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    Help! Weak chick!

    I have a 13 week old chick that I noticed was really weak today and when I picked her up she felt like nothing and had no crop. Her wings and tail are droopy. I offered her some food and she began eating ferociously. So I’m hoping this is just malnutrition? I’ve recently introduced her and her...
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    Combining young pullets with older hens

    I’m looking for some advice on introducing and combining my flocks. I have three young pullets that are nearly fully feathered and are quickly outgrowing their small coop. My question is, how many weeks should they be before I introduce them to the rest of my flock? I have 11 hens. The chicks...
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    Transitioning pullets outside

    I’m looking for some advice on transitioning my 6 week pullets to outside. They’ve been in a brooder inside my house since I got them, but they’re quickly outgrowing it (and are smelly) and they need to be outside to have more space to run around and play. But where I live, the next week’s...
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    New Chicks Advice Needed

    I’ve recently gotten some adorable splash Ameracaunas, day old from Meyer Hatchery. I only got three cause that’s all they had, and those are the only chicks I’m raising right now. They are three days old and doing really well, sleeping and eating and drinking and pooping like they should. But...
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    Introducing Chicks

    I know this is a common question, but I have 7 week old chicks that have been in an enclosed run with a screen between them and my older flock. I’m introducing them outside while they “free range” and I can supervise them. My only concern is, I have two barred rocks that are mean to them and...
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    EE Genetics

    Hey y’all! I’m very interested to hear what y’all might think my EEs are products of! Some of my hens are pretty clearly a crossing of a silver laced Wyandotte but others I have NO idea haha Photos included! :) Also, the youngest are 6 weeks so I understand if they are too young to determine...
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    Hi!

    Hey there everyone! I've been on here for a little bit now but I did want to "formally" introduce myself and my flock! 😊 My husband and I are in NC and have a flock of eight hens, and three 5 week old EE pullets! My chickens are definitely friends with benefits and are quite spoiled 😋 They get...
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    Treating a 5-wk chick for Coccidiosis

    Hello fellow chicken keepers! Apologies in advance for a long post... I'm dealing with my first case of coccidiosis after having raised chickens with my family for years. I have 3 1 month old chicks and found bloody, mucousy poo in their run yesterday morning. One chick is acting off and I've...
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    How to keep snakes away from chicks

    Hello all, I have 2.5 week old chicks and they were getting too big for their brooder. Yesterday was their first day in the “big run” and they all did fantastic during the day. I went to check on them at 9:30 last night and counted all five. This morning, I went out there at 7:00 and found...
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    Please help!!!

    I posted yesterday about my little chick that seems to have an injured leg/foot. Upon reading a lot of previous threads with a lot of similar stories, I’ve isolated her and used vet tape to wrap the affected leg. She’s been in solution for 24 hours now and mostly sleeps, eats, drinks, and poops...
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    Possible Injured Chick

    Hey y’all, I’m new to BYC but my family has used it forever when they first got chickens 15+ years ago. I just got some chicks Monday (5 Easter eggers and one black australorp) and one is probably a day or two younger than the rest, so she is significantly smaller than them. I noticed...
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