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    Food for Bantam Chicks?

    We went to TSC today to maybe find new food and spoke to someone who worked there. He and one other worker said they needed to be wormed or sprayed for mites. We bought some electrolytes (in case they need it again) and some tetracycline disolveable powder to put in their water. I was planning...
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    Food for Bantam Chicks?

    All it says is "100% Nutrition"... It doesn't have a protein level (that I can find on the bag). According to this, it says "20%" but my bag just says "Starter/Grower" http://www.tractorsupply.com/poultry-feed/dumor-reg-chick-starter-grower-20-feed-20-lb--5078202
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    Food for Bantam Chicks?

    I have 5 little bantam chicks (about 1-2 weeks old, TSC didn't specify their age) and I'm having problems with their food. One of them died suddenly a few nights ago. I'm assuming it was because of his (constant) pasty butt. One of my other bantams is having problems with pasty butt as well. I'm...
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    Baby Chick Emergency

    Thanks everybody for your help. This is my second set of chicks. The first, we had the heat lamp thing right on the edge of their tub, but it got up to 120, so we moved it a little higher. I'll check the temp in the little chick tub again today. They were panting this morning when I got up, so...
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    Baby Chick Emergency

    I say that I think they sell chicks too soon, because these little guys are literally about 3 inches tall/long. I have tiny hands and two can fit comfortably in the palm of my hands. We tried everything we could. Unfortunately, we didnt have electrolytes here, so we had to use sugar water, but...
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    Baby Chick Emergency

    We tried regular water first, and then gave sugar water. He declined very rapidly and fought as long as his little body could. He passed shortly after I posted. I'm not even sure how old he was, but I'm becoming more convinced that TSC shouldn't be selling chicks so little.
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    3 wk old chick bloody vent **GRAPHIC PICS** (please don't look if you faint easily)

    3 of my Bantam chickens had what I assumed to be "pasty butt" but when cleaned, turned out to look like this. One of the 3 just passed away about an hour ago. I'm not sure what happened, it was lethargic and wouldn't interact with the other chicks. It was only about a week old, much smaller than...
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    Baby Chick Emergency

    I posted yesterday about my chicks having "pasty butt" and how I cleaned it off and am trying to keep them ok. One of the chicks has been extremely lethargic today and his poop is extremely watery and mostly clear except for a little white stuff. He was also clogged up again this evening, but...
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    Enough Water/Butt Issues?

    Where they are (inside) right now, we cant have a hanging waterer, so we've just been watching them a little more closely. The box they came in from Tractor Supply said to give them water before feeding, but a website online said to have food available constantly for them. I'm not sure what's...
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    Enough Water/Butt Issues?

    I bought 6 "Miniature Bantam Chickens" from Tractor Supply about a week ago. The night after we got them, one of them was found crying and flailing in the water bowl. Since then, we've kept a shallow plate of water and constant food in their steel tub. Today, I discovered 3 of them had a large...
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