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    7 week old ameraucana x white leghorn sex?

    Help me sex this one? I'm pretty sure it's a Cockerel.
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    Uri -integrating young chicks with uri chicks

    Hi there, I just recently got 17 beautiful babies. 7 of them are older chicks in a watermelon box as a brooder. They're about 27 days old at the oldest. One had a uri (I think) with wheezing and sneezing ,no runny nose or eye bubbles. Another has some sneezing. 5 others that are in the box do...
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    Sapphire olive egger or sapphire gem? 2 weeks old

    I got this beautiful bird from someone who wasn't sure if it was either a sapphire gem or sapphire olive egger can you tell from these pictures or do I need to wait til it's older (and lays an egg)? Her name is Bella!
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    Listen to my chicks chirping strangely (are they sick?)

    Hi I'm a new chick owner, and I have 17 🤣, Sometimes I hear them do a chirp that sounds like they're shivering but they aren't shaking. I got a little paranoid and started giving them corrid in their water tonight. Their ecoglow and lights are in the right positions, actually I lower the light...
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    A pattern of deaths: chick get knocked over by bigger chick , help.

    Well so we got 8- one day old chicks 6 days ago. And I got 8 older chicks that are in the same range and 11 days old. I was told they will be fine together. Yesterday I was cleaning out their brooder and the older one flapped it wings and tried to fly to the other side of the cage and then...
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    Failure to thrive or coccidiosis?Pretty sure It's dying.

    I have a cream legbar thts 6 days old but is the weight of a 1 day old chicks. It won't stand up anymore and has diarrhea. I gave it 1 ml of hydradrench earlier and an egg scrambled with two yolks. It's not getting any better its looking like it won't make the night. Should I keep my other...
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    chick having hard time keeping balance and is tired

    I have a cream legbar chick who is the smallest weve gotten from a hatchery about 3 days ago its probably 4 days old. Today I cleaned out the brooder with the chicks in it and it got trampled on and it was lying on the ground kinda on its side, i thought it died but i picked it up and it was...
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    Hi please look at my chicks poop

    Hi I'm new to chicks and all the diseases out there. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the diseases that can happen to my little chicks and I want to double check that they are healthy. I have 16 chicks with mixed ages of 3-4 days and 10 days maybe some in-between that I got the last couple of...
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    Is it ok if older chick sleeps on ecoglow

    We have some mixed in aged chicks in a brooder (16 all together, 4 10 day old, and 12 that are 4-6 days old) We have an eco glow with one side is lower than the other. We have enough space underneath for them all to fit but some older chicks choose to sleep on top of the eco glow.🤣 Is this...
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    These two chicks cuddling

    My heart ❤️ these are two of the eight chicks we got yesterday, they're about two days old. And I've got chick fever. 🤣 The black one is a jersey black, and the other is a light Brahma.
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    Purple on light brahma's head

    We just got our 2 day old chicks today and we noticed there's some purple spots on this light brahmas head and neck. Should we be concerned? Sorry if this is a silly post and this may be normal, the other light Brahma we got doesn't have these marks. These are our very first chicks.
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    Another NJ based beginner with 17 chicks on the way (pics) with questions

    Hi guys! I've been lurking the forum for awhile and we took the plunge and placed an order for some chicks. They will arrive mid September. Let me tell you a little about us. We live on a 3 acre property that we have a garden on. It's in South New Jersey. Our summers can get pretty hot (mid...
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