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    Lethargic, diarrhea and losing weight in chicks and 5 month old pullets

    It started with 10 weekold chicks. I hae treated one with antibiotics and the other teo pulled through ontheir own. Now some of my 6 month old leghorns aren't doing well. They are lethargic and one has a purple looking comb. They don't have diarrhea but I was getting 7 eggs a day and now I am...
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    Lethargic thin and diarrhea, 10wk chicks and 6 month pullets

    I have 3 chicks that are 7 to 9 weeks old. They started acting like they don't have much energy today. They are still eating but I don't thnk as much. It's been hot today but not as hot as it has the past few weeks. The only thing I changed recently was last week I started feeding them a grower...
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    Wag eggs now or later?

    I am new to this and my chickens just started laying eggs. Due to the rain some of the eggs do have some small dirty places on them. Also some of them seem to have small smears of blood. I have asked a bunch of people that have chickens and most of them do not was eggs at all. Some of them don't...
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    Not sure if this chicken was egg bound but....

    A friend of mine got some adult hens from some one a few months ago. They all seemed healthy but one of them (leghorn) always seemed to have a swollen abdomen or it just looked like it drooped compared to the other chickens. She was always active, but they weren't sure if she was laying...
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    When does a hen start laying on her eggs?

    I am new to chickens but my friend wanted to breed his hen to my rooster. We have them in their own area separate from the other chickens. They have been together and we have taken her eggs for about 3-4 weeks to be sure she is bred by him. 3 days ago we started leaving the eggs in the nest box...
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    Crumbles or pellets?

    I have only had chickens for about 2 1/2 months now. 8 of them are 2 1/2 months old so they are still on the medicated chick starter/grower. Someone gave me an americauna that is probably a couple years old. I did get her a layer/breeder type feed. I didn't know what the bid difference between...
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    Do u have to deworm chickens?

    I was just wondering if periodic deworming is necessary? If so then what is the best thing to use? I'm not crazy about adding something to water, I work at a vet and they gave me some ideas but didn't know what everyone else did? Also how often does it need to be done....
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    Are these pullets?

    I posted a few pictures a couple days ago as to what breed, everyone said leghorn, but now I'm curious about their sex? They all look very similar, and are 8 weeks old. I didn't know if there should be a big difference by now between the boys and girls?
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    What kind of chickens?

    [/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]Hi, I have never had chickens before and ended up getting some from the feed store. I'm not sure which kind they are they told me they could either be cornish, leghorn, maybe Plymouth Rock. Mine are 8 weeks old right now.... Any ideas? I asked them a few weeks after I got them...
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    What kind of chickens?

    Hi, I have never had chickens before and ended up getting some from the feed store. I'm not sure which kind they are they told me they could either be cornish, leghorn, maybe Plymouth Rock. Mine are 8 weeks old right now.... Any ideas? I asked them a few weeks after I got them so they didn't...
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