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    Uh oh, is this a sign of Cocci? Poo picture

    Just noticed this on the paper towels in the brooder from my 5 day old chicks. I've been changing the paper towels 2x a day to try to keep it clean and cleaning all their feeding dishes too :( What did I do wrong? And, if it is cocci, what do I do now?
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    5 chicks dead and counting :(

    Our 30 chicks from the hatchery arrived yesterday (Thursday) morning. They were hatched Monday. One was DOA, a speckled sussex. We immediately fed them GroGel, and offered food (fermented organic chick starter) + water with a splash of ACV. 4-5 of them had pasty butt, which we have been...
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    PIC Dying Chick, please help :(

    We just received our chicks this morning from the hatchery. They were shipped out Monday and arrived today. We immediately provided grogel and then food (chick starter) and water. I checked all of them for pasty but and bathed/cleaned and gently dried the affected chicks. One just died 6...
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    I'm a nervous wreck! LOL

    The chicks aren't even here yet and I'm a nervous wreck, ha ha! They were supposed to arrive today, but didn't. Tracking stopped updating about 30 hours ago. I went to our local post office and the sweet clerk there looked into it and said, "Oh, that's bad when tracking doesn't update and...
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    Organic Starter-- Nature's Best or Scratch & Peck?

    Hi! Our chicks are on their way and I'm curious if there is a significant difference between Nature's best Organic starter or Scratch + Peck's organic starter. I was considering fermenting their food--can I only do it with the Scratch and Peck since it's grains? I wasn't sure if I could do it...
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    Papa's Poultry

    I'm interested in ordering from Papa's Poultry as they are the closest hatchery (besides Dunlap). I am wondering if their prices are higher because the quality of the breeding is better? I don't mind paying more if their chicks are better quality than a standard hatchery (compared to say...
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    Children, Chickens, Climate and other Newbie wonderings

    Hi there :) We are about to jump into our backyard chicken raising adventure. I have two daughters, 6 and 9 years old, and we live in Western Washington. I've narrowed down breeds that I've researched to ones that seem like they would fit our situation: kids, mostly mild climate (we might...
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    Help! How do I decide where to buy from?

    Hi! I am brand new to all things chickens and have been spending hours researching breeds and coops and hatcheries. Our coop is almost finished (hooray!!) and I have almost everything for a brooder, I think. So, I've been trying to figure out who to order chicks from. We live in Western...
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