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    Feeding new chicks

    Thanks for the comments about the good luck you have had with Ideal and also about the success you had with forced feeding. That is basically where I am now, so maybe I will have some success with the others.
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    Feeding new chicks

    RE: chick starter Unfortunately I don't have any dry chick starter food on hand. I can go buy some on Monday and hope that the remaining chicks will eat that. The protein gel is supposed to work as chick starter food. I tried dipping their little beaks in the gel food, as suggeted on this...
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    Feeding new chicks

    Update: half of my new chicks are dead now. I will try to save the rest. The problem is that I don't think they are strong enough now to give them chick starter. I will stick with the watered down gel food and feed them with an eye dropper. Has anyone else gotten sick chicks from Ideal, or...
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    Feeding new chicks

    I got my chicks from Ideal and they were a few days old when they arrived. They don't seem interested in either food or water. They are weakening faster and faster and I am afraid that they will all be dead soon. I am suspecting that they must have been ill when I got them. I never heard of...
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    Feeding new chicks

    I may be overreacting, because my daughter came out of the womb starved and wanting to eat. I got new chicks last Thursday and I mixed up the green protien gel stuff. The chicks are not eating it. I have been giving them baby electrolyte and water with a dropper. I tried to get them to take...
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    How long are chicks carrying salmonella bacteria???

    There is another posting in this Forum from a woman who contracted salmonella from her chicks. THIS IS THE INFORMATION SENT TO ME FROM THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL: Thank you for your inquiry to CDC-INFO. In response to your request for information on diseases that can be transmitted to...
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    How long are chicks carrying salmonella bacteria???

    I am trying to find out how long new chicks carry the salmonella bacteria. I am getting an order in a day or two and I have a 1 year old. I would like to know how long to quarantine the chicks from the 1 year old. Has anyone seen a date for how long they carry the bacteria before it dies...
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    HELP! Vote for your favorite BYC Coop Page!

    Hi, I have a suggestion for next year....How about BYC choose the finalists and list members can vote on the coop they like best? I took a look at how long this list is and had to decide I won't have time to look at everyone's. If the best coop is at the end of the list, it probably won't win...
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    Mystery illness affecting one of my chickens. Hasn't left nest in 1 wk

    The consensus in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' seems to be that this is a broody chicken and that she is not sick at all. Thanks!
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    Chicken hasn't left nest for 1 week +. What is wrong???

    That is DEFINITELY good to know. I would have let her sit forever waiting for her "illness" to pass. It sounds like this calls for some "tough love." I will give her the boot tomorrow morning and lock her out of the coop and run. THANKS!
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    Chicken hasn't left nest for 1 week +. What is wrong???

    Broody? Would that stop her from eating and getting up? I am not breeding, so I can try a couple of plastic easter eggs. She is very friendly when I visit her and touch her. She does puff up her neck feathers. Any suggestions on how I can differentiate between a chicken that is sick and a...
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    Mystery illness affecting one of my chickens. Hasn't left nest in 1 wk

    I had a healthy and active chicken. One day she was sitting in her box all day. I thought she was egg bound. She had her egg and was still sitting in her box. I never see her leave. I left her water in the box and as far as I know that is all she has had for a week. Her eyes and comb look...
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    Chicken hasn't left nest for 1 week +. What is wrong???

    I had a healthy and active chicken. One day she was sitting in her box all day. I thought she was egg bound. She had her egg and was still sitting in her box. I never see her leave. I left her water in the box and as far as I know that is all she has had for a week. Her eyes and comb look...
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    egg delivery -- how do I help?

    Thanks for the idea of a water bath. I would not have thought of that. It is night now, so I will probably wait until tomorrow. How long is "normal" for a chicken to lay a difficult egg? What are the signs of distress where I need to start thinking "this is an emergency?" I feel bad for...
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    egg delivery -- how do I help?

    My chicken has been roosting for 3 days. I checked her this morning and I could see an egg "crowning." I gave her some water and ended up disturbing her so much that she got up, walked around and ate, so I knew she wasn't too bad off. How long can a chicken try to lay an egg before it gets...
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