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    Pasty butt

    It can be a stressful situation, hopefully she will hang in there!
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    H

    If you have a heat lamp, I would just put it on one side of the brooder. That way if it is too hot they can move to the other side or kind of pace themselves of where they want to be in the brooder compared to the light. Even though are still in that age range of needing the higher temps, maybe...
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    New Chicks Dropping Dead

    Shipping is so stressful on chicks, I had one die just from me personally going and picking them up 45 minutes away. However, you could try giving them all a little booster yourself. I do 1tsp ACV and 1tsp sugar in 4 cups water and then use a syringe and give each one just a few drops 2 times a...
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    Ordering chicks through mail

    That's including shipping right? I mean, you have to think that you are shipping a live animal. Nothing about shipping something live is ever cheap ha! Ridiculous but a fact. I normally end up buying strictly from breeders which depending run $10-$15 per chick, for a good quality chick and...
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    HELP: WEAK CHICK- Don’t know what to do

    I will second the sugar and water mixture. 1 TSP in 4 cups water. Eventually you might want to back that up in a few days with 1TSP of Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother to 4 cups water just to help balance the sugar in the digestive system to avoid pasty butt.
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    Pasty butt

    You can try 1TSP of ACV with the mother (must have the mother, it's the floaty stuff that has the probiotics), in 4 cups of water. Take a syringe, and hold your baby chick while giving it a few drops of the mixture once or twice a day. Is it proven to work? No... but I've noticed in mine that...
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    Utah!

    Anyone going to the Utah Fancy Poultry show this October?
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    Utah!

    Hmm, thats very weird because normally they don't start developing any cone etc. for a few weeks. And by the looks of it, he/she is still way to young to tell. BUT (just my 2 cents) judging by its crest size there is a possibility of male however, I've had hens just like that, that after a few...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, our first Polish broody has her chicks a hatchin'! But here is my problem... Yesterday we had the first hatcher who, was thrown out of the nest. So I put her back with mom and she instantly began pecking her (Not soft little comforting pecks...hard pecks) then she grabbed her by the head...
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    Anyone have eggs hatching next weekend? 4/28-4/29?? Looking for someone to wait with...

    Well we've hatched early O.o and our little hen just doesn;t have the mothering instinct. She's tried to kill the first chick that hatched, 3 more are currently pipping. Crossing my fingers she'll accept these ones.
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    URGENT - New mother not accepting chick

    Mkay, I'll try that tonight..keeping my fingers crossed... We've got 3 pipping right now so hopefully my tonight they'll be out. Is it best to have her in a nesting box (Off ground so we have some netting to keep chicks from falling out) or move her to a small run?
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    URGENT - New mother not accepting chick

    Well, I'm just worried that she's not exactly sure what she is suppose to be doing. I.e. raising chicks. I think she the egg instinct is there but the mothering one is not. It sounds like I'll be up late tonight O.o waiting for the others just to make sure. I lifted her up and put the chick...
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    URGENT - New mother not accepting chick

    Well, this is the first time this Polish has had chicks of her own. Today once Iarrived home from work I went out to check (Today is hatch day) and low and behold someone had hatched while I was gone. But she wasn't in the nest O.o So I nudged her back over to mom and mom pecked her! Again and...
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    Anyone have eggs hatching next weekend? 4/28-4/29?? Looking for someone to wait with...

    Me too... although the broody is doing the hatching lol. I'm still very anxious
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    HOW do you MAKE a hen HATCH EGGS

    Sadly nothing.... I've tried the " isolation technique" which besides freaking them out didn't work well.... (although about 1 week later she did become broody) Depending on what breed you have (I have Polish so I was super happy when she became broody since she was the first in 7+ years of...
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