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    Can chickens survive hot weather?

    I live in the UAE and the weather here can get as hot as 50 degrees celsius in the summer but stays around 40-45 degrees Celsius for 2 months. Can chickens survive temperatures this high?
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    Is garlic everday too much

    I crush garlic cloves, 3 cloves per gallon water. This goes into my chicken's waterer. I plan on giving this to chickens throughout there entire lifespan, from birth to death. I also plan on giving them garlic powder in a 2% ratio as the website fresh eggs daily recommended. My question is, will...
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    Are there any signs of illness or am I just paranoid

    My chickens outside have been infected with Infectious coryza and are all being culled as we don't have a cure for the disease. The chicks inside aren't affected by the disease and were born last Friday. I noticed today that a chick quickly spasmed it's it's almost as though it was sneezing. I...
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    Layer feed for younger birds

    How detrimental would a layer crumble feed be for chickens that are between 0-12 weeks old? or right until before it should be consumed. I read that it can damage the chickens liver somewhere. I'm curious to know how badly layer feed would affect younger birds. will the consequences be faced...
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    19 + 21 = 20?

    I have a 21 percent chick starter feed and a 19 percent finisher feed. If I mix them in a 1:1 ratio. I should get a feed that has 20 percent protein in it like most flock raiser feeds. Could I feed this to my entire flock if I wanted.
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    Permanent fermented feed?

    I'm looking at the advantages of fermented feed for chickens and want to switch mine to it permanently. I want to know whether this will be fine for them or not as fermented feed is more acidic than normal feed. Also, can fermented feed be fed to baby chicks or is it bad for them too. If the...
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    Chick is acting normal but looks weird?

    The chick in the photos is acting perfectly. It's alert, it's active and is given heat, food, and water. It's about 6 weeks old yet still isn't fully feathered but that's just like it's hatchmates. I observed it recently and it's entire vent area seems to be black. Is this an illness or just a...
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    Chicks and chickens

    I just placed two young roosters who are both roughly 7-8 weeks old in a chicken coop with chickens that are 15 weeks+. They have one rooster. One I placed them in the rooster attacked them and they hid in nesting boxes. It's was night time when I did that. Is there anything I should be...
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    Will Deep Litter Work in rain?

    I am considering the deep litter method for my coop, however, in the UAE when it rains, it rains very hard. It rains a few unpredictable times a year(roughly 2-4 times). My question how will the deep litter method be affected by rain. And even more importantly, is it possible to do with sand...
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    Hens eating eggs, is mustard good enough?

    My hens have begun eating their eggs, it all started with one and they have all begun doing it. Its been about 3 days give or take since they started. I poured out the contents of eggs I have and fill it with mustard. I put these fake eggs in the chicken pen and they did peck it. Some of them...
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    Can my 19% finisher feed be used as grower feed

    I have 19% finisher feed and can't find any grower feed in our local area, is it possible that I can just use this instead of grower feed or does finisher feed have something in it that is meant to only be given to chickens who will be butchered soon.
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    Mass of meat from the chicken

    has anyone here recorded the mass of a chicken pre-slaughter and then its mass after processing it(removing its guts and feathers etc). If anyone here has I would really like to know those records. I'm curious to see how much of the bird is actually the processed meat we get in the end.
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    • chicken cull feathers guts mass meat bird percentage processing ratio slaughter
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    POSSIBLY URGENT VENT PROBLEMS(slightly graphic)

    Both of these chicks vents were being pecked on by my other chicks when I was at school, by the time I got home they were both bleeding, one worse than the other. The worse one or the white chick in the images below a vent began swelling. Both chicks released vent fleet and these are they're...
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    Fermenting chicken feed

    Does fermenting chicken feed produce alcohol, or is this a different type of fermentation. I'm thinking about fermenting my chicken feed as heard it has loads of health benefits so I want to know whether it produces any form of alcohol or not.
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    Slipped tendon in 7 week chick?

    I checked on my chick today had it wasn't walking around properly. When I got it when it was around 1 day old it had a slipped tendon. I fixed that in the first 2 weeks and no issues were seen for 5 weeks. It just turned 7 weeks today and it looks like the tendon may have slipped out of place...
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    Will this need grit?

    I have a bag full of grounded grains, they seem pretty fine to me. Just wanted to know whether this will need grit for baby chicks and grown chickens.
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