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    Lethargic day old chick and sugar water

    Thank you! I'm boiling a few eggs now.
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    Lethargic day old chick and sugar water

    I wanted to add that her vent is clean so that's not the problem.
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    Lethargic day old chick and sugar water

    We just got a batch of chicks today and one of my girls isn't doing so hot. She would lay flat with her legs behind her and wouldn't open her eyes when we got her home. I've use a dropper to get her some sugar water and she's been hanging out under the warmer. She seems to be perking up and is...
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    How do I make my chicken like me?

    I try to spend a lot of time sitting on the ground with my chicks I hold out a handful of food and let them eat out of my hand. I’ve also noticed once my ladies start laying they get friendlier. The chicken perched on my leg in my profile picture didn‘t want to have anything to do with me when...
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    My 4.5 week old cuckoo maran is a cockerel? Right?

    Not a great photo but he is turning into a very handsome boy.
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    My 4.5 week old cuckoo maran is a cockerel? Right?

    I thought I would give an update. Dorothy is a rooster. He crowed for the first time this morning. I was not surprised he crowed but a little surprised he crowed so young. Thanks for your help!
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    My 4.5 week old cuckoo maran is a cockerel? Right?

    I‘m a newbie myself. This is my third time raising chicks and there is so much to learn! If it is a cockerel, what kinds of experiences have people had with Cuckoo Marans roosters? We have had to get rid of every rooster we have had. They have either been to aggressive with us or really mean...
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    My 4.5 week old cuckoo maran is a cockerel? Right?

    These are the best pics I could get of my other Cuckoo Maran chick. She is the same age but developing much differently. Doesn’t have much comb at all and the coloring on her wings is different.
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    My 4.5 week old cuckoo maran is a cockerel? Right?

    Here are a few different pictures of him.
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