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    Crooked beak and a watery eye

    Thanks everyone! We have 6 other older chicks that we were going to merge them in with. If the eye infection chick is a carrier for life, will she infect the rest of the flock? Is it potentially fatal? I worry about not only infecting the older flock, but that they may attack these two (even...
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    Crooked beak and a watery eye

    I assume it's an infection if some sort but it has been weeks! We have been waiting to put them with the older pullets in our main flock but have been worried about infecting everyone. How long would a cold or infection last?
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    Crooked beak and a watery eye

    We have two pullets that we have had for about 6 weeks now. Both were lethargic when we brought them home. We added electrolytes to their water and oregano to their food. We also adjusted their heat lamp at the time. This seemed to bring their energy and activity level up. Since then the...
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    Breed and Gender Thread, anyone ask!

    We got them from a local feed store. Yes, they did have a batch of mixed breed chicks so anything is possible, but we pulled these out of the SLW pen. If I recall there was another sign over the same pen for another black and white breed that started with an "m" but I understood from the girl...
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    Breed and Gender Thread, anyone ask!

    Didn't think the one with the red was gonna end up being a Wyandotte, but thought the other one was at least. Any guesses as to breeds?
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    Breed and Gender Thread, anyone ask!

    Hi- we have two 3-4 month old SL Wyandottes (we believe) and one is looking pretty roo-ish. She/he is much more aggressive and comb developement is obveously much farther along even though the other bird is bigger.
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