very much for your input. I don't have a heat lamp in their coop because they are fully feathered out. When I got them they were already outside. I would gladly isolate them farther away but I have no other place for them to go. I don't know what else I can do. And the coop after all...
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    Chick's keep dying

    So earlier in may I bought 13 imported English orpingtons. I was really excited to breed and sell their chicks. So that afternoon I was looking at a thread for coop brooding. So I was brooding them in the coop they had a heat lamp and the whole 9 yards. That Morin two were dead. About 3 days...
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    Chick acting weird

    OK I am going to the store tomorrow to get some supplements. Should I isolate her, and if not will the supplements in the water harm the other chicks? Also if she doesn't improve what then?
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    Chick acting weird

    I have Durvet Vitamins and electrolytes which has vitamin E in it. Will that work is there anything else I can do?
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    Chick acting weird

    I have a buff orpington that is acting kinda weird. She seems fine when she is on the ground except for she rubs her head around alot, like most do just not as frequent as her. She always is preening herself. But the thing that caught my eye is the fact that she runs in circles alot. She looks...
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    Do I Need To Quarantine Chicks From The Same Place?

    the only thing that has happened to me like that is when i introduce new chickens is they start to try to establish a pecking order. i will judge based on what i see if it doesnt work ill find a different setup for the little guys. Thanks for everyones help.
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    Do I Need To Quarantine Chicks From The Same Place?

    OK if I see a problem I will separate them. Thasks for your help.
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