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  1. MaryZoe

    Pea chick who won’t eat—failing to thrive

    Thank you. She didn't make it. Sad.
  2. MaryZoe

    Weird illness in BCM hen

    Yes, I’ll work on getting her to drink more. I’m tending toward an injury, too, rather hen illness. She’s in a quiet side coop, so hopefully with rest and liquids she’ll heal. 🙏
  3. MaryZoe

    Pea chick who won’t eat—failing to thrive

    My 3-4 day old pea chick won’t eat and is starting to fail. It’s never been strong and rarely pecked at anything, even when I offer bits of feed stuck to my finger. I drop water onto its beak and even then it rarely opens to drink it. Most of it drips off her beak. It hatched Sunday night, and I...
  4. MaryZoe

    Weird illness in BCM hen

    The above pics show that she doesn’t have lice or mites by her comb, an above view to show her posture on the ground, the black side of her comb, and the red side of her comb. I’m wondering if it’s an injury from being attacked by a hawk or something. I have LGDs that protect my flock, so it’s...
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    Weird illness in BCM hen

    I’ve kept chickens for years and seen a couple illnesses. But I’ve never seen what my little BCM hen has right now. She’s lethargic, off balance, and has a black comb on one side. She eats a little, but not much. Though she still weighs almost normal. I don’t think it’s Mareks because that...
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    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    Thank you. I will check out your FB page. I've raised chickens and turkeys, so I thought I could raise pea fowl in a similar fashion. I WAY underestimated how fragile pea chicks are compared to chickens and turkeys. Maybe I'll try one more time....after reading your pages!
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    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    Thank you. What is your name on FB? I may try one more time to raise pea chicks, but this time do it right. These guys won’t survive. 😥 I only have 1 left, and if nothing else, the stress of being alone will do him in. I feel awful for being such a bad chick mama. I didn’t realize how...
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    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    It is probably about 85* on my porch, so that's good. The toltrazuril has shipped and I paid for expedited shipping. I sure hope it arrives soon enough. The brooder is a lot smaller than what they were in so I hope that doesn't stress them out. I've been supplementing their medicated chick feed...
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    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    I moved them out of their pen in the middle of the chicken yard and into a brooder on my porch that I supplied with all new pine flakes. The two that are left are a tiny bit puffy, but not much. When I moved them I trimmed their flight feathers in case they escape when I clean their brooder (I...
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    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    Yes, I know that. I was hoping to avoid secondary infections by giving them antibiotics. Not sure if it was the right move. The two remaining chicks I have are just slightly puffy. I moved them out of the chicken yard onto a brooder on my porch that has all new pine flakes. I'm hoping that might...
  11. MaryZoe

    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    Thank you. I was afraid it was coccidiosis. I ordered the Toltrazuril. Hopefully it will get here in time to save my last two pea chicks. It's so sad. I keep them in a very clean coop (compared to most coops). I regularly add fresh pine shavings. I'll take out their 3 chicken friends and spray...
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    My pea chicks are dying. Anyone with experience have advice?

    I've raised chickens for years, but this is my first attempt at pea fowl. I hatched 4 out of 6 eggs a friend of mine gave me. I raised the 4 peachicks with 3 chicks that I hatched at the same time. They stayed in a brooder for the first 5-6 weeks, then they went into a large coop in the center...
  13. MaryZoe

    Hen acts egg bound, but no egg to be found...

    Thinking it may be peritonitis since I can't find an egg. Anyone successful with home treatments? I don't usually bring my hens to vets.
  14. MaryZoe

    Hen acts egg bound, but no egg to be found...

    My hen has most of the symptoms of being egg bound. She is lethargic, won't eat or drink, and just sits and stares. No, she's not broody; I've had MANY broody hens so I know what to expect. Her comb has gotten paler since yesterday when I noticed her sitting apart from her friends. The problem...
  15. MaryZoe

    Setting eggs from broody hen

    😁 Thanks!
  16. MaryZoe

    Help with very staggered hatch

    Maybe fire up the old styrofoam inc’y and use it as a Hatcher. Keep the humidity super high by adding plenty of water. If the humidity is nice and low during the early hatching stage (days 1-18), it’s hard for it to be too high during the hatch. They can tolerate lots of humidity at the end...
  17. MaryZoe

    Setting eggs from broody hen

    Pic of some of my lovelies for fun.
  18. MaryZoe

    Setting eggs from broody hen

    How long will an egg that a broody sat on for a day or two remain viable for hatching? I collected eggs from my broody, left them out for a day or two, then set them in an inc’y. (She’ll get them back when they hatch). But are the eggs that were out for 2 days still viable? Thanks for your...
  19. MaryZoe

    No one is laying! What am I doing wrong!

    Haha! Nothing like a good dose of public humiliation to get hens to lay. :D
  20. MaryZoe

    No one is laying! What am I doing wrong!

    I just wrote a similar complaint about my Black Copper Marans on a BCM FaceBook page. I wrote it because in my experience, when I start complaining to others, it embarrasses the heck out of my girls, and they inevitably start laying within a couple of days. And it worked. I swear I hadn't gotten...
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