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    Sick chick arrived yesterday won’t eat

    We got a delivery of chicks yesterday and one (tiny bantam Easter egger) is super weak and won’t eat. We’ve gotten her to take a little sugar water over the last 24 hours if we hold her and hold the dish right up to her but most of the time she won’t take that either. If she’s separated from the...
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    I screwed up and didn’t quarantine- now what?

    Thank you, that is helpful to know that size is as important as age in terms of when to let them establish a new pecking order!
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    I screwed up and didn’t quarantine- now what?

    Thank you!!
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    I screwed up and didn’t quarantine- now what?

    I live in Northern California/Bay Area. I only know 2 other people with small flocks (I live in the suburbs) so not sure of what illnesses go around although we’ve had things before with our flocks in the past. The woman who sold them to me said she has 3,000 chickens but I didn’t get to see...
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    I screwed up and didn’t quarantine- now what?

    we just got 5 new chicks to keep another pullet (whose 3 sisters were all killed a few days ago, I posted about it earlier and am so heartbroken) company. Unfortunately I was so eager to get her some new friends that I combined them right away and it was a total disaster : ( Our solo pullet is...
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    Heartbroken and needing advice

    THANK you so much for all the kind words and advice! I’ve found a place that has 7-week old pullets and I’m planning on getting 3-4 and hoping she takes to them well and taking more time to integrate the whole flock. The have a new fenced run and big coop but I don’t have a separate fenced area...
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    Heartbroken and needing advice

    We have tried several times to adopt her out but she also has dog aggression issues too so we have been unsuccessful and I don’t have it in me to leave her at a shelter. I have kids so I am between a rock and a hard place on this, if another accident happens we lose more chickens which is...
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    Heartbroken and needing advice

    Thank you for this advice! The sad thing is that the silkie that was also killed along with her sisters yesterday is the only hen of the older flock that was nice to the younger chicks and I didnt see any of the bigger hens yesterday that didn’t peck at her. But I will try screening off an area...
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    Heartbroken and needing advice

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    Heartbroken and needing advice

    I am searching for advice after a tragic incident yesterday. A rescue dog we have attacked our flock and killed three out of four of our 10 week old hens that my daugher had hatched and were living in our kitchen waiting to be integrated into our larger flock of 7 hens. The dog also killed our...
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    Humidity too high; will chicks drown?

    Thank you!!
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    Humidity too high; will chicks drown?

    Sorry- obviously didn’t meant hatch rate since none have hatched yet, but our candling showed eggs developing out of 2 of the 3 brands of eggs we bought
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    Humidity too high; will chicks drown?

    They were all labeled fertile eggs and one was Trader Joe’s, which many people have hatched successfully before. Unfortunately the TJ’s batch had a zero hatch rate but the two CA brands both had some development
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    Humidity too high; will chicks drown?

    It’s next Monday so we have 7 days. But she is so panicked now, poor thing is sure they all died and her project is ruined.
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    Humidity too high; will chicks drown?

    To clarify, we’re at day 20
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