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    prophylactic medication for Coccidosis???

    Help! I have a sick 12 week old pullet. She has been on medicated chick starter her whole life (the entire flock is). She has vague signs of failure to thrive, not eating or drinking, acts off balance and is slow. Falls asleep immediately anywhere she wanders. She doesn't stay with the flock...
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    Hawk is picking off my flock!! Help!!

    Thank you everyone!! We will put cds up today and hope for the best. Momma and babies are locked away safe.... hopefully my rooster can scare off whatever tries for the adults.
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    Hawk is picking off my flock!! Help!!

    No but I can’t imagine what else it could be!! There’s no dogs around us.... and we saw a hawk about a week ago hanging around. It’s our best guess.
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    Hawk is picking off my flock!! Help!!

    I have a free range flock of now only 7 adults and a new momma with 5 two week old chicks (hawk got one already). We are locking her in a chicken tractor today to keep her and babies safe but the hawk has already gotten two other adults in my flock in the last 24 hours!! And it didn’t eat either...
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    Grafting not going well! Help!!

    And now it’s morning and all wen t well!! She has accepted them and all are happy and healthy for now. Wish us luck! Thank you, BYC!!!
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    Grafting not going well! Help!!

    Already things are better. Thank you, byc community for support. So stressful when little creatures lives are in my hands!!! But I slowly reintroduced them one by one and at nightfall put the last three under her and she was cooing contentedly an hour later with no signs of rejection. Whew...
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    Grafting not going well! Help!!

    And yes, she’s been sitting most of the summer!! Chronically broody.
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    Grafting not going well! Help!!

    Ok I will try again tonight! I wanted to be able to monitor more closely.... i know most do it at night but I read several posters that have done in the day. I took 5 of them out and back into their box with a heat lamp as they were in the corner alone. The 6th one was under her and she has kept...
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    Grafting not going well! Help!!

    help!! I just got my 6 one day old hatchlings in the mail and am trying to graft them to a broody Easter egger hen. I put them with her and she keeps pecking them! I put them under her and she gets up and shoos them away. I’ve never done this before and am not sure what to expect but I read lots...
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    Help! All my babies escaped!

    Yes!!! We went out several times after dark and got one after another, painstakingly searching in the dark with a red light. It took forever and even in the dark the kept bolting if they got too awake. Got 6 out of 7 and my neighbor found the 7th today so all are home and snuggled safe in the...
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    Help! All my babies escaped!

    I’ve tried to net them several times they are just too fast!! They are about 8 weeks old so not really little tiny babies anymore. I can see 6 of them just have no way to get them in as the second I go near them they run out of the fence into the woods. The fence holes are big enough for them to...
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    Help! All my babies escaped!

    We just got 7 babies from my neighbor TODAY and I accidentally didn’t latch the coop all the way and they all got out!! I was able to get two back. Three more have stayed close but I just cannot catch them. What can I do?? Will I be able to get them when it’s dark? I’m not even sure they know...
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    Red, featherless butts

    Ok great I’ll give treatment a try!! They’re not that tame and catching them will be difficult- how do I apply the treatment? Can DE be spread on the ground for them to kick up? Or is it a feed additive? I’ve heard of both....
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    Red, featherless butts

    I’m attaching a picture of what I’m taking about.... I have 3 Dominickers I got in November at 7 months old. They came to me looking like this, only one of them has grown feathers and a tail on her butt. The other two remain with red, naked, yucky looking butts. Does anyone know if this is...
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    After being egg bound.... Still sick

    Thank you everyone for your kind words!
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