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    Random deaths.

    Hello thank you for your response. Yes my silkies are in with my other girls. If I lose this silkie in my house I will test it. I got them as day old hatchling from a breeder. She had given me several silkies and two polish, the two polish died so she gave me some more, which also died within a...
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    Random deaths.

    I'm having an Issue with some silkies. I got a batch last spring, was about ten. I lost half of them the first few days and sent one to the lab to make sure It wasn't some communicable disease and it was found negative but the bird had soft bones. So I had five.. and just over the last few...
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    Lab testing?

    Ive heard of people sending their dead chickens in for testing when they want to rule out disease. How do you go about this? Ive lost a ton of chicks from a breeder and I want to be sure. One just died this morning, Ive raised them the same as any other chicks Ive had. Checking bums for paste...
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    Little ones/Raising Chicks

    Update - I have found more chicks with pasty butt and been able to clean them before anything happened. Luckily I havent had any more rolling over on their backs, I was told silkies are born with their skulls in two pieces, and that possible brain damage was the culprit of their rolling over. I...
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    Little ones/Raising Chicks

    I was treating for cocci because I found a little blood in the stool of the older chick they'd crossed contaminated with. I will change the dose, thank you.
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    Little ones/Raising Chicks

    I treated with Corid liquid, 3.7ml per gallon jug. I treated for 5 days. I knew pasty butt could cause death, but the little one was so fluffy he died before I saw it. The first one that died was scrawny, and the next one who flipped over several times before he died looked normal. We kept...
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    Little ones/Raising Chicks

    I have a concern. I recently got 6 silkie chicks from a breeder, a woman Id gotten healthy birds from before. One of them kept flipping over, and eventually died. Then the other one did the same thing. And a third one died, mysteriously a few days later. How am I to be sure there is not disease...
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    Keep finding chicks laying on their backs????

    Theyre eating and drinking normally, just randomly falling on their backs. I have Corid and treated them with it because I found blood in another batch of my chicks feces, they are eating chick starter. I dont want to lose another one.
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    Keep finding chicks laying on their backs????

    Hey I haven't been able to find anything on this.. but a breeder sold me four couple day old silkies, and the next day my one silkie was laying on its back dead. The same day another one was laying on its back kicking its legs around, but popped back up when we put her right side up. Today, that...
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    Can I eat amprollium eggs?

    So my flock got into a bag of medicated chick feed. Only about a handful of feed was eaten, but I was left wondering.. can I eat the eggs? The antibiotic amprollium is in the feed. Is it safe? I feel like an idiot for letting them get to it.. I store it in my shed, and I turned my back for two...
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    Egg pecking

    Hey! I am relatively new to raising chickens, but I had this issue. Here's my story; I had a hatching of 23 chicks. I figured I'd sell the ones I couldnt handle, my coop fits '25' but it's really not ideal, it was quite crowded. I ended up having trouble letting any go, and my coop only has 5...
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    Introducing new chicks to my flock

    Hello! I have been raising a group of young chicks. Some are 6 weeks, some are 4. My question is.. how does one introduce them into my flock? My birds are very set in their ways with their group of 7, plus one rooster out there. They have a big coop, and a fenced in area to free range. I can't...
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    Lethargic droopy tail

    I have a hen who I thought was nesting under the grass outside, but upon further investigation I discovered she was just listless, standing or sitting there in the shade staring at me, or with her little eyes closed. Her tail is sagging downward too, and she looks like she doesn't want to move...
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    Differences EE, Ameraucana, & Araucana * Pls post pics*

    I have a little chick I was told is an Ameracauna/EE. Does anyone recognize this little guy, know what breed it is if it's not an EE, or know what she/he might look like when they feather out?
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    Mystery chick!

    Thank you! I am eager to see what the three of them look like fully grown
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