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    Fowl Pox & Baby Chicks

    Found out my large grown birds have fowl pox right before I received my baby chicks. Panic!! After days and days of searching, I found out that the manufacturer doesn't make the one-day old chick vaccine for small pox anymore. Once the supply runs out, there is no more. Does anyone know where...
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    Fowl pox -baby chicks

    Hello chook-lovers! I have 30 chicken on 5 acres and discovered yesterday that I have fowl pox. :( While this has to run its course and I'm providing supportive care, the problem I have is the 40 chicks I have indoor in my make-shift emergency brooder. I'd like to vaccinate them before...
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    Hen door to run - Leave open or closed at night?

    Hello everyone! I was hoping to get feedback from me fellow chicken owners. I am an urban farmer and was wondering about the hen door that goes from the coop to my pen. Does this have to be opened at dawn and closed at dusk everyday? Since warmer weather is coming, I thought it would be nice...
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    Coop Input

    Hi gang! I am needing some help finding a pre-built coop. I will have 25 chickens in a backyard (large 1/2 acre) and feel a coop already built will be easier than building one myself. Does anyone have any recommendations on websites/stores that are reasonable? I'm finding a few options on...
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    Newborn chick sick-need help ASAP!

    My newborn baby is super sick/weak. She arrived from the hatchery yesterday morning, but has barely drank/ate since. The others are doing well and walking around, yet she is just laying down and looks to be barely breathing. At one point, she had both legs completely stretched back and was...
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    Brooder Size & Appropriate # of Chicks?

    Hello everyone, I am new to BYC (and to raising chicks) and was hoping for some expert advice. I have two large 4x2x2 oval steel tanks (from Tractor Supply) set up and ready to go for my brooders. My first order or chicks already arrived earlier this week and the second will be arriving in a...
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