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  1. RenegadeJane

    5 day old chick found dead under heat plate.

    So I've got a fresh flock from a Cackle surprise box. I believe there were 19 when I received them on Friday. I just built a big wooden brooder for our basement. It has a red LED light, water, wet grain and a brooder heat plate. (The one recommended for 20 chicks) This morning I went to...
  2. RenegadeJane

    Back to back hen deaths in 24 hours

    Hello everyone, We're in NH. So this morning my poor husband discovered one of our original hens (2 years old) dead in the chicken run, right under the hanging waterer. She was on her side, had no noticeable wounds other than some reddish marks on her neck. My husband assumed it was from the...
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    6 week old pullet acting depressed

    I swear, the luck I've had with this flock so far. . . This is my first flock, I got 20 day old chicks, 3 were meant to be roosters. I had one female die on me within the first week, that was mostly due to my poor first aid (I thought her crop was impacted), though I think she wouldn't have...
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    Week old chick with possible tumor? Very lethargic, won't open eyes.

    Got our first chicks last Tuesday. They were born Monday via Cackle hatchery. Got 20 total, a few varieties. I had gotten extras cause I expected a few screw ups, but thought I had been doing pretty well up to this point. . . I noticed this evening one of my Australorps was behaving kinda...
  5. RenegadeJane

    Neighbors complained to us about Guineas on their deck, what to do?

    So we inherited a couple of Guineas along with our house/farm we bought back in September. The previous owners weren't able to wrangle up our two, so they just left them and said we could have them. We've taken care of them all winter and have grown pretty attached to them. We've named them...
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