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    Chick lays funky

    I was just meaning if it was something that was contagious. I’ll give the nutridrench a shot and see what happens. Thanks.
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    Chick lays funky

    We were talking about nutri drench last night, I have added some vitamins to one of the waterers with the cold snap we got. The lights are mostly red, one white I turn on as needed. During the day there is natural light. We’ve had a good survival rate with our chicks , this one has me worried...
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    Chick lays funky

    I’ve only seen her do it when I check them in the evenings, I’ll try to get a video if she’s doing it tonight, this morning she was fine. When she is up and moving you can’t really tell her apart. I say possibly lethargic because when I put her back down she feels almost weak and slower to move...
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    Chick lays funky

    Our chicks are 7 weeks old now. I’ve noticed one acting off but not sure what’s up. It looks like it is laying on its side with legs straight out. She will get up and move a step or two and lay back down, dust bath some times and others just lay. If you pick her up and check her everything...
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    Meal Maker “Buttercup”

    That’s what I was leaning towards but then saw some others that looked similar. Thanks!
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    Meal Maker “Buttercup”

    Any guesses on our Meal Maker, Buttercup. A few days old: 4 Weeks old:
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    Broken pin feathers

    Hmm...They all moved over to that side as I opened the brooder and spooked them. When I go in they are usually spread about staying busy, I don’t think they’re too hot or cold by how they act. We started with them at the recommended 95 and dropped 5 degrees a weekn. One end of our brooder...
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    Broken pin feathers

    Most of them are red lights, I think 2 are white. They aren’t all always on, just as needed to get temps up.
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    Broken pin feathers

    Ive thought about them needing more space but thought it was odd only 1/47 is getting picked on. Our brooder is warmer on one end and cooler on the other. There are a lot of lights but we check temps and turn lights on and off as needed when the outside temperature changes. When I first went...
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    Broken pin feathers

    They are under heat lamps, outside in a brooder in the coop...I didn’t request the meal maker and was kinda upset having the oddball but she turned out to be my daughters favorite, never expected this though.
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    Broken pin feathers

    When we got our chicks they sent us a meal maker as well. “Buttercup” is the only light chick in with 45 dark chicks. I’ve noticed some broken and bloody pin feathers on her tail. I have not seen her getting pecked. Will the others pick on her because she stands out? Not sure at what point to...
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    Gout?

    Oh wow, I didn’t know that. I will definitely be checking out the rest of the flock as we cull, rather not repeat errors with our new flock. Hopefully if it is frostbite our new coop will help that issue.
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    Gout?

    Thanks, I’ll definitely be reading more about it. I did read about some deficiencies causing it at one point too. Also wanna read more about the hunch back, that was awful. Thank you for your reply.
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    Late Molters or being pecked?

    One was a few weeks ago and the other was about a week. One of the hens started looking like this a few days ago though.
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    Late Molters or being pecked?

    Hmm, I thought it was just new feathers growing, not broken ones but now I’m not sure. I’ll try to get a better look tomorrow...I don’t think it is from rubbing on something. They hang out under the coop a lot which has plenty of space, if they go under on the backside it could be tight I...
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    Gout?

    A lot of our Australorps have had crooked toes since a very young age. Recently I’ve been reading about gout and wondering if it’s genetics. The roosters have been the worst it seems. We had one so bad that he had to be culled very young, he got to the point he couldn’t walk and was kinda...
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    Late Molters or being pecked?

    Our australorps started molting over a month ago, they have since grown back most feathers and picked up a little on laying. We had 2 hens who I thought were the roosters’ favorites. We no longer have the Roos and now a 3rd hen is looking similar/worse. Could they just be late molters or are...
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    Skinny Chickens

    No, sorry we only lost the one chicken. All of them are molting..Ok, the layer feed we used to feed was only 16%, the feather fixer we switched to is 18%. What brand/type of feed do you feed that is 18-20? This was the only thing I found that wasn’t chick feed.
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    Skinny Chickens

    Upping it more than we did? Thankfully it was just the one but it’s definitely frustrating not being able to help them.
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    Skinny Chickens

    This is the first real molt I’ve gone through with my chickens, it’s never been really noticeable like this, so not sure when it’s “over”. They are still growing feathers back, the last soft shell was a few days ago. We switched to the feather fixer hoping to give them the extra protein. I...
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