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  1. DoverChick

    Webworms - will they eat em?

    We have a very large black walnut tree that has webworms all over it. Last year we had the tree sprayed, but since we have the chickens this year, I wasn't too keen on doing that again with the chemicals involved. Right now the worms are still in their webs and just leaving droppings (yuk!)...
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    pecking - blu kote spray question?

    Hello all! I have a group of 5 week old chicks that I just put outside in their coop. Right before I took them out, I noticed that one of the chicks was getting pecking on her/his lower back to the point of losing feathers a little bleeding. I kept her inside by herself to clean the wound and...
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    Full crop versus Impacted crop

    I was just curious what the difference was between a regular ole full crop versus an impacted crop. My 5 week-old chicks have really large chests, but they are acting completely normal....? What's the difference?
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    Wish her luck!

    I had a chick (4 weeks old) that was getting pecked in her tail feathers. To the point of creating a bald spot and some bleeding. I immediately separated her from the others last week and she has been like that until this evening. Before I put her back I made sure all of the scab had come off...
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    Picking on another chick - bloody

    My four week old chicks are picking on one of the group of 9. They must have been pecking at her/his butt region and pulled out some of her/his tail feathers. Her heiny is a little raw and she/he has a bare spot.... my poor little girl! I separated her from the others in her own little box...
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    Tried oatmeal and yogurt and....

    ....it is working like a charm! The 3-4 week old chickens had a bout of diarrhea and it was smelly! I was wondering if it was just the cecum (is that what it's called???) poop, but it seemed a little too frequent. Not bloody or anything, just brown and smelly. Anyway, to my questions. How...
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    How often do you clean your brooder?

    Just a quick survey: 1. How many chicks do you have? 2. How big is your brooder? 3. How often do you clean your brooder? Me personally so far, 9 chicks, 2 ft.x4 ft., and so far we are cleaning it about every 3 days. I just wanted to see what everyone else does. Thanks!
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    too early to tell if it's a roo???

    Hello all! My nine are all doing very well (3 speckled sussex - straight run, we got them on monday 2/28, and 6 assort. red pullets, we got them on Thursday 3/3). Anyway, my question is this...out of the 3 speckled sussex, one of them has grown faster, has much larger wings coming in and is...
  9. DoverChick

    Had to go in and get 6 more...PICS

    Went in to TSC for the second time this week....gathered another 6 for our brood! Now we are up to 9! This was a group of assorted red pullets (could be RIR, New Hampshire Reds, Sex links, or production reds...) As far as I know, they are all good egg layers right? I was trying to pick the...
  10. DoverChick

    Got our chicks! - Concerned about one....

    Yay! We got our chicks today! 4 Speckled Sussex - split them with our neighbor, they only wanted 2... (straight run, so we'll see what we get...) Probably going in again this week to get more - depending on what breeds they get. One looked like they had pasty butt, so I tried soaking its...
  11. DoverChick

    Getting our chickies today!

    Our first run at getting chickens! Daughter and I can't wait!! We have our choice of rhode island reds, barred rocks, Americaunas (sp?), and Buff Orpingtons. I definitely want some RIR, but not sure if I should get any of the others. We live in PA...., want them mostly for eggs, would like...
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    DoverChick - introduction

    Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself: We will be totally new to the chicken raising thing this spring/summer. We are working on getting our coop ready right now so they have a nice home to roost and lay. Both my husbands and my grandparents/parents raised chickens (lots of them!) so we...
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    Neighbors chickens and Ours?

    Hello! New to the forum today! Looks like fun! My husband and I are about ready to raise our own set of chickens to feed our family of 3. Although when I've told my daughter about what we would do with the chicken eggs and chickens themselves, she says, "No, don't hurt the chickens!" ha ha...
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