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    Help me figure this out! Three hens having some sort of swelling issue below their vents!

    I have 3 hens right now that are having some sort of issue. Two are two years old, the other is three. They are in varying stages, one is barely noticeable, one is pretty obvious, the other seems severe. I can’t really get a clear picture because of feathers covering their butts, but I’m going...
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    Do I need more heat in the coop tonight?!?!

    Thanks all. Babies all did great. I was worried since the brooder coop is a new addition to our setup, and I’ve definitely had day one chicks in the main coop with a broody, but they’re actively being watched. It was also super windy last night so I was worried about wind chill… we’re in zone 5b...
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    Do I need more heat in the coop tonight?!?!

    Oh man, sorry that happened! I used them my first year after reading that studies suggested that the constant red light from a standard bulb increased aggression in birds. I loved the black bulbs and if I’m being honest, that was my friendliest batch of chicks. All of my subsequent batches have...
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    Do I need more heat in the coop tonight?!?!

    I have a standard red bulb, but I also have one of the black ceramic reptile bulbs I could put in(if I can find where I put that 😂). Not sure on the wattage difference
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    Do I need more heat in the coop tonight?!?!

    No, I’m asking if I need it in addition to the heat plate. Heat plate is my go to for sure for that reason. I have a heat lamp for backup or struggling chick quarantine, but rarely use it.
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    Do I need more heat in the coop tonight?!?!

    For reference, this is generally what I do with new baby chicks, but I put them in the coop under a mama hen. Our mama didn’t go broody in time, so we just have a heat plate. Similar nighttime weather conditions, just with a bird. Just a little paranoid since there’s more airflow under a heat...
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    Do I need more heat in the coop tonight?!?!

    I have 18 chicks and four poults in a brooder coop… age range from 2ish-3.5weeks old. This is supposed to be their first night in this outdoor brooder coop. They were out there all day and evening, outside air temp was about 60 and sunny with a cool gusty wind. None of them were under the heat...
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    Please help, baby chick not doing well

    I was thinking maybe neurological too… I’ve had well over 100 chicks and never had one act like this. Even with the tiny drops of water, it almost looks as if it has a hard time swallowing. Maybe it’s something it will grow out of. The head whips look like it’s trying to wipe its beak over and...
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    Please help, baby chick not doing well

    About 1 week old. Extremely sleepy/lethargic, coming up o about 24 hours. It will barely open its eyes. I’ve been using my finger nail to dropper sugar water into its mouth all day as well as water with electrolytes from a chicken electrolyte packet. It seemed to do a bit better, by about 2pm it...
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    Predator attack

    We had a predator attack today. I can’t find one chicken(or any sign that it got taken, ie the explosion of feathers) but found a different explosion of feathers. I happened to find the hen in the coop and was shocked. Something clearly tried to get ahold of her. Thankfully she was a Cochin and...
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    Weak chick, home hatched

    Our closest TSC is over an hour and a half away 😬
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    Weak chick, home hatched

    Bump
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    Weak chick, home hatched

    Hey there! Suggestions wanted! I’ve hatched a few chicks in our incubator the last few days, and one doesn’t seem to be doing well. It’s sleeping much more than the others and is pretty unsteady on its feet. It is also struggling to keep its eyes open. It hatched on time(21days) and although...
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    911!!! CRUSHED 21 DAY EGG, CHICK STILL ALIVE! ASSISTING HATCH!

    Oh man, I can’t believe I didn’t update!!! Chick survived and is thriving! I wish I had a specific picture, but it was so difficult to tell all of our black chicks apart. We had 13 hatch and stay earth-side, 11 of which were mostly all black 😂
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    New member first hatch gender help

    I’d say the first and second are definitely cockerels. Three I feel 80% sure as well. The fourth feels 50/50.
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