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    different ages and different foods

    My feed store only has starter/grower and then layer. The starter/grower is 20% protein. Will it be an issue to keep them on that until they reach laying age?
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    Pastey Butt Treatment

    Sorry, I lost track of this post. My little ones are now a little older, but I'll try to demonstrate and post a pic.
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    Chick hatched with leg stuck straight up. What to do?

    I had the exact same thing happen in my first batch of chicks this Spring. One arrived with the leg stuck out exactly the same way. I always thought it was something that happened during shipment. It also had kind of a red bump on the back of its hock/knee, which is what it walked on. We...
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    Help! Mareck's Disease!

    Thank you for the advice! Is there anything I can do to stop the others from getting it?
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    Help! Mareck's Disease!

    Hello, I have 10 turkeys and 30 chickens (chickens were included with the shipments of turkeys). All are 3 weeks old now. I found one turkey last night that was falling over. He/she can walk, but I've read enough now to know that it's most likely Mareck's disease. He/she is in a separate...
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    I love Ideal poultry

    I've only ordered from Ideal once, and somehow my order ended up in the wrong city! Ideal had the correct zip, but whatever company sends their turkeys messed it up. So, I had to drive almost 300 miles roundtrip to pick them up! The first person I spoke to really didn't seem to care that it...
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    Pastey Butt Treatment

    I've only raised two batches of chicks, so I'm by no means an expert. However, I found a method of alleviating pastey butt that has worked both times that I thought I should share. It's essentially a chick spa! I started with the usual washcloth wiping, etc that all seemed to cause discomfort...
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