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Just checked them again this am. Poult is no longer panting. It is preening and moving about, but with difficulty. Legs are too splayed. Feet partially turned outward.

I find thermometers to be unreliable, so I watch behavior. Poults are moving about the brooder freely, no huddling, no piling, not pushed to the side, and not directly under the lamp. That being said, my thermometer reads 99. The bedding is larger pine shavings, not fine.

I too have a similar thing going on with one of our turkey poults. These guys arrived on April 1st, so they're two weeks old. This one was growing fine, better even than the others, but all of a sudden this evening it was struggling to stand, feet clearly splayed a little, and panting. The...

The other poults are fine, and this one was too earlier today. Brooder temp is good, feed is 28% protein. This poult has been thriving until this evening. These are heritage bronze. Any help would be greatly appreciated as there just isn't very much out there on raising turkey poults.

Hi all! A friend ordered a flock of Dominique chicks and was also sent a bonus “rare and exotic chick”. He doesn’t look that exotic, and if he didn’t have the gold colors coming in I’d say he was just a legbar. Any ideas??

Chickens in the basement, Chickens in the tractor, Chickens in the Coop...

Thank you. She is a Polish with limited visibility, so maybe she's being pecked and I've been missing the interaction. I haven't seen any evidence of rodents, so I'm crossing my fingers it's not that.

Thanks!

Yes, I did earlier tonight. I went in with a flashlight and a white piece of paper. I looked and swiped under and over every roost and surface. No smears. Nothing. I also checked vents and under feathers. Nothing. Which is good I guess. I did do a SUPER power clean after I lost my hen...

Hi All- I went from a mom that wanted to get chickens for the kids to experience to a Poultry 4H leader that randomly gets called "That Chicken Lady" on the street, and the resident chicken expert (eek) at a local educational farm. The problem is, I've read anything and everything I can get my...

Hi Friends- I have what was a very healthy 1yr old Buff Laced Polish Hen that all of a sudden has little brown spots, kind of crusty on her wattles. They look nothing like pox images I have seen. T hey are small and light brown. Her wattles also look paler than usual. Other than that, she...

The coop itself is 5X4X5, and the run is 8X8.

I think I’ll keep her. She’s my favorite in this batch of ladies.

Thank you for the input eveyone! Im glad the consesus is pullet. Yinshanosaurus (we have crazy chicken names in this family) is almost 9 weeks.