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    Hatching with Kinky Back?

    Thanks everyone! I reached out on a local chicken page, and was told about a farm store in the next state (1.5 hour drive) that had a shipment of chicks. Spent a little over 3 hours Friday morning driving, but I picked up two Easter Eggers and a Rhode Island Red, all pullets. My little bantam...
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    Hatching with Kinky Back?

    Update: the smallest, weakest chick just passed last night, so we’re down to two. One that’s been healthy and vibrant from the beginning, and another that’s weak, with eyes mostly closed, back to peeping constantly and stumbling, that was off from the very beginning. I’m not sure what to do at...
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    Hatching with Kinky Back?

    Update: I just gave the chicks their second round of Nutri-Drench today, after about 9 hours. And good news - this is the first time none of them are peeping insistently in distress! In fact, they were so quiet when I went in there, I was worried something had happened. But now, after their...
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    Hatching with Kinky Back?

    Chick didn’t make it, and passed last night. 😢 Now I have another chick who keeps looking down, and another who keeps falling over onto its back. Only one of the remaining three is acting like a normal, peppy chick, so I went out this morning and picked up some Nutri-Drench, and gave it to all...
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    Hatching with Kinky Back?

    They’re under a Brinsea brooder on the lowest setting. The ceiling looks low because I have a couple Tupperware lids under one side of the brooder in case the chicks need to be a little closer to the warmth, since the brooder isn’t necessarily sized for bantams and my house is cold (mid-high...
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    Hatching with Kinky Back?

    In need of advice! I recently had a very complicated hatch, resulting in four mixed bantams - hen Rocky is a partridge bantam, single comb, slate legs) and roo Tidbit is a gold sebright. Rocky went broody for the second time this year, her first season. She was so insistent, I finally gave in...
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    New here!

    Absolutely, it’s been so informative. I love hearing from everyone’s individual experience ♥️
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    New here!

    Thanks!
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    New here!

    Hi everyone! I’ve been a quiet lurker for a few years now, but finally joined! I’ve kept chickens for several years, starting a few years ago with barred rocks, RIRs, and wyandottes (buff and silver). A fox took out our last aging ladies just at the beginning of the pandemic, and we took a break...
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