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    2 wk old polish and silkie chicks with blood in stool

    Hello everyone, I have two week old silkie and polish chicks that I moved into a larger brooder two days ago. I changed from coop clean to pine shavings in the brooder. This morning I checked on them and there was blood in many of the stools. It was a mixture of dark red and bright red in the...
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    Dark brahma male or female?

    Hey! My dark brahma is 4 or 5 wks old and has been extremely dominant and loud. I got her from a hatchery that was supposed to be all female. She has alway stood straighter than my other chicks and never has liked to be held. Extremely flighty and squawks really loud of I remove any of the...
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    Silkie help please.

    I have a three month old silkie that has bright red blood in stool this am. Last night was the first night in the big coop with four of my 10 wk old chicks. I have been socializing then for a while but last night I placed her in the coop with them to sleep. She's been very timid in the coop and...
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    How to worm chickens

    Hello! I am a newbie to chickens and I was wondering how to worm them appropriately. I have been looking at posts and I am a little confused. So I need to worm them twice a year? To start use Wazine 2tbsp per gallon for 24 hrs and then ivermectin pour on (cattle brand) 4 drops to back of their...
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    Need help on how to run hardware cloth under coop and run.

    Hey everyone! I am a newbie and I am recieving my coop and run next week. We are in the midst of preparing the ground for it. The size will be 5x10. I have a lot of land around me with about every kind of predator…. I need to run hardware cloth under the entire area so that mice also don't get...
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    sick three week white leghorn

    So my three week white leghorn has always been very spunky and loves to fly at me for treats when I open up the brooder with the other three chicks. She was great this morning and when I came home this evening she had no interest when I opened the brooder top while the other chicks went crazy...
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    white leghorn male or female?

    So I am new to backyard chickens and I was wondering if three weeks was too early to tell if my white leghorn is male or female? She is very sweet. I noticed that her tail feathers are coming in and they seem to be long and straight. Should I be worried that I have a roo? Can't have a roo in my...
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