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    Crop issue in chick?

    I just got back from store with some and compared it and some of the pieces are the same size but yes it is too big. They seem to be doing better now and the crop HAS been emptying. Hoping that the coco oil and the smaller grit I have them on will do the trick. If so I will be getting some...
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    Crop issue in chick?

    Brooder was set up the same way as I set it up last time. Only difference (including location) was the feed and the poor hatch rate preceding the brooder…. This is unfortunately the only chick left after this fiasco. I went and bought the same starter grower ration I used last year and this...
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    Crop issue in chick?

    It wasn’t for very long- finely crushed oat, wheat, poppy and flax seeds I had in my kitchen.
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    Crop issue in chick?

    I do not have a poultry nutridrench, only a goat oriented version. I had full success last year without nutridrench and all I changed this year was their feed (was using a crumble started and switched to what local feed store gave me as their starter). I really suspect the incubation as being...
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    Crop issue in chick?

    So this year we had a very bad brooder experience, and I suspected the feed to be the cause but it could just as easily have been bad incubation as we had a cold snap and even with full heat on the house had trouble staying warm. I switched away from the organic starter I used last year to a...
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