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    Comment by 'Podnick' in article 'Information on Chicken Eyesight'

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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Reading all your posts with interest, am soaking barley seeds now, will stumble through it with the help of this forum. Here's a link to an outdoor set-up for sprouting created by a forum member. There are three entries related to development of the trays, watering, heat, etc. using flexible...
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    Cant figure out what's wrong.

    Wanted to update with Sparky, my speckled sussex. She was sluggish when she went in the coop last night. Next morning I found a really hard poop. I looked at it, it was like compressed grass, very fibrous, hardly digested. Have a feeling it came from Sparky. There was also the remains of an...
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    Cant figure out what's wrong.

    My speckled sussex is acting the same. Yesterday morning laid two shell-less eggs connected to each other. Saw her sitting in the nest yesterday afternoon, but no egg. Vent pumping like she needs to expel something. Today she's stopped eating. Stays by herself, doesn't come when called. Her...
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    feeding sprouts, grass alternative?

    There's a gal who grows and feeds sprouts to her flock. The set-up is brilliant: a systems of trays that are continually sprouting wheat grass. Her girls have a fresh tray every day, all year round. Here's a link. Hope it works My Blog
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    Noisey hen

    I have a Dominique who is extremely chatty. She starts at daybreak. I set my clock for 5:30 am to let them free range in the yard. They get distracted and quiet down. On he days when it's raining, and I leave them in their coop/run, I'll bring them a snack/meal. Problem is they're smart...
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    chickens similar to shedding dogs?

    Thanks for the reply. They have all had different growth spurts. Currently the Dominique is the smallest of the four. I don't see any mites... and wouldn't they all have them if even one did?
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    chickens similar to shedding dogs?

    Do some breeds of chickens shed more then others? I know from experience this is true with dogs: my australian cattle dog shed a ton, my terrier not so much. The reason I'm asking is I have four 3 month old girls. The Dominique is shedding much more then the Speckled Sussex, Americauna or the...
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    watery poop from a 7 week old chick

    thanks twocrowsranch and csummer8882, Glad to hear about the wood shavings, that they're not always a problem. I'll try adding pedialyte to the water. I'll see if I can concoct some simple meal with a bit of olive oil, see how they all do with it. They don't cotton to yoghurt (yet), but her...
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    watery poop from a 7 week old chick

    Thanks, twocrowsranch. From what I can tell she is eating. There is chick starter available all the time. Several times a day I put starter in my hand. She is the first to run over, holds her place at the trough and eats till till there is no more. When I mix the ground seed mixture/sand and...
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    watery poop from a 7 week old chick

    My 7 week old Speckled Sussex has had watery poop for the last three days. Occasionally there are small bits of normal poop in the liquid, but most of the time when I'm look at it come out it's clear liquid. No color. I have seen her drinking, but couldn't say if she is drinking any more then...
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    Sick female red sexlink....please help

    Hi, I'm new to chickens and saw some similarities with what you describe. I've seen my 3 week old EE lying on her side, in what looks like an uncomfortable position, with her legs curled up and twitching. I've seen this twice the last day. Then she'll get up, with what seems like difficulty...
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    just starting

    What a wonderful site! I haven't got my chickens yet, or even my coop, but as I look around, I keep seeing the BYC site as the best for any information on chickens. So I'm looking for chicks to buy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Any advice? Thanks!
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