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    What is this?

    Could it be cocci? As new to my soil/setup?
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    What is this?

    Yes, predator proof ... nothing can get in.
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    What is this?

    I dug around it, no seeds but agree, it is intestinal sloughing. Just keep an eye to see if it progresses? She and her sister are new this year, they were day olds and introduced to my existing two hens when they were 6 weeks, no redness in poop before they went in with the big girls. Just...
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    What is this?

    No, just their grower crumble. No seeds in the poop.
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    What is this?

    I'm seeing this in the run, I believe is from one chick, 8 weeks old. Should I be concerned? Appetite is fine with everyone, water supply is clean and everyone is eating and drinking.
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    Corid maintenance & others?

    Thanks for the link to the video. Mine got it, I think, from a plate of dirt to dustbathe in. Feeding non medicated starter and about 2 weeks old, was bringing them outside for a bit. Had a plate of dirt so they could dustbathe in and that's where they might have picked it up from. Their...
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    Corid maintenance & others?

    Thank you for the reply. I just wanted to make sure as never had to deal with this before. :)
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    Corid maintenance & others?

    On day 8 of Corid, 5 five week old chicks. Was dosing for severe and today am dosing preventative for another week. They are moving in with a three others who do not cocci for integration into the hens in a couple of weeks. Will it be fine if the others are also drinking the same water dosed...
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    Isbars sex.

    Yes, they are all the same age. Pretty sure the black Marans is a girl and the small splash is a girl too. The blue one is a feisty, exploring, flying up high chick. That, along with the comb and small wattles starting is what made us think boy. It would be easier to sell or give him away...
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    Isbars sex.

    4 week old Isbar blue. He has a bigger comb than the other three. The last three are a blue copper marans and two splash Isbars. I realize it is not the best to figure out at this young age but also have to figure out what to do a cockerels. I am not allowed roosters where we live, so hoping...
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    Switching feed

    16% or 18%?
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    Switching feed

    Interesting. You don't feed your hens layer food? Just stick with grower and oyster shell separate for their lives?
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    Crack, split and hatching as we speak!

    So excited! Blue Cochin mom, with fertilized eggs and now they are hatching! Have five eggs, 3 or barnevelders and 2 are Swedish flower from a breeder. Only one egg has pipped and cracked about a third of the way around the egg. Hopefully, the other 4 will follow. I would like to move mom...
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    Dead in 12 hours

    Thank you. No mites in the coop as we check after dark. Nothing on her, either. I think it all was too much for her. Obviously she wasn't eating enough and 3 times broody took too much from her.
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    Dead in 12 hours

    Posted another thread this a.m. about her. Broody Cochin hen, fine last night, just died now. She was sitting on eggs that didn't hatch for 21 days around beginning of April. Then became broody again a week ago. Ate some sunflowers seeds from my hand last night, clucking away. Can they...
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