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    Ready to throw in the towel!

    I have had to replace my flock three times due to disease or predation. I've had to say good-bye to more chickens than I care to ever in a lifetime; many times by my own hand. Despite thousands spent on coops, wire, feeders, feed, incubators, brooders, traps, decoys, and medicine, my flock...
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    Playing dead?!

    Hi again everyone! We've been having a major issue with late night predation. My chickens refuse to roost in the coop, so they move from place to place each time they are attacked. Our latest predator is an owl, and I caught him again early this morning going after one of only two...
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    CRD??

    Hi everyone! Three nights ago I had a rooster die suddenly. I heard him cackling like he was being attacked, but there were no predators around and no external wounds. He was sneezing a lot that night, so I started the flock on Tylosin powder. I just culled a hen who was sneezing and in...
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    4 broody hens in one small coop

    I had 4 Bantam hens go broody, one right after another, in a very small coop. The chicks started hatching last night, and I thought all was well until I checked on them this afternoon and found that 4 of 7 chicks had severe pecking injuries. Is this because the coop is too small? Too many broody...
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    Rare breed Bantam ID

    This guy was sent with a batch of Golden Sebright chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery. He's supposed to be a rare breed "surprise", but I need help identifying him. Any guesses?
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    Heart disease symptoms in pullets

    I have lost 4 babies over the last month to something I am not as yet able to identify. All had the same symptoms....labored, open mouth breathing, clicking sounds when breathing, lethargy, loss of appetite. I thought it was CRD running through the flock, but as I do my research I'm starting to...
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    Questions regarding CRD

    I just found one of my 6 week old babies lethargic, wheezing, and clicking while breathing. I administered .25cc Tylan injectable, but so far I have lost all the babies with these symptoms and am not hopeful. When I lost the first two, I administered a two week regimen of aureomycin to the...
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    Chicks dying just hours before hatching

    3 out of 7 chicks passed away yesterday, seemingly hours before hatching. One chick had not absorbed its yolk, so cause of death was pretty clear. However, the other two were fully developed. One was really wet when I opened the egg. The other seemed almost the opposite. The membrane on the...
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    Need help quick....tylan dosage

    I have a one week old OEG bantam with what looks like a respiratory illness. He's really sick. I found Tylan 50 injectible, but it's for cattle and swine only. Is this the right one? If so, what is the dosage for this little tiny guy?
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    Hen losing belly feathers...Mites????

    I have a 1.5 year old red sex link that was acting VERY weird today. I went out to give corn, and she was puffed up and squatting, like she couldn't poop. When I picked her up to investigate, she finally laid a soft-shelled egg, but immediately felt better. During the investigation, I found that...
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    Old English Game Bantam?

    Ok, so I bought my Bantams at Tractor Supply in March. They were only advertised as "bantam", so I had no idea what I was getting. Three turned out to be Cochins. The other three were what I thought to be Easter Eggers because they have blue legs. However, no tuft. Pretty sure now that the...
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    Question about adding eggs

    I have two Bantam Easter Eggers that have just started laying. I am VERY new to this, so I have questions regarding how to incubate new eggs as I add them. My girls are laying roughly every other day, on opposite days. This means I'm adding at least one egg to the incubator every day. Currently...
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    So "egg"cited!!!

    Hi everyone, I've been coming to this website for over a year now in order to learn how to raise my girls. This year, we added three Bantam Easter Eggers to the flock, and in two weeks we'll have our first hatch! I decided it's time to become a member! I have 8 Rhode Island Sexlinks, and...
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