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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    Its 35f outside and 50f in garage coop. I have 3week and 2 week old chicks in our spare bdr and the 3 week olds have been roosting on the side of the brooder. So its only a matter of time before they jump to the outside of the brooder. If i put the mhp on high do you think they will be okay in...
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    Baby chick emergency

    We lost the little one. :'(
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    Baby chick emergency

    How do i get the oil in the vent? I was trying to give it a little warm water enema but my tiny syringe isnt smal enough for his little vent.
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    Baby chick emergency

    1 week old had pasty butt (i think thats what its called) i cleaned it off. I noticed the abdomen is hard maybe constipated? Its much smaller than its flock mates and just lays in the momma heating pad. Not eating or drinking and kind of stumbles around. All other birds are fine. Its very very...
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    Projectile yellow liquid exiting vent in hen... egg bound? Something else?

    I do not know how old she is im thinking 2. Ive determined its not egg bound. I'm going to end her suffering in the morning and I'll have a look within. I really strongly believe it is the egg yolk peronitis. If it is blackhead ill be able to tell as well but im betting as soon as I cut her...
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    Projectile yellow liquid exiting vent in hen... egg bound? Something else?

    No worms in the yellow liquid. She is drinking a bit i have separated her. I looked up the egg yolk peronitis and it does seem like that might be it. Any luck on a treatment? After i realized it wasnt egg bound i figured some type of infection.
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    Projectile yellow liquid exiting vent in hen... egg bound? Something else?

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    Projectile yellow liquid exiting vent in hen... egg bound? Something else?

    The yellow liquid is about the consistency of egg yolk. Maybe a bit runnier. I didn't notice any fowl smell but i didnt get my nose down in it.
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    Projectile yellow liquid exiting vent in hen... egg bound? Something else?

    Leghorn has been in the lay box for 2 and a half hours. Her stomach is covered in liquid thats leaking from her vent. Appears to be clear. Area around vent is contracting as if she is trying to lay an egg. I picked her up to have a look and then sat her back on the floor and she stumbled a bit...
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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    Im getting 8 chicks today and this is my first time. I heard the first week they need 95f temperature and then you drop it by 5 every week after that. Well i plugged in my mhp its a 12x24 heating pad over a small tomato cage cut in half and the bottom cut off. At the front its 7in tall at the...
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    Going out of town 3-4 week old chicks

    Going out town for the weekend in April. Our chicks will be 2-3 weeks old at the time. They will probably be unsupervised for 40 hours. I may be able to get a relative to chec on them at least once.
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    Fermenting feed with fish meal

    Final update on this. Everything is fine... so fermenting fish meal feed is ok to do. I've not noticed an egg problems or slowed production. They eat it and love it. It does have a different smell but it's not bad. I've not refreshed my ferment liquid either and it's still going strong.
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    Yolk broke inside of fresh egg

    This morning I went out and got our fresh eggs and my husband fried them up. It was literally only and hour old egg. It was from a red sex link and the yolk was broke when he cracked the egg. Curious why this happened? this is the first time it has happened and have had no other egg problems.
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    Fermenting feed with fish meal

    Okay so I wanted to update. I started the ferment with fish meal Thursday AM. I gave them half of the old non fish meal and half of the new with fish meal and they took right to it. It seemed they liked it more! It does have a different smell a little stronger but it definitely ferments the...
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    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    Http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/p/fermented-feed.html?m=1 This is where you read about it. It has a lot of information about the different types of fermentation. There is the yeasty type for bread then the alcoholic kind for wine there isa bunch of types and they all have certain...
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