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  1. Anne Katherine

    My rooster is sick, acts narcoleptic. Extremely tired and constantly sleeping. I need help!

    I have a Cubalayan rooster who is about a year and a half old. Today when I went to feed the flock, I noticed he didn't come out but stayed on his perch. When I put some food down on the ground to coax him off he seemed only mildly interested. I lifted him down to the ground and while he was...
  2. Anne Katherine

    Feeding my keets

    My keets are three weeks old and I am planning on moving them outside today as it is warm enough. They will come in at night but right now the temp is plenty warm for them. My question is, can my keets have scratch grain? It would not have to be their main food source, I currently give them...
  3. Anne Katherine

    Keet dilema

    We just got six keets Wednesday and we lost two today. I don't know what happened but I know I don't want this to happen again. They have molasses water and keet crumbles and have a heat lamp that we try to keep between 90-95 F. Their bedding is hay. The keets that died would start chirping...
  4. Anne Katherine

    Introducing chicks to flock

    I have a bantam hen with chicks, (pic attached from the day after they were hatched) who have been separated from the flock for a little over two weeks. They have not been exposed to any of the flock except to see them through the bars of their cage. Are they able to join the flock? Will the...
  5. Anne Katherine

    Baby chicks with pasty but! Help!

    I recently got and hatched some chicks. The 2 bantam BB Red Cubalayas I have developed pasty but and for the smallest one it is getting worse. I have tried warm water on a rag and warm oil on cue tips and it is not helping. I really don't want to lose them and need an answer soon because I...
  6. Anne Katherine

    Help with broody hens

    I have two broody hens that sit in adjoining boxes. Whenever one of them goes out to eat the other one will leave her box and sit on the other hen's and vice versa. Is this ok? And how long is too long for my hens to leave the box. And is it ok to handle the eggs when necessary?
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