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  1. asinnamon

    First hatch done, have questions.

    My chicken crazy friend got an incuview incubator. She and I split the first hatch. Together we had 27 eggs to start. 3 were duds. We had a bunch pip on day 19 and 20. We had some hatch on their own and after a few dying in the shell, the rest had some type of help. So here are the things...
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    Tube feeding chick with coccidia

    She really went down hill over night. her crop isn't even empty this morning and she isn't moving around at all. We'll try to give her some corid water this morning, but I think we are just prolonging the inevitable. :(
  3. asinnamon

    Tube feeding chick with coccidia

    I should have said I looked at two pet stores today for the parrot formula with no luck. I've got a few more tomorrow I can call and check. She has lost so much weight I really want to get some calories into her. I do have her in my sunroom, with the lamp on during the evening and night...
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    Naked hen backs

    You could try a saddle. We used them and they did help prevent more damage, but ofcourse had no impact on regrowing feathers. Some wore the saddles, some wouldn't, and it was winter here in NH at the time. We still have one that has hers on, it protects her from the sun. Some grew their...
  5. asinnamon

    Tube feeding chick with coccidia

    What can I put in the feed? Currently I'm using a mix of corid medicated water, a little Gatorade and raw egg. I tried powdering the chick crumbles, it won't go thru the tube. I also tried ground up meal worms, again, gets stuck in the tube. Can I use baby formula? Baby food, maybe like...
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    Coccidia. How do I know when the chicks are out of the woods?

    So I posted yesterday. Thanks to the advice of some great chicken folks I ran out this morning and got powdered corid. I've mixed at 1tsp per 1 gal of water and given to the babies. Well, 11 week old babies. Some are drinking, some we have had to help. How do we know when they are going to...
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    Naked hen backs

    We have this too. I've read that they won't grow the feathers back until they molt in the fall. So, we have a bunch of half naked ladies...
  8. asinnamon

    Lost 2 today, have no idea why, can you help?

    Would they eat something bad for them? We had this large orange mold looking fungus stuff growing under our hosta that we noticed tonight had been pecked at.
  9. asinnamon

    Lost 2 today, have no idea why, can you help?

    They are free ranging, getting chick starter crumbles. It's been very rainy and humid here, so the coop has been damp. I cleaned it out today, washed their food and water dishes with soap and water. I'll research the coccidian and find some corid in the am. I hope they are still alive in the...
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    Lost 2 today, have no idea why, can you help?

    We lost 2 of our 10-11 week old pullet chicks today. The one the died tonight I watched all day. She was off balance some what, lethargic, kept closing her eyes. This afternoon she drank some but when I picked her up, I must have leaned forward some because water came out of her beak. Her...
  11. asinnamon

    Hen cleaning out nesting boxes!!

    So we have this goofy little Aracuana. Yesterday, we did a spring cleaning of the coop and run. This little girl kept coming in scratching around and acting funny, so we figured she wanted to lay. In went shavings and out we went to give her some privacy. Wouldn't you know it, we heard...
  12. asinnamon

    Are hens emotionally attached to roosters?

    Thank everyone for the advice! We haven't done a darn thing yet. Hubby is trying to psyche himself up to 'do the deed'. We would never make it as self sufficient farmers, lol! We would starve.
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    Are hens emotionally attached to roosters?

    All good news, thanks!! We didn't actually want any roos to begin with. We mail ordered and I think a new chick sexer was being trained on our order, lol. Yes, all three have gone after us humans more then once. Now we are thinking it would be good to have 1 roo for flock protection, given...
  14. asinnamon

    Are hens emotionally attached to roosters?

    I've posted a couple times about our rooster problem. We still have them all, 3 roos to 9 hens and the roos are still over sexing our hens. We are so torn on which rooster(s) to invite to dinner!! We would never make it as farmers! If we get rid of all three roos, will the hens miss them...
  15. asinnamon

    Need some advice on laceration. Graphic.

    Awesome! How long do I wait to put her back with the flock?
  16. asinnamon

    Need some advice on laceration. Graphic.

    With anything special? Hydrogen peroxcide, iodine?? Wound Wash? She's clucking away in the basement whenever someone walks down, lol!
  17. asinnamon

    Need some advice on laceration. Graphic.

  18. asinnamon

    Need some advice on laceration. Graphic.

    Hey folks. We were cleanING the coop today and putting on saddles. It's cold and snowy here, so the roosters are getting a little over zealous with the girls. When we got one of our hens who really has taken it hard we saw a huge laceration. It looks all the way through the skin, and it...
  19. asinnamon

    Yet another rooster dilemma

    Thank you everyone for the great advice! I am not really all that interested in breeding, tho it would be fun to have little chicks running around. That being said, I do want a rooster around for flock protection come spring time. Its hard to say which guy to keep around. Perhaps none...
  20. asinnamon

    Yet another rooster dilemma

    We hand raised these guys from 1 day old. Infact, the BO was so sweet we named him Cuddles and my daughter carried him all over the place w/o issue. They are all hatchery birds. Are there breeds that are generally less aggressive? How would I find a breeder that specializes in roosters...
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