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    Dead chicken this morning .... what hapend?

    So I went out to check on the chickens this morning and I found one dead on the ground? I think she might have been the one trying to brood the last few weeks. Every night I pull her out of the box put her back on the floor, She eats and then trys to get back into the box but I lock the box down...
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    Turkey sizing

    So before I started raising turkeys I found a chart that gave you an idea of how big the turkeys were going to be and at what age. Im not looing for a guarntee but would like to know approx how big these boys ang girls will be at what age. They are db whites and the toms are looking prity big...
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    Help with chickens eating Medicated turkey feed

    So I came home lastnight to find out that an employee has fed my meat birds medicated turkey feed to the White Rock X. It would seem that they were fed this feed on saturday. Ive been trying to do somme reaserch regarding removal of the feed but as it was never intended for the chickens its hard...
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    How to get new flock to use the coop instead of the tractor.

    So I incubated 22 chickens and raised them to 6 weeks when they were put into a trator and moved around the yard. At 8 weeks I parked the tractor beside the chicken pen, cut a whole in the fence of the tractor and the pen and allowed them to mingle. now theyv been mingling for 2 weeks and still...
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    Coccidiousis and How does it work?

    So my issue is this, Ive never had a brooding hen hatch but three days ago a little baby came out from under moma. Now ive droped the water to the ground so the baby can drink but I cant feed them all starter and I sure cant feed them all cocci meds. So my question is this, If ive never seen...
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    Some one Please HELP Baby Leg Horn not keeping up with the rest

    So yesterday I noticed that one of my baby leg horns is seemingly slower than the rest. She doesnt seem to run aroud as much, shes doesnt seem to be growing as fast as the rest if at all. I saw her eat a couple pellets and drink some water but she doesnt seem to george like the rest. I picked...
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    Lost two so far and one on a steep down word slope.

    So Ive called the Freys hatcheri and had aboslutly no help. Ive lost two turkeys One never ate or drank anything and they all seemed to be too cold so I moved them into the house in a brooder cabinet. The heater is on full tilt and the abiant temp wont go over 80 I checked the temp under the...
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    Meat chicks Dying

    So I called Freys hatcheri and got no help. so Hier I am Begging for your help again. My white Rock Cornish x Birds I thought were looking pritty good but Ive lost five of them now and am begining to worrie. My birds during the day all flock to the outside of the brooder ring excpet for maybe...
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    Chicken Barn HELP

    So im trying to delice the chickens and was wondering how hard I should be trying to clean the barn to prevent their return. Any thoughts? Ive got a duck on a nest on the other side o the fence wall. she seems to be free of lice ... do I have to louce her aswell? where are these lice living do I...
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    HELP White Rock Meat Birds eating shavinngs

    So no matter what I try My meat birds wont stop eating the shavings. Ive got them right now on paper towel blocking the shavings but yet they seem to keep finding a way to pull the towel from the shavings and start eating the shavings. Ive heard that shavings can cause crop impaction and pasty...
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    Mites or Lice How to get rid while brooding

    Ok so I have two hens that have been injured by my rooster mounting them so Ive been moving them into a seperate pen during the day to keep them safe. Today I noticed that they have lice or mites. Ive dusted the two girls with diotomacious earth but then got thinking, if these two have them...
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    Need Help Found y hen with a whole in her side

    So I introduced a couple new hens to the coop and since then all hell has broken loose. Yesterday I went into the coop in the morning (6:00 to beet the lights so I could referey) every one looked good no problems. Was in for an hour and split only one fight. But my rooster has become nerotic and...
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    Droped egg on the roost

    So every day I go out and thiers the same number of eggs but one short. So I find out today that thier was five or six soft shelded eggs droped in the poop trays. What causes ;1) a soft shell when their is plenty of oyster shell and they all eat it. And only one out of 13 birds is this way? I...
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    Metal VS Plastic Water fountain

    Ok so ive done my research, and come up with a DIY heated water base. Bought the supplies tonight, and constructed the base as I saw fit. I used an old metal horse feed bucket drilled a whole in the middle ran a threaded rod for a lamp in with different nuts to make it secure and wired up a...
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    Light source and how much for quail?

    Ok so Im prity new to quail; have done allot of reaserch but cannot find the affects of too much light in the quail hutch. Now my problem is this, its -15*c today as the high and last night was the same so the heat lights have been on for 24hrs and will probably need to stay on 24hrs a day for...
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    RIR Roosters to Ontario members in GTA

    I have three roosters and they take too much space and eat to much food to stay in my coop. Theyre not needed but in good health.
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    Any Idea what type of chickens?

    Their are 14 chickens in total, I was told when I bought them that thier was 6 RIR 4 of the same bird (black partridge) but couldnt tell me what ??? and the three whites were supposed to be the same. I know the two are different from the third, and I know the the one red is not a red but maybe a...
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