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    One week old guinea Keets dying after three hour trip to new home

    I hatched out four Keets for a friend. I also had one turkey poult hatch. After a week in the brooder they went to my friends home. We’re all doing great when I boxed them up. Three hour trip. Very hot out, had heat in the box ( car with AC but not too cold—76 deg). Three of the four died and...
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    Hatching Guinea Keets for the first time

    ....in a brinsea mini advance. Second time with this incubator, four hatched yesterday, in the middle of a hatch and the last one just found dead in the incubator. Died minutes before I found it. in the last hour per the cam. Eyes bright open. Tried to revive to no avail. Completely dry, no...
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    Have a 4 week old who lost most of her upper beak

    Happened in the last week— I’m not sure when but noticed it yesterday. I’ve read a lot about cross beaks etc. and have more questions. So here goes: *how often do I need to feed her a mash and what should be in it? *how do I know if I have to tube feed? *i would like to keep her with the flock...
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    Is this poop normal?

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    One week old turkey pole crying

    I have three turkey Poults to I hatched and am brooding with seven chicks hatched same time. they’ve all been eating and drinking however one is smaller than the other two and appears in distress peeping uncontrollably. No pasty butt, no outward appearance of any injuries . I’ve seen them...
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    DIS during lockdown — need advice!

    im on my 7th hatch. The first three were 100%. Each hatch I’ve lost more eggs to DIS during lockdown. I’ve had humidity issues the last few and some temp fluctuations. I have a janoel 12 and external humidity monitors. I have two and they give very different readings. Any insight is appreciated.
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    Can turkeys and chicken eggs be hatched and or brooded together?

    i will put the chicken eggs in a week later. How about humidity? I have a Janoel 12. can they share a brooder? I’m worried only because the poults have to be taught to eat while the chicks just gobble it down!
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    Early Moulting

    I have a 14 month old barred rock whom I hatched. Her two flockmates are 20 months (one is her mother) and are just finishing up with their first moult. Their moults were gradual over a month. Over the last week, my barred rock has lost about 1/3 of her feathers. Is this normal? I didn't...
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    Chicken Math...integration...quarantine

    My new years resolution seems to be chicken math...I have three hens (14-20 months)...and long story short, I am going to be adopting some chickens that need to be rehomed (two hens and one rooster -- from two different flocks). All are healthy and well taken care of, the hens live next door...
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    What do you all think of this feed?

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    Help! Obese chickens!

    Lost an eight month old Barred Rock X RIR hen who started laying at five months, had a necropsy and it was determined that she died from a hemmoraghic fatty liver. I have three remaining birds. They are: 15 mo old Rhode Island Red 15 mo Easter Egger 8 mo Barred Rock x Easter Egger (baby of...
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    8 month old hen found dead in coop— what happened? How can I protect my other 3 girls?

    No trauma, no bloodyndischarge, no bloody stools, have large coop and run, cleaned weekly, just put sand down in run, have food and water off ground, free range daily for an hour or so.... I hatched and raised this one. Bright eyed and active yesterday. I did not see them last night. Went to...
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    Just hatching Narragansett Heritage Turkey Poults...tips and tricks!

    first timer for turkeys. Have hatched and brooded two clutches of chicks successfully. First two of five eggs have hatched an hour ago and they are getting around well. Please share with me any insight on poults especially differences from brooding chicks. I know they are delicate. Thanks!
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    9 week Pullets and this cold weather !

    i have two Nine week old pullets that I hatched. Over the last 2.5 weeks I have been transitioning them outside and beginning to integrate them with my two hens (their moms). They have their own little coop next to the main coop with adjacent runs. The Littles are doing well, have heated water...
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    Seven awesome chicks! But one was DIS... not sure what happened

    This is my second incubation, set 9, one was not fertile, 7 hatched, they started on Day 20-22, and are doing great, leaving one that was DIS. Did an eggtopcy today after water candling with no movement. Fully formed chick, had not absorbed yolk so made it to maybe day 19? Was moving and...
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    Brinsea EcoGlow 20 and pasty butt

    i have seven barre rock X chicks. I incubated and hatched them at home from our flock. This is my second go-round with babies, the first being feed store chicks in early Spring. Three of the feed store chicks (all the Barre rocks) got pasty butt. So..hatching my own...After having to...
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    EE egglaying pattern....

    I have two pullets (EE and RIR) and one cockrell-- they are 22 weeks old. The pullets started laying about three weeks ago. The RIR lays almost daily. The EE started about four days later and has only laid 3, with none this past week. We don't see any evidence of egg eating, the coop is...
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    Too many young Roos! Anne Arundel County, MD

    Brokenhearted that our straight run chicks have turned out to be nearly all roosters. Need to find good home(s) ASAP. These young guys are 11 weeks old, beautiful, sweet as can be, love to free range, will eat from your hand and are all extremely healthy and thriving. Two Easter Eggers Two...
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    Rooster or Hens?

    Here is our flock. 2 Barre Rocks, 3 Rhode Island Reds, and Three Easter eggers (Americaunas). They are 10 weeks old here and we are unsure how many roosters and hens we have. They were straight runs from Tractor Supply. So...the first Easter egger in the foreground on the left (Dora) we think...
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    Recovering from Pasty Butt

    I am raising my first flock. They are three weeks old and two of the three barre rocks got pasty butt the first week. My Easter Eager's and Rhode Island reds were unaffected. I they all came from the feed store and were a few days old. this showed up in the first week. One had it bad and was...
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