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    New chicks - one likes to sit down a lot

    I just got my new batch of chicks on Thursday. One of them, a white leghorn, tends to want to sit down a lot. She can pop right up, she walks fine, eats and drinks, etc., but when the rest of them are running around or scratching, she just sits down. Is this cause for concern, or do I just...
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    2 Day Old Chick With Crusty / Swollen Eye

    I just got 6 chicks today from a local fleet store and one (a gold-laced wyandotte) has an eye that's swollen and crusty. It was totally shut. After reading lots of threads on here, I tried putting a little tea on it. That seems to have helped and it's open a slit now. It looks kinda gray...
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    Electric fencing for horses - safe for chickens?

    I've done some searching on this and I've seen mentions of electric fencing for chickens, but I'm wondering if the fencing I've set up for my horses is safe for my chickens. I used tape up top and 17 ga wire, the lowest strand at about 22". I have two chargers - a Fi-Shock 15acre, and a Zareba...
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    Prolapse - What to do?

    I have an approx 3 year old red star (one who lays very large eggs) with prolapse. I noticed her butt was really poopy, and when I looked closely, I saw what looks almost exactly like the pictures here, in terms of color and size...
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    'Cauna with cloudy/gray eye

    One of my approx 6 month old hens - an ameraucana/easter egger - has cloudy eyes. I was out working on their new coop today and noticed it. I haven't noticed any other issues with her. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow. I've searched the forum for "cloudy eye" and read about Marek's. The...
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    Calcium Carbonate Supplement - How Much?

    My hens are laying very thin-shelled eggs. I went to the farm store to get oyster shells but all they had was a bag of calcium carbonate, labeled for chickens (as opposed to industrial grade). However, the bag doesn't say how or how much to feed. Should I mix some portion of it in with their...
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    4 week old with bent toes

    My 4-5 week old BR pullet has two bent toes - the outside ones on each foot. They're not real bad, but they definitely go out to the side differently than my others. She's actually my friendliest one and she always runs over to the door when I go to check on them. Doesn't seem to have any...
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    Runny chocolate-brown poo in 3 week old chicks

    I've been checking the archives and I'm not terribly worried, but I wanted to post with my specific situation and make sure. I have 8 three week old chicks. Most of the poo in their enclosure is nice little turds, but I see the occasional pile of reddish-brown (not reddish like blood - just...
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    Sick Chick - Won't Move

    I just went downstairs to check on our chicks and found one laying in the food dish all sprawled out. She's breathing and blinking a little, but won't stand and she's really limp. The dish is under the heat lamp and she was on bare metal so perhaps she fell asleep there and overheated? I'm...
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    Pale comb, dull feathers, no other symptoms

    One of my 3 hens (2 years old?) has a pale comb and her feathers look dull, almost as if she's dusty. She's been like this for probably two weeks. I have another hen that usually looks just like her and her feathers are still shiny (visible in the picture). She hasn't lost weight and she's...
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    Questions From A Newbie

    Hello. I'm new to the group, and pretty new to chickens. My family and I bought a hobby farm in Northern MN and we've been here since 8/15. We inherited 9 chickens (3 roosters, 6 hens) and the previous owner's coop. I'm sort of doing this backwards. Usually I do a lot of research before I...
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