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    **VIDEO** Wheezing Chick with Labored Breathing...Tylan or Baytril?

    1.) Two-month old ee bantam; not sure about her weight, but she doesn't seem emaciated. 2) She's wheezing with each breath, and I can hear a little rattling. Tonight, along with the wheezing she is open mouth breathing. Since I have separated her she seems more lethargic. No discharge or other...
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    Can Opposum Blood give Hens a Disease? Strange Dilemma...

    Okay, so I may have shot without asking questions and I've gotten myself into a little mess. There was an opposum inside my girls' COVERED run tonight. They were locked up in the coop and were none the wiser. Anyway, as I shined my spotlight on him and adjusted the scope on my gun, it somehow...
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    A little memorial that I made for sweet Katie *pics*

    Last Thursday, we lost our sweet precious Katie to some stray dogs. I have just been heartbroken and devistated about it and of course blame myself over and over as we all do. I just felt the need to do something special to remember her by, to help me grieve and hopefully bring some healing to...
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    All of My Uploads are GONE!!!

    Does anyone have any idea why this happened? The pictures are not showing up on my post- Just a box with an "x". When I go to look at "My Uploads" no pictures are showing up. This problem just started for me yesterday. Thanks in advance for any help!
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    UPDATE: Yellow Poo? *PICS*HELP PLEASE! Hen has droopy tail

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. Buff Orpington hen; 9 months old 2) What is the behavior, exactly. This afternoon I noticed that she was making a strange breathing noise (gargling sound), I immediately picked her up and put some water in front of her. She was obviously thirsty. She...
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    Have you ever seen your Roo do this...

    I was giving my little bantam cochins some broken-up pieces of a cracker. Now I've seen my roos pick a crumb and put it down for the girls to have. This little roo of mine picked up a piece and walked around the coop to give it to his girlfriend. I just about melted. Who knew that a roo could be...
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    All Bantam Cochin Babies were play-crowing today???gender? *PICS*

    What on earth could this mean? Surely I don't have 4 roos. I was certain that I had 2 cockerels and 2 pullets until I saw what was going on in the brooder! Any help on the gender of these chicks would be greatly appreciated. The first three were born on March 25th and the last one is about a...
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    Why did my lavender chick die? Please Help!

    I opened the coop this morning and found one of my lav. orp. chicks dead on the floor. All of the others were perfectly fine. It got down into the low 20s last night, but there is a heat lamp in there. I went out to check on them late last night and all of them were acting normal. Their run does...
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    What's wrong with my hens comb and face?

    Recently I have noticed that two of my hens face and comb look like they are covered with a chalky, white powder. It's not raised or anything. It just looks kinda like dry, chapped skin... Almost like they've been playing in flour. They are otherwise perfectly healthy and normal. Is there...
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    Yall, I'm FREAKING OUT!!! Please Help!!!

    Okay, so this is my second hatch in the Genesis 1588. First hatch went perfectly- 100%. Those were my "practice eggs". Well now I'm incubating some Lavender Orp. eggs. Lockdown started tonight at 9 pm. I did exactly what I did on the first batch and filled all of the trays with water. The...
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    Oak Trees and Acorns: Safe or Deadly?

    I've been reading and researching trying to find a definitive answer. Some people say it's fine and others say that they're toxic. The reason I'm asking is that I'm considering placing a new coop/run under a big oak and pecan tree. Just don't want to put my chicks in any danger. Thanks!!!
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    Will hens accept a younger Roo as their man?

    Okay yall, whenever my hens are around the younger roos they make it a point to show them who is in charge (them- the hens)! They not only won't take any crap off the younger roos, they actually kind of pick fights with them. Is there any hope that one day these roos can be the ladies' alfa man...
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    I've had it with chicks OUTGROWING brooder

    I run into this problem every time I get new chicks. We were using clear storage boxes. When I had alot of chicks I had to seperate them in 2 boxes just to have enough room. I decided that it was time I did something to solve this problem. This weekend I built (all by myself!) a new brooder for...
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    I've had it with chicks OUTGROWING brooder

    I run into this problem every time I get new chicks. We were using clear storage boxes. When I had alot of chicks I had to seperate them in 2 boxes just to have enough room. I decided that it was time I did something to solve this problem. This weekend I built (all by myself!) a new brooder for...
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    Can my hens be "OVER-SEXED"?

    Apologies in advance for such a strange question...I know that we don't completely understand the chicken psyche, but I feel like a few of my hens are getting "it" a little too often. I know animals don't tend to be romantic while mating, but by gosh... Watching the chickens do it looks like...
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    Inexpensive leg (identification) bands

    I wanted to be sure to give each of my chicks equal attention (as any good mother). The problem was, I could not really tell them apart at souch a young age. As I walked through Walmart, I racked my brain for a solution to this problem... Lo and Behold...I found the perfect item on the hair...
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    Idea for homemade brooder waterer (no mess!)

    This may not be a new idea for all of you experts, but I wanted to share this idea just in case anyone is tired of changing dirty water from their brooder. Supplies Needed: 1. Plastic Mayo jar (or something similar) 2. Threaded Poultry Nipples 3. Wire I simply drilled holes into the lid of...
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    SLW & RIR: Gender Wars! Please help settle the score!

    Okay, I know that I'm a bad mommy for not knowing for sure... But I think my babies are 5 weeks old. Any help in identifying the gender(s) will be much appreciated! I get a feeling that I am going to have more roosters than I know what to do with! Guess there will be no more sleeping late for me!!!
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    My chick has a hurt leg (posted pics) diagnosis?

    Hi everyone. I would not make this post, but I just need to know what yall think. We noticed that this little chick had a limp right after we got him/her. We seperated it from the others hoping that would help, but it has progressively gotton worse. The chick eats and drinks plenty and his poop...
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    New Mother of 27 Chicks...

    First of all, I want to thank everyone on this site for sharing their infinite wisdom on raising chicks! I've spent hours reading through your forums and have learned so much. My husband and I recently purchased a "farm-in-the-making". We are learning that farming is not easy, but we know that...
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