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    Turkey poult

    So I work at a local humane society and today animal control brought in a turkey poult. I have backyard chickens but never raised turkeys so I am not sure how old he/she is. And not sure on what is fed to young turkeys. I did have someone bring me some of my all flock feed pellets as I didn't...
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    chicken noodle soup

    So I am looking to make a chicken noodle soup with 2 small cockerels I butchered, one is a Sebright and the other is a Silkie, they were a little older so figured soup is the way to go with cooking them. I currently have them defrosted in the fridge soaking in a brine. what I am looking to do is...
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    Help with sick Broody hen.

    So I have a silkie I found yesterday that started with swollen eyes and some yellow gunk on the inside of the beak where the nares are. A few hours later the inside of the beak swelled up and the throat seems to be swollen too and she has mucus coming from her eyes and nose but it is not crusty...
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    Easter Egger chicks for sale in Skagit county, WA

    I have 12 adorable Easter Egger chicks that are 3 days old ready for a new home. They are $3 a piece, let me know if you are interested.
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    need help with my chick

    Any one have any idea what happens if a chick cant close their eye? what the protocol would be if you wanted to try and save the chick? my chick has both eyes deformed, though one eye closes or nearly closes all the way (I'm not sure about the 3rd eyelid) and the other eyelid is fully stuck...
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    chick that cant close one of her eyes

    I made a post earlier about this, but I figured I have a different question and needed a more specific thread. I hatched a chick out yesterday, she wasn't moving around very well (not as well as all her other siblings) after moving them all to the brooder I went to check on them and noticed she...
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    so I had a chick with eye problems and foot problem.

    So I just hatched a chick today that she didn't seem too stable (not nearly as stable as the newly hatched siblings of hers) like when she moved around her feet just didn't want to work for her. And when I went to open the incubator she kicked out and took a tumbled down to the floor dropping...
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    introducing a new hen and 2 sets of chicks to existing flock of 4.

    So I have 6 chickens right now, 5 hens and one rooster (or nearly they are 11 months old) I also am trading one hen for a silkie hen 1.5 years old, (going to quarantine first) I also have 3 Silkies (one pullet and 2 cockerels 10 weeks old) and on top of that I have a mix of 10 chicks in the...
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    ISO gold laced and silver laced Sebright hatching eggs

    Looking for hatching eggs from someone that has SOP gold laced and silver laced Sebrights. would really like to work on a line of Sebrights and maybe even get into showing them eventually.
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    storing hatching eggs to sell

    I know you need to turn them several times a day (I use egg cartons and prop up one end then switch what end is propped up to turn them. and that they need to be stored in a fairly stable non extreme temperature. just wondering how you all organize them to make sure you don't sell eggs that are...
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    Easter Egger chicks for sale in Skagit, Wa(sold)

    I have straight run Easter Egger chicks for sale, they are 3-4 days they are $3 each, purchase minimum of 3, I have 6 available. I also have 2 straight run Silver duckwing OEGBs for sale they are $5 each and they are a little over a week old now. Must buy both that way they are not alone. They...
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    feeding chicks

    So my boyfriend is looking to raise chicks to sell when they are older, but he is trying to find a way to feed the chicks so that it is worth doing that without loosing money. buying from the feed store we can get a 25lb bag of chick starter at coastal for $10.99. He thinks at that he would be...
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    How long to quarantine baby chicks from other baby chicks

    So I ordered 16 chicks and I got them a few days ago and now 9 have died (most right away first 2 days) idk why they died besides stress, but some have suggested cocci is possible, so I am treating the rest with corid and they seem to be doing fine now, but am wondering how long should I...
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    revived chick, how long to let sleep between checking on her.

    tldr at bottom So I got some chicks in the mail yesterday (after 3 days in the mail and a slightly squashed box) and so far 7 of them have died, one was DOA, one died right after getting her home another died shortly after that and one more later that day. That whole day I checked on them...
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    looking for Sebright breeder for hatching eggs

    Hello, after a tragedy of losing half (so far) of the gold Sebrights I got in today and being shipped OEGBs instead of silver laced Sebrights (was suppose to have 8 of each for a total of 16 and now only have 4 Sebrights and the remaining don't look too strong) I am now going to look for an...
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    my experience with ordering chicks through purely poultry

    So I ordered some chicks from Purely poultry (suppose to be 8 gold laced Sebrights and 8 silver laved Sebrights) and they arrived today after 3 days in the mail, first observations the box was a bit squished, cant blame purely poultry for that though. when I opened it I found one DOA, it was...
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    are these Silkies blue or black?

    at first I thought they were going to be black but now that I have been reading and looking more at other posts, and now I am thinking maybe a blue? the black chicks I have seen in other posts were way blacker then the ones I have. let me know your thoughts, thanks ahead of time! chick one...
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    wondering a few things about Sebrights

    So I am looking to get some Sebrights for a breeding, I absolutely love the breed, and would like to know what I should get color wise. I am drawn more towards the golden Sebrights, but would like to silver as well. I am wondering if I should just stick to one color (in this case it would be...
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    First egg!

    Hello, I have wonderful news So this is Maverik (old picture) she is now 22 weeks old and she just laid her first egg the first of all 5 Hens, and here is what it looks like I noticed a few days ago that she was squatting for the cockerel (Sparky (to the left of Maverik)) and accepting him for...
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