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    Possible dying chick?

    HI, I just received a small order of baby chicks yesterday and one of them was not standing when I opened the box. It looked weak and so I got it under the heat. It has remained this way ever since, breathing heavily, rolling it's head back and can't keep upright, just lays sometimes twitching...
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    Oxine: Activated vs Non-Activated

    I have been using Oxine AH (activated/diluted) for a couple of years on my horses feet to clear up fungal issues (works great!) and sometimes for various uses regarding my chickens. I have read a lot of threads here (including the famous Shagbark Bantams article) and other things on the Internet...
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    Oxine: To Acivate or Not depending on use. Bio-cide Response

    I have been using Oxine AH (activated/diluted) for a couple of years on my horses feet to clear up fungal issues (works great!) and sometimes for various uses regarding my chickens. I have read a lot of threads here (including the famous Shagbark Bantams article) and other things on the Internet...
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    Mystery: Hen not coming in to roost

    Hi, yesterday one of my hens stopped coming in to roost with the others. She is kind of an independent one, flies over the poultry fence during the day to free range on the property. She comes back in on her own and especially in the evening with the others (we let them all out to free range the...
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    Heritage Breed Purebred Wyandotte Cockerels need homes (pics included)

    I am still trying to rehome about 15 young Wyandotte roosters from my paulspoultry.com spring chick order. They are all really nice, some do have single combs, but many have the traditional rosecomb. Help me find some good homes for these gorgeous boys... Approx 20-21 weeks, Blue Laced Red...
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    Rare Purebred Black Wyandotte Cockerels

    Please help! I am trying to rehome three wonderful Black Wyandottes roos. They are beautiful, sweet and respectful to people. They were from a chick order I received from Paul's Poultry this Spring. I just have WAY too many roos here and these seem to be the best quality so far. Please PM me if...
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    Purebred Wyandotte Cockerels Need homes ASAP

    Do Not Bid...PM me if interested, would like them to go to homes, not freezer camp I have 17 cockerels from a chick order I received this spring. Since I have 17 pullets/hens total, I have WAY too many males and they are starting to fight amongst themselves (mostly calm though), so I am hoping...
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    Rehoming Wyandotte Cockerels?

    It turns out that I have 17 cockerels from my spring chick order from Paul's Poultry (approx 18 weeks old now). They are all purebred Wyandottes: some Black, Blue Laced Red, Black Laced Red and Columbian Wyandottes. All are adorable and cute and this is SO hard! I know they will be trouble...
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    Housing 26- 7 week olds...where do I put them as they grow?!

    Ok, so this is my first time raising this many chicks. Add to that, I had a head injury the week before they arrived and have been trying my best to stay on top of things so they will thrive while my head heals. I must have had a plan for them, but since the injury, don't recall exactly how that...
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    Can Chicks Eat too much?

    Can baby chicks eat too much?? They are Wyandottes if that matters (not broilers or anything).
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    BLRW chicks...**PICS added**Advice on raising 26 st run-

    First off let me just say I think they mixed up the order and gave me Gremlins instead of chicks! These guys seem to be very active and growing right before my eyes! This is the first time I am raising "boys with girls". There are 26 BLRW's, Blue and Black Wyandottes, with at least 10 roos so...
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    BLRW's and other WYANDOTTE chicks are here (PICS)!

    Hi all, we successfully got our Wyandotte chicks today The order was for 16 total: 8-Blue Laced Reds, 4-Blacks and 4-Blues (the SLW and Partridge I wanted were not available for this hatch date) I thought I'd write this because I saw a post a while back (not sure it was even legit) that...
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    BLRW Pic's- Feel free to add your own too!

    Just wanted to share pics of my BLRW's, I only have 3 right now (I had a beautiful blue, but she died from Marek's in Nov) Adding more chicks soon!! (Is the dark one considered a black laced or a not so perfect blue?)
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    Northeast CT Poultry Processing-anyone help?

    Ok, I am looking into the possibility of raising meat birds for the first time and know I won't be able to process them myself...it's just not in me at the moment. What options are available for people like me in CT who raise them wonderfully, but can't...well...do the deed!??
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    sick hen-egg bound, mareks,other??

    My young BLRW (approx 8-9 months old) is not acting right. I noticed last night that she was not so perky and seemed a little dazed. She ate ok and made it to roost. This morning when I let everyone out, I noticed she was wobbly and had a hard time walking. At one point, she seemed "stuck" with...
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    Grit in poop?

    Has anyone ever noticed grit being passed through in the poop? This may be normal...but I wanted to ask here in case it is not... I found what looked like alot of little white granite pieces of grit (varying sizes) in my 26 week old pullets poop on the poop board the last few days....
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    Wyandottes/BA's-what age will I know if roo/pullet?

    (cross posting) I have three golden laced wyandottes and that three Black Australorps that of course are supposed to be pullets...what age will I know for sure? They are 8 weeks old this week, all the GLW's have reddish combs now and the wattles are starting in, but only slightly. The BA's...
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    Wyandottes/BA's-what age will I know if roo/pullet?

    I have three golden laced wyandottes and that three Black Australorps that of course are supposed to be pullets...what age will I know for sure? They are 8 weeks old this week, all the GLW's have reddish combs now and the wattles are starting in, but only slightly. The BA's combs are still...
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    Chick with beak issues...what do i do??

    One of my 7 week old GLW pullets has some beginning beak issues. (i previously suspected it was a roo, but now may be just a different beak than the others) The lower beak is longer than the top and sometimes when the beak is closed they look even and other times looks like it is crossing. This...
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    New Chicken Owner behavior Question

    I have 4 older chicks (9-14 weeks old) that I got about 3 weeks ago. They were kept in my house in a large brooder next to my young chicks brooder (had those since day old). The other day I moved everyone out to the new coop (young chicks in 2 large attached dog crates separated from older...
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