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    Help with 2 Sapphire Olive Eggers 6/7 weeks

    Mom is a Copper Marans, of course. :lau
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    Help with 2 Sapphire Olive Eggers 6/7 weeks

    I got them from TS when they were 2 days old. We took out the wooden eggs and placed the chicks under her with some broken shells. They took to each other immediately. She was a good momma but now she’s done with them 🤣🤣
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    Help with 2 Sapphire Olive Eggers 6/7 weeks

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    Help with 2 Sapphire Olive Eggers 6/7 weeks

    We got 2 chicks for my broody and I want to make sure they’re pullets and not cockerels. They’re 6/7 weeks old.
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    Sapphire what and sex help

    Thanks for the info. Did you notice longer tail feathers at any point? My darker one makes me wonder.
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    Sapphire what and sex help

    Got 2 chicks from TS a month ago for my broody. They’re supposed to be Sapphire Olive Eggers and pullets. Since they look so different from each other I wonder what they are and if I got a cockerel. Thanks for any help!
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    Weird broody Marans

    Thank you for the info. It seems like everyone is good, but I was thinking it was a little early. Momma knows best! 😁
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    Weird broody Marans

    I have a year old Copper Marans that went broody and I couldn’t break her. We wound up getting her 2 babies from TS. They took to each other right away and she has been wonderful with them. They are raised with the flock. The thing is they were 31 days old yesterday, and she is already back to...
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    What time of day is best? chicks under broody hen

    I agree with both the above posters. We put 2 under our broody on 5/28 around 10 pm. I slipped out the wooden eggs and tucked the chicks under her. She flattened like a pancake and started talking to them. 🥰 They stayed with mom and the other 3 both in the run and in the fenced area. Haven’t...
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    Too cold?

    This is what we added. It runs continuously with the solar and storage https://www.amazon.com/ecoCalm-Battery-Bifacial-Greenhouse-Anti-backflow/dp/B0CSN5L4PM
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    Too cold?

    We have a shed similar to yours. We put 4 round vents in the walls and added a solar exhaust fan that has a battery backup so it runs all the time. My girls roost over a poop tray and I hang a flat radiant heater behind them. Right now it’s 15 outside and 26 in the coop. The humidity is 54...
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    Tetracycline powder syringe dosage-egg peritonitis

    Yes I can crate her. I have amoxicillin 500 capsules. Maybe is can open them up, mix with water and give her half at a time. My chicken vet is over an hour away and not in today
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    Tetracycline powder syringe dosage-egg peritonitis

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    Tetracycline powder syringe dosage-egg peritonitis

    I could use some help figuring the dosage for my 5.5 pound GLW with egg peritonitis. The prescription is dosed on the label as 1 tbsp per gallon but I don’t want to treat everyone I have a scale that measures grams if needed Thanks for any help for my pretty girl.
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    Re-Home 4 laying chickens and 1 Drake - New Jersey Area

    Totally get it! Hope you find someone. If not…
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