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    Lost a Chick Tonight 😭

    I have been gently handling our 10 day old chicks and this morning, everyone was fine. When I got home from running errands, I found one of our 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes passed away in the brooder. 😭 It was completely fine this morning!! I didn't see any signs of injury. I'm attaching a...
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    Baby Chick Won't Roll Over??

    We have 14 baby bantams that are about 10 days old. The last one to hatch hatched a couple days after everyone else. This little one is a third the size of the others and often gets stuck on its back and can't roll over. Any idea on how to help? I'm constantly reaching in and helping it rollback...
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    Incubator Malfunction?

    So we are not new to incubating. We have incubated Coturnix quail several times and have two incubators that we run simultaneously. We have a MagicFly incubator and a Harris farms incubator. Historically, the MagicFly has given us the best hatch rates, but we have gotten hatching out of both...
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    Quail Seizures? 3 Week Old Acting Strange

    Hi there! We have a batch of jumbo coturnix that will be 3 weeks old Wednesday. We had 54 eggs delivered, 12 hatch, 1 die at 3 days old, and 1 die about a week ago. Of the 10 remaining, one little one is 1/4 the size of the others, but still eats and drinks. Tonight, I noticed it shaking...
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    Broken Beak (We think?)

    We had major yard work done today and our chickens did NOT like it. They were all clamoring in the back corner, flapping and jumping on each other and we now have an injured Barred Rock. I think she's broken her beak. There's a lot of blood in and around her beak and mouth. What do we need to...
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    Molting Birds - Feather Fixer or Flock Raiser Feed?

    Hey everybody! Our 10 month old hens are molting and have slowed down laying. I want to get them supplemental feed, but don't know whether to get them Feather Fixer or Flock Raiser. Has anyone had good (or bad) experiences with either? TIA :) Chicken picture for interest ;)
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    Molting or Being Picked On?

    We have an 8 month old Buff Rock hybrid who has been looking different lately. Finally got some pics tonight. It looks like some of her feathers on the sides of her neck and near her comb have broken off close to her skin. She isn't bleeding though. As a first time chicken mom, I don't know...
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    Spongy Egg?

    Our girls (3 BO and 3 BR) are a little over 21 weeks old. 2 (1 BO and 1 BR) are laying fairly regularly now and 1 BO laid her first egg today (not in the nest box though). Tonight, I checked on the chicks (the husband heard what he thought was one falling off theand under the roost bars was an...
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    HELP!! Hen got into scuffle with rooster :(

    HELP! She's a 10 week old Barred. My husband put her in the pen with the 4 month old Welsummer roo and they were fine for 5 or so minutes. Then we heard a ruckus and I pulled her out. I thought she was unharmed, but then I saw blood. Looks like he's split her open right behind her left ear...
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    Introducing a New (2-month Older) Rooster?

    Hey there! We are raising 15 birds (7 Buffs and 8 Barreds) while my in-laws build their coop and we finish ours. We ordered pullets from Cackle (who are now 9 weeks old) hoping their 95%/90% sex rate would yield us at least one roo. BUT! Apparently, we have all girls... Of course! :barnie...
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    8 week old Barred Rocks!

    So we've waited (not so patiently) while our babies grew up and now they're a little over 8 weeks old! Any indication if we have any roos yet? Thanks!!
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    8 week old Buffs!

    So we've waited (not so patiently) while our babies grew up and now they're a little over 8 weeks old! Any indication if we have any roos yet? Thanks!!
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    1 month - Too early to tell?

    Ok! It's been a month. We are anxious to know what gender our Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks are! Is it too early to tell if my Eagle is a hen or a roo? And what about Honey? And then Pepper? Thanks for any help!
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    HELP! Is this normal??

    Just went to the brooder and heard/saw a 3 week old chick doing this. I have a longer video, but this is the gist of it. Is she ok?!?
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    They Grow So Fast!!

    So I'm not really sure what I was expecting when we signed up to raise chicks, but holy Toledo they grow and change fast!! It seems like every time I pass the brooder, they have new feathers, or have gotten bigger!! Can we just talk about how adorable baby tail feathers are?? What milestones...
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    Barred Rock Chicks Trying to Fly at 6 Days Old?!?

    Hi!! So I have been terrible at updating you guys! We got 20 chicks last Wednesday - 11 Barred Rocks and 9 Buff Orpingtons. My husband's coworker took 3 Barreds and 2 Buffs leaving us with 15. We had them in a 40 gallon horse trough and that was NOT enough.. We joked that the Barreds were...
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    Hello!!

    We just ordered some chicks last night and we are anxiously anticipating their arrival! We also have 2 dogs (Rocco and Dixie - hence the username!) that will be super eager to check out the new arrivals as well. We ordered 6 Barred Rocks and 4 Buff Orpingtons from Cackle Hatchery. As far as...
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