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    Splayed leg and/ slipped tendon and nutri drench

    Ok so two of my hatched chicks arent great. One has a single splay leg, shes walking around trying to hold it up. The other has both. The hocks on all affected legs are swollen. It appeared shortly after hatch three days ago. I have been doing both tape and the band and straw method. I finally...
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    Runt chick and the chance shes a roo?

    Hey all! So i was searching for info on survivability of my little runt. I had posted about her before, shes just tiny, a micro chick! I had posted before because she was having pasty butt. Weve managed that and shes not having it anymore. But she is very tiny and developing slower or...
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    West Texas coop - questions and updates here!

    So im planning out our coop now but id like some input and ideas from yall. Id like to accomadate 30 chickens. Weve got an old metal shed that measures 8 feet wide, six feet deep, and 5 feet tall. We will need to reinforce it, so the plan is to add quite a bit. That said, i have several big...
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    Is this pasty butt in a chick or just a dirty butt?

    We are new to chicken care. We lost 2 chicks the first night we got them home, one was acting weak and lethargic and we did try molasses water but they died during the night. The second chick seemed slightly lethargic. The other chicks have all seemed fine and its been 2 days since then...
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    New-ish... definately new but...new again?

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? 10 years ago we got 3 day old chicks. I raised them for about 2 months, but then we lost them to a predator. I was so crushed it took a long time for us to start over again. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 22 chicks...
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    Name that chick!

    Hi everyone! Im new, this is my first post. I did do a little searching first, and saw someone respond to a similar pic and question that recognizing chicks is a hard thing to do because so many look similar. But heres my question. My husband went to the feed store and came home with a dozen...
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