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    What the heck happened? One healthy chicken dead in a day!

    Hello All, I lost a chicken yesterday. She is right about 1 year old - survived a long cold winter, and then died yesterday just as the weather is turning mild and sunny and the grass and leaves are sprouting! She is an Australorp, and was laying 6 eggs a week up until she died. 5 days ago, I...
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    What rare breeds are these four chicks?

    Hi all - I recently bought 18 chicks (16 survived the shipping) of a rare breeds assortment. They are now just over 3 weeks old. I have identified most of them - but I need help with the last few! The options are: • Golden Laced Wyandotte • Silver Laced Wyandotte • Columbian Wyandotte •...
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    See if you can guess breed - 2 day old rare breed chicks!

    Hi All, I picked up my chicks yesterday from the post office! They are doing great, although one unexpectedly passed away this morning while I was away (what a difference 4 hours makes). I ordered 6 chickens specifically - one RIR, one Delaware, one EE, 2 Silver Cuckoo Marans, and one golden...
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    BR with soft, distended abdomen won't eat!

    Hi All, My 11 month old Barred Rock, Flannery, has been acting funny for over a week. Normally a great layer, she hasn't laid an egg in a week and has kept to herself and really mellowed out - far from her normally spunky behavior. Yesterday, I separated her from my two other chickens to watch...
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    High Quality Disinfectant for Coop Cleaning?

    Hello All, I am expecting 18 new chicks at the beginning of March, and I want to make sure there is as few infectious organisms both in their incubators (in my basement) as well as in the coop that has 3 older pullets (for when they go outside in a few months). I know Mereks is in my flock - so...
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    One pullet dead suddenly, two others sick in different ways

    I just began with my first chicks in April of this year. In the first group of four, I lost one around 9 weeks from an illness that started with limping and ended with paralysis and death within 4 days. I bought two more 2-week old chicks, and lost one of those at 9 weeks of similar paralysis...
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    Two 8-9wk old chicks dead 6wks apart - Mereks?

    Hi Everyone! I am new to backyard chickens (both the website and the birds) this spring. My boyfriend helped me build a new coop with a large run, and the chickens are able to free range (with 2 dogs) in my well covered backyard in St Louis City. Currently, the flock is 6, but we have lost two...
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