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    Guineas Keets Dying

    I got 6 guineas keets on Friday. Everything was fine until today. I have lost two within the last 4 hours. The first one was lethargic. The second I just found and it almost seemed like it was having a seizure. Everyone else is up and moving around, they seem fine. I have them on 24% gamebird...
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    Bald butt (Picture Included)

    One of my hens has a bald butt and a scab under her vent. I recently checked everyone and used poultry dust because I thought my rooster may have had lice. He still has bald patches, and I cannot find evidence of lice or mites other than his bald spots (side of neck, around tail feathers). He...
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    Possible bugs?

    My rooster has had some bald spots for months. He has a spot on his neck and one next to his tail. When it started, I thought he was molting. I checked him over for bugs and found nothing. I then thought maybe the girls were picking at him and have given them things to entertain them and let...
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    Wry Neck in Polish

    I have Polish rooster that I have been treating for wry neck for a couple of months. He is in our garage in a dog crate so the other chickens wont hurt him. My question is this, has anyone ever had a Polish never fully straighten out? He is eating a drinking fine, gets Nutri Drench in his...
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    Bare Belly on Hen

    I came outside and caught one of my Australorp hens sitting in the grass and she seemed to be dozing. I went to check on her and I noticed she was missing feathers on her belly. She has some poop stuck to her fluffy butt feathers. I soaked her in some warm water with Epsom salt and checked to...
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    Injured meat chicken

    I have a meat bird that somehow sliced a spot on her head. It isn’t super deep but does have a little bit of a flap. It caught my eye because of the dried blood on her head. I pulled her out of the tractor, cleaned it best I could and put triple antibiotic ointment on the wound. Someone told me...
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    Cornish Cross and Weight Gain Concerns

    I need some advice on my Cornish Cross. We got them in late August hoping to have them ready for processing before the cold weather hit. We were not so lucky. It has been below freezing twice this week. The chickens seem to be handling the weather just fine in their tractor but it seems to be...
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    Broilers in Chicken Tractor

    We put our 3 week broilers out in the chicken tractor today. It is going to be 50 overnight. Will they be okay? The tractor has a portion that has a roof and sides covered. It isn’t supposed to rain.They only had heat in the brooder for the first week and they have been in our garage since we...
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    Freedom Rangers and Feed

    I am new to chickens and I got my first chicks 4 weeks ago. They are almost five weeks and I have my meat and egg chicks together currently. I am feeding Purina Starter/ Grower currently and they are all in the brooder together. Is this going to cause my meat chickens to grow slower? The feed, I...
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    Need advice

    This is new. One of my EE chicks has a raw spot around her eye. It wasn’t like this earlier. I am hoping the other chicks are not pecking at her. Is there anything I need to do for this? Clean the area? The chicks are 10 days old today for reference. Everything has been smooth sailing since the...
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    The chicks have arrived

    My baby chicks arrived this morning and I am super excited. The post office called bright and early so we picked them up after I dropped my oldest two off at school. They are happy, healthy, and active! I decided to go with the momma heating pad set up and they have taken to it well. They are...
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    New Member

    Good morning! I have been lurking here on Backyard Chicken and decided to register as a member. I love Backyard Chicken and all the info I have found to get started with chickens! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens. My first dozen come...
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