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    Chicks in the unheated garage

    My chicks have always lived in a heated garage until they are big enough to be outside. Now that we have moved, however we dont have heat in the garage. The chicks have the brinsea heater to go under. Do you think they will be ok out there? (I'm in southeast Idaho)
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    Help :( sick silkie. Hopefully not merek"s

    First off...none of my other chickens have any symptoms. I have one silkie who can not stand, her legs are "floppy" It started out as one leg, now it is both. She is still eating and drinking. It is possible she has eaten some moldy corn, also possible she has a vitamin deficiency. If it...
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    The majority of my poor babies were shrink wrapped!! Anyone have any idea why??

    . I had my humidity at 40-45% then 65% for lockdown. Of the 25 or so that made it to lockdown, only 7 hatched . I had a couple of not fully developed eggs in there, but the rest were fully developed, but shrink wrapped and dead. One had an internal pip, but was so very weak. I attempted to...
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    First hatch with hovabator genesis:) (I'm excited, have to tell someone)

    In case anyone was wondering about my chicken hatching endeavors.....I set 42 eggs. I got 20 living chicks, 5 dead in the shell, no pip internal or external. One dead after it pipped and zipped, but never hatched. And the 14 were duds. I had one die because I think of exhaustion. It was really...
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    Baby chicks this morning, some not doing so hot....What can I do.

    I ordered 32, Three were doa, I have lost three more. They were super cold when I got them, but they have warmed up. I know there is something I can feed them with a syringe, but I can't remember what it is. Sugar water? I do have the vits in their water, They have had the green gooey...
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    Help Gasping chicken. Injured from dog attack

    My neighbors dog got into our chickens. My favorite hen got bitten on the back. She is now gasping for air. Other than that she is fine. She is almost two. Is not eating or drinking. This happened this afternoon. Is there any hope for her? Would it be more humane to put her down?
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    Do I have any hope this blrw is a pullet??

    I hatched this one, and thought I had it feathered sexed (by the wing feathers) correct. But I think I was really wrong. I really wanted a hen too. This thing has a pretty big red comb I don't need anymore roosters. Out of my five surviving chicks, four counting this one are roos
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    Anyone know what breed? EE? or something else?

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    My new silkie babies! Any guesses?

    Probably way to early... but hoping for at least one girl!!
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    Silkie? Can a silkie not have blue skin?

    I have what looks to be a white silkie, except she (hopefully) doesn't have the blue skin. She has five toes, looks just like the blu silkie chicks I have. What else could she be? I don't think she is a favrolle, ( i had one that died ) I will try to get photo's when I can put the baby down
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    Got some new babies! Questions about how to help the weaker ones

    So I got some new babies in the mail today. I thought two were dead, but one of them started to gasp. I picked her up and she was very cold, but alive. I put her and the other two who aren't doing so hot, on a heating pad, now they are all still alive. I know I can feed them sugar...
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    Please help me identify/sex my surviving chickens Added photos

    know I have an EE i fear is a rooster, the white/black one is a lakenvelder rooster(I think) I have no clue what the white and orange splashish one is?? A hen?? What breed anyone know? THese are the ones that survived my weasel/mink attack
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    Chicken math strikes again

    I had a Chicken accident last night and lost six possibally seven chicks. I am still sad But, my dh said I could get some more, so chicken math strikes again. None of the kinds I wanted could be bought seperately so I got 25 ornamental layers....(you could only order in 25, and a few...
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    So Sad

    While I was at a meeting, something got in my pen, I think it was a mink or a weasel, and killed five of my babies How can I minkproof my pen? I want to get more chicks, but don't want them to have the same fate. I was getting so excited to see what they were going to grow up to be. They...
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    Weird chick eyes

    So I have a batch of chick I hatched out wednesday. One of them has some kind of problem with her eyes. It is like they don't quite line up in the socket, she has excessive tearing, and two lumps on the top of her head over her eyes. Anyone have any Ideas what this could be? One eye looks...
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    Breed and sex help! (added photos!) Hatched about 3 april

    So I got these guys the first part of april from mcmurry hatchery. I got a group of fancy footed chicks, and rare breeds. I am really hoping they didn't send me all roosters They were supposed to be a st run. Any help would be appriciated
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    Newbie from alaska

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I first got chickens last spring. I got some more this spring. I hatched some, and got ordered some from mcmurry hatchery. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Five adult hens and about thirty babies. (3) What breeds...
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    Newbie from alaska

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I first got chickens last spring. I got some more this spring. I hatched some, and got ordered some from mcmurry hatchery. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Five adult hens and about thirty babies. (3) What breeds...
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