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    Heat lamp, brooder plate, or both?

    I recently received a batch of baby chicks threw the mail. (First time ordering by mail) I have only raised baby chicks one other time, and did great. This time has been horrible and heartbreaking, I have already lost 4 of my 10 babies I ordered by mail. I had one baby that wasn't alive when...
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    My chick has filled up with air, please help!

    I just recieved baby chicks in the mail yesterday. This was my first time ordering threw the mail. One of babies, a Salmon Favorolle, was very fat and round! I picked her up and she felt like she was about to pop! She looked like a balloon. Her skin was very tight, and she was so filled up that...
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    What do the neighbors have that I don't?

    I am having a hard time keeping my flock out of the neighbors yard.. we have 7 acres of land to explore, and yet they want to visit the neighbor.. we had a barbed wire fence up on this section of the property. And we just put up new horse fencing today in hopes of keeping them in our yard. We...
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    What breed are my chickens?

    Please help! I need help determining what breed my hens are. I have two white chickens with a few black spots on them. I got them from tractor supply but have forgotten what breed they are. Any ideas? The reddish brown hen also came from tractor supply. Her under feathers have a beautiful...
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    mycoplasma gallisepticum help

    I'm pretty sure one of my hens has mycoplasma gallisepticum. I didn't realize what it was 2 years ago when I first noticed the bubble eyes and then swelling over the eye. I just assumed it was allergies, or an eye infection. I treated it with eye ointment antibiotics and she was better. But...
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    Sores on Hen

    I let my hens out of their coop to day to forage a little while. I noticed one of my hens, Gladys,who is very friendly and curious wouldn't come out. I picked her up and noticed big sores on her face and around her eyes.I don't know if the other hens have been pecking at her or if this is some...
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    Can chickens get colds?

    We have had a lot of rain and humidity the past few days. I went to feed my hens last night and noticed my poor Gladys soaked and covered in mud. The other hens were clean and dry and had been pecking on her. Gladys is the runt in her hen house. I brought her inside. Gave her a warm bath and...
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    Hen or Rooster?..Help!!

    I purchased 2 Americauna's when they were to young to tell their sex. I have never had Americauna's before. I have assumed they were hens this whole time. But now my golden one is jumping on my other hens and is even getting a little more aggressive in the last few weeks. They still ate not...
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