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    5 month old rooster with puffy eye

    My 5 month old Minorca rooster has had his left eye shut for two days now. The bottom lid seems to be swollen when compared to his other eye, but there is no obvious signs of damage or infection. He can open it, but only does so briefly then shuts it again. There does not appear to be any...
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    Help! 5 Week Old Chicks PECKING and BLEEDING!

    My chicks are barely 5 weeks old and for the last two weeks one of my Wyandottes has had all her little tail pin-feathers plucked out. We isolated her, cleaned her up, put on Blue Kote and let her heal for a few days. When we tried to reintegrate her, they started pecking her again. We isolated...
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    How cold is too cold?? Chicks are getting HUGE!

    My chicks (23 of them) are quickly outgrowing their bathroom brooder!! We put together a 4'x8' partially roofed brooder pen on our enclosed porch and we're monitoring the temperature to see what our max/min temps are under the lamp. We are in upstate NY and it's still pretty cold here. Our...
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    McMurray Bonus Chick... Black Australorp?

    We're new to chickens... and this little beauty is our black sheep among our Buff Orpingtons and White Wyandottes. She's (he?) is adorable, a bit feisty, and LOVES to be held. After some image searches on Google we're thinking we've got a Black Australorp. What do you think? (this pic is at one...
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    Brooder temp for week old chicks?

    We have our first flock (23 birds), and I'm just not confident that they are happy with the temperature in their brooder. We are using a large rectangle box as a brooder (in our guest bathroom) with a 250w heat lamp suspended over one side. I have a thermometer at chick-level under the lamp to...
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