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    providing grit

    Quote: We have a large flock and mix our own grit. Small flock I would use a commercially prepared grit like Red Cross. I generally think of this as pigeon grit. I do not offer just plain oyster shill. It is calcium carbonate primarily and not balanced. We offer grit as follows: Take an...
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    Chicken lice

    Pets, meat or eggs? I am always nervous about insecticide near my food source. Sevin is good....I use it. There used to be a roost paint product, don't know if it still is out there, it was good too. In a smallish building a simple pest strip hung on the ceiling has worked here to kill lice...
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    There all gone but 1 OMG!! :(

    It happens, sadly, to just about all of us at one point or another. Keep them long enough and you may do it again. Your culprit is likely a raccoon. When given a group of birds to select from they generally kill them all and eat the heads to get at the brains. I wouldn't object so much to...
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    Sick Chick

    If you have kept a sick bantam chick that you found barely conscious alive for a week using basic medication, basic nutrition, and an eye dropper, well, a standing ovation for you! That is above and beyond. I also applaud your clear willingness to do what is right for the animal and your...
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    Day 23 having doubts...

    If I were to guess, and that's all it is in this situation, I would say inexperience combined with a poor incubator. At day 23 I would be dubious that you have succeeded. A drop to 77 degrees, even for a few hours, is not likely to kill a developed chick in the shell. I have had dead cold...
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    Can a coon get though field fence?

    First an opinion. Your chickens should be able to stay in their house around the clock without harm to them. You need to add ventilation or whatever it takes to make this possible. Any minor emergency that calls you away in the night will mean death to your birds. Locking an animal up in a...
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    Need some advice

    Your chicken pen looks more like a ferret cage than what it is supposed to be. Nothing wrong with it for long term use but the entrance is pointed into a corner and the ramp is a multilevel maze. Your chicks will eventually figure it out but it may take until they can fly to the entrance...
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    First time hatcher question???

    Quote: Chris, Sometimes it is just an accident that the chick is unable to get out. Some restriction in the shell that kept it from turning fully to the large end or whatever. A couple of chicks I have helped have died. I would have to guess around 300+ have lived. I have shown them...
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    Egg laying!?

    Quote: I definitely would not be looking yet for eggs. I have had a couple bantam brahmas around. Nasty little guys by comparison to the big ones. They were not prolific year around layers. I would bet the Americauna would be a slow starter also.
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    1 Month old chick wheezing

    I'm sending you a PM.
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    Egg laying!?

    HINT: More information would have gotten you more and better answers! You don't say what type of bantams but I will give you some general information based on my experience. A lot of the bantams I have had were very much like a wild bird in that they tended to be seasonal egg layers. Birds...
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    Undecided about a rooster

    I'm mean to my wife but she keeps coming back for more....go figure! What you call mean, they call romance. Yes....roosters tend to claw up the hen and pull the feathers off the back of the head. You can put a saddle on your hens but we never have here. They are just doing what comes...
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    Child and Brooder Question

    Quote: Uh-huh. So does human dander, dog dander, cat, house dust, pollen, air in general......ad infinitum. It is time you stopped telling us how everything is going to kill us. Birds carry salmonella and next thing you know you cannot even touch raw chicken without gloves and you must use...
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    So is wood shavings good or bad?

    Quote: Yep....that is fine.
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    Duck missing, water predator??

    SO....you found no trace of the duck if I remember the OP after reading all the responses? First let me say that it is not unheard of for a duck to float off down stream and get lost. That is the easy route. Predators? It really helps to know a location because not all predators are world...
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    What's your least favorite breed?

    The ones who post a simple question and then pick at you for two days because they did not like your answer. But I think you meant birds, right? I am not fond of game chickens other than the OE bantams. Don't care for Rhode Island Reds as everyone I had was an egg eater. Some breeds we...
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    Muddy run

    To make a long story short about a bad neighbor who hates chickens and some land contouring to make the watershed hit my buildings.... I have a pen that is muddy in the winter. I was doing some cement work one year and had a lot left over so I made some drop biscuits out of the leftover. I...
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    Finally, Chickens are legal

    That's a good thing. The only way we can educate those who have gotten too far from the source of their food is to bring it back to them.
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    First time hatcher question???

    Quote: No these were not shipped eggs, they came from our wellsummers, and they were all fertile, we saw movement in all when we candled before going into lockdown. One of them looks like it might be trying to zip now, so should I wait and see a little longer before I open to get my chick...
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    Two moults in 3 months: NORMAL? NOT? HELP!!!

    Quote: She's 8, but plenty of chickens make it to 15--and she looked AMAZING both before her first moult and before her second (i.e., just last month). So they were clear moults both times, with feathers growing in normally in between. She's a very nice looking girl normally and since 8...
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