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    Please be a girl...please be a girl...

    This girl(I hope) is about 16 weeks old, probably a mix. I got the egg from someone whose stock is from Ideal's surprise straight run last spring. She was gray when she was hatched. She is pretty timid, and quiet. She is low on the pecking order, but my girls have enough room to roam, they...
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    Good Video on Coccidiosis

    Hello all, I got an email today that had a link to a great video on coccidosis. It has some disturbing parts, but I am glad I watched it. Now I know better how to recognize coccidiosis. Hope it's ok, I just copied the whole email. You might need to copy and paste the link. Carrie Hi, I...
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    Bumblefoot: what to do now?

    Ok, I know this is going to sound stupid, but I am at a loss as to what to do. I have a hen that has bumblefoot. I operated on her foot Saturday. It was in the pad of her foot, and there is a bump between two toes, really close to one toe. I was able to pull out the plug, I was surprised how...
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    10 day old chick sick- could it be a yolk infection?

    Hello, I have a 10 day old naked neck(cross) that is not doing well. He seems like it is all he can do to breathe. He is working very hard at it, isn't running around, or doing anything else. All the other chicks seem fine and vigorous. I have had vitamins in their water constantly. They...
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    Scaly leg mites?

    I just need to know if this is scaly leg mites. I just noticed a few of the pullet's scales are lifted on its feet. She also has a little spot on one foot that looks like what I get with a chigger bite, red spot with white dot in center. No swelling or anything, and I can't really tell if...
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    I have to move an incubator full of eggs! Advice needed...

    Hello, I have to move my mom's incubator. It doesn't have a turner, it is a still air hovabator. She can't take care of them for a few days, and can't get anyone nearby that she can trust to turn them. I am going to take it home with me, I live about 15 miles away from her. It is either...
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    Strange honking/crowing sound from Buff Orp Pullet

    Ok, I need reassured that my pullet is actually a pullet. I am about 95% sure, but I really wonder sometimes! I have 3 Buff orps, 3 barred rocks, and 2 barred cochins, all supposed to be pullets. We got the pullets in January, and we got our first egg in June. I have gotten as many as 7 eggs...
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    What breed?

    We have some in question here. These are 10- 14 weeks old, depending on what breed they are(we got the breeds in different shipments, different dates). This rooster I am hoping is white laced red cornish, but he doesn't really look it to me. We had bought an assortment from Ideal in early...
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    Processed first Ideal Black Broilers WARNING: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION

    I am so excited, my husband and I processed four Ideal black broilers today in about an hour and a half. It was the first time for me, he had killed and field dressed birds from hunting and is the official fish processor of our household. I was just a tiny bit troubled about the killing part...
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    barred rock pullets?

    Hello, I have a dozen barred rock pullets(?) I have noticed that some of them, most of them are getting pretty red in the combs and wattles. They aren't a whole lot different in size, color, or size of wattles or combs, just redder. They are nearly nine weeks old, but I didn't know if the...
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    Medicated food for black broilers?

    Hello, I have black broilers that have been on a mix of medicated chick starter and gamebird starter(It makes about a 23% mix, 25 lbs med starter to 40 lbs gamebird starter). They are about four weeks old now. They are going outside soon with our pullets, and I was wondering if they can stay...
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    Possible Illness? At a loss, what to do???

    Hello, I may have a problem, I am not sure. I am brooding a bunch of chicks for my mom(I don't even know how many, anymore ) . Her chicks range in age from 3-4 weeks, I think. I also have 25 or so barred rocks(about 6 weeks), and 25 black broilers. All these chicks are being brooded in my...
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    How to protect chickens from predators

    Hello, Our pullets are nearly ready to go outside, so we are finalizing coop/run plans. We are planning to use hardware cloth(I think it is called, the fine mesh wire) on the top and sides, but I am wondering if it will be necessary to put it on the bottom, also. I would like to avoid this if...
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    Giving chicks antibiotics, can I give polyviso at the same time?

    I am having to medicate my chicks for a respiratory invection, and I was wondering if I could give them some vitamin drops, since I can't mix the vitamin/electrolytes in the water with the antibiotics. I thought maybe that would give them a little boost, maybe help them fight their illness...
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    Please...Listen To Your Chicks?

    Hello, This is going to sound kind of strange, but I am going to ask something of all of you, then I will explain why. Please take one(or more) of your chicks, and hold it up to your ear, and listen to it breathe, and let me know what you hear. The reason I am asking this, is I have noticed...
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    crackly breathing?

    Hello, I have searched the posts here, and can't find any good answers. I read about someone warning a poster about listening for crackly sounds when the chicks breathe. Does anyone have any experiences with crackly breathing in their own chicks? Thanks, Carrie
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    Week old chicks with crackling lung sounds UPDATE- THEY ALL HAVE IT

    Hello, Some of my week old(thereabouts) chicks are making crackling sounds when they breathe(I may have heard some yesterday, but not sure). As I was doing the daily pasting up removal, I could hear/feel it in three chicks, out of 11 that I had to work on. The chicks are in our garage, we...
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    Weird Pattern Developing....

    Hello, I have had 6 shipments of chicks this year, from three different sources, and am noticing a weird pattern. If there is one doa, all the remaining chicks survive. If all survive the trip here, there is one dead the next day. First order(Ideal), one was dead in the box then all...
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    More Ideal Chicks! and black copper marans

    Hello, I got more babies from Ideal yesterday, and bcms from txfresh today, and they are so cute! I am brooding these for my mom, I think she has a serious chicken addiction, as these were the third and fourth shipments of poultry so far this year. I say so far, because we have at least two...
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    What mix are Ideal's black broilers?

    Just that, anybody know? I got 25 or so of them, and there is a wide variety of appearances and sizes, so I was wondering what breeds they use to make the black broilers. Thanks, Carrie
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