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    Is she impacted?

    Hey y’all, Haven’t posted on here for a while. Anyhow I went out this morning to collect eggs as usual and one of the hens was acting strangely. We haven’t had chicken food for a couple days hope to run out and get some however have been feeding them with cereal, bread and bananas for calcium...
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    My Chicken Broke His Leg What Do I Do!

    Hey Y’all My 9 week old GLW just, I think, broke his leg in a live trap. We had had it set up to catch rats which are a real problem at our house and they were getting into their feed but I forgot to take it down this morning. He was following another chicken in to it and got his leg stuck. He...
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    Chicks Sneezing When Let Outside

    Hey y'all I have three GLWs 4 weeks old and four BOs 3 weeks old. I let them outside for the first time today for about 10 minutes and it seemed they enjoyed it. However 2 of my BOs began sneezing and one had some clear discharge coming out of it's nostril. Otherwise they seemed fine and happy...
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    Need Coop Design For Eight Chickens Fast!

    Hey Y'all, I know this may not work out but, do any of you guys have plans for a coop that can comfortably house 8 chickens for around two hundred dollars? We're on a tight budget and our chicks are growing fast! Thanks so much and God Bless!
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    Pesticides?

    Hey y'all, I know I have posted a previous thread similar too this one, but I now have a new question related to it. I hope that's okay! I was wanting to let my 1 and a half and two and a half week old chicks outside for the first time today. One of my chicks has been sick but seems to have made...
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    Can I Get My Chicks Sick?

    Hey Y’all I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather lately and was just wondering if I could pass any cold I have on to my chicks. Obviously, I have to change their food and water everyday so i’m just a little worried about them getting sick. I looked at another thread with this issue and it...
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    Corid Smell?

    Hey Y'all, One of my chicks was very lethargic and another had passed with the same symptoms so i started all of them on corid. I change the water out every day, but at the end of each day the water stinks! It is from the corid. I'm almost sure there is nothing else in there that could cause...
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    Feeding Dried Mealworms

    Hey y’all I Just ran to the feed store and bought some chick grit. I planned on buying some live mealworms too as treats for my chicks. However, they only had dried mealworms. The bags came in three different sizes. I checked the backs and they all had exactly the same ingredients and nutrition...
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    Pooping In Water

    My chicks are extremely determined to poop and kick shavings in their water as much as they can! Haha! My question is Should I change there water every time I find a bit of poop in it I clean it out as much as I can but just not sure what the protocol on this is. Thanks so much!
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    Can A Brooder Be Too Big?

    Hi all, I just had a quick question, I have seven chicks 4 BOs and 3 GLWs. The BOs are around 5 days old and the GLWs are a week and a half. I built a large osb board 4’ by 4’ brooder for them, and was wondering if they are too young to be moved out of the 1 1/2 by 3’ plastic storage bin...
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    Corid Application

    Hi all, I posted earlier today about how one of our 8 chicks passed and learned if was probably FTT however, one of other chicks is now showing the only symptom the dead chick did which is lethargy. However this chick is the biggest and normally the most active. So I gave her some sugar water...
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    OSB for brooder?

    Hi all, We have 7 little chicks getting larger by the minute, and they are beginning to get too big for the storage container we have them in right now. So i’ve began to build a 4’ by 4’ brooder for them. However i’ve begun wondering if the osb will be safe for the little guys. I’ll attach a...
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    Dead Chick

    Hi all, This is my first time raising chicks and we have just bought 4 BOs (a couple days old) and 4 GLWs (a week and a few days old). Anyhow we introduced the Orpingtons and just a few days later the smallest GLW died. I had been worried about her the day before because she was kind of...
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