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  1. Maev

    Sick Chicken. None of the symptoms add up to anything obvious.

    Well, she died a little bit later that day. I couldn't bring myself to cut her open to try and figure out what the issue was. Everyone else is fine still.
  2. Maev

    Sick Chicken. None of the symptoms add up to anything obvious.

    Hey all. I have a hen who is not acting normal. I can not figure out what's wrong with her. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Welsummer hen. 16 months old. She is much skinnier than my other birds. She's always been...
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    Easter Egger take a guess

    Definitely an Easter Egger. Looks like a pullet to me And I've noticed that Easter Eggers seem to grow faster than other breeds.
  4. Maev

    How early can you sex an EE? *Pic Heavy sorry*

    He/she is cute!! fingers crossed for a pullet!
  5. Maev

    Coup pics.....where did they put them???

    It's at the top of the page where the tabs are for the different sections. Where it says "Store" "My Profile" etc. It's the fourth one from the left and says "Coops"
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Thanks so much Happy Chooks! This is my first chicken year. Out of the 40 chicks I've had this spring, as far as I know, there hasn't been a roo. Of course I bought them sexed, but out of that many you'd think I'd end up with at least one roo. I have two australorps I'm wondering about, I...
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    Australorp Pullets? Roo?

    Here are two 6 week old Australorps. I bought them sexed as two day olds. These two have much bigger combs than the other 4 Australorps that I have and one is slightly pinker than the rest. They all feathered out the same, nothing really screams roo at me, but I'll be selling them this week...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Thanks guys! Here are my four Welsummers. The one I was thinking was a roo because of it's shorter tail feathers and how slow it feathered out. But thinking pullet based on coloring? Pullet? The one with speckles on it's chest The lightest one. Definitely a pullet? Thanks again!
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I was wondering if you can tell a Welsummer's gender by six weeks? Do the pullets and cockerels feather out differently enough to tell by that time? This is my first time with wellies (hatchery quality) and I have one that feathered out much slower than the others and has much shorter tail...
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    Weak, crying pullet :(

    http://ultimatefowl.atwiki.com/page/Coccidiosis That is a link to the symptoms of Coccidiosis. What you describe sounds like cocci to me. I would start all of your pullets on Corid as soon as possible. Pictures would probably help somebody else give a positive diagnosis. I think there's a...
  11. Maev

    6 Week Old Pullet Smells Bad *Update: Cocci or Coryza?*

    What I do know about sulmet is that it's harsher on their system than Corid is. Hopefully somebody who knows more about sulmet will come along and help out. My gut feeling is that you should go ahead and get the sulmet and start them on it. From typing Sulmet into the search here on BYC I...
  12. Maev

    Not having very good luck with my chicks :(

    Have you been checking for pasty butt? Just a thought. Good luck!
  13. Maev

    Diahrrea and vomiting. Sleeping standing. No eggs in four days

    My understanding is that wazine only kills one type of worm. To make sure you kill the kind of worm she has you have to use a different wormer. Do a search on this forum for worms and there should be lots of info out there. Including the different wormers you can use, dosage, how long you...
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    6 Week Old Pullet Smells Bad *Update: Cocci or Coryza?*

    I don't think you're over reacting. Here are the symptoms of Cocci along with a description of what it is http://ultimatefowl.atwiki.com/page/Coccidiosis. It definitely sounds like the early symptoms to me. Have you told your parents that if it is cocci all your chicks will die? Like I...
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    6 Week Old Pullet Smells Bad *Update: Cocci or Coryza?*

    I don't know. Search for 'Corid Dosage'. It comes up with a ton of threads. Should be fairly easy to find the info. Good luck!
  16. Maev

    Was I lied to?

    You might have to resign yourself to never knowing for sure what you have. Better pictures might shed a little more light on her origins. But if she's a good hen who lays well, do you really care what breed she is? Good luck!
  17. Maev

    6 Week Old Pullet Smells Bad *Update: Cocci or Coryza?*

    The kefir won't help take care of the Cocci. It's to help get there systems back on track while and after they are on the Corid. I would try to get the Corid as soon as possible. Coccidiosis is not something you want to mess around with. It is a killer and, once they start to show symptoms...
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    6 Week Old Pullet Smells Bad *Update: Cocci or Coryza?*

    I'm pretty sure I've read about people giving their chickens kefir. Maybe use one that hasn't been aging (or whatever the term is) as long. My mom played around with kefir for awhile, but it always tasted horrible! I think she always let it go too long. At this point I don't think there's...
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    Hi! New here with a chicken run question.

    One chicken would be very lonely by itself. Two would be ok. Personally three would be the minimum that I would get. That way if something happened to one of them there would still be company for the others. About the run. Given enough time they will turn your run into dirt. Somewhere on...
  20. Maev

    125 Freedom Rangers start to finish March 2012

    Thank you for sharing your experience! I really enjoyed reading through all the posts. I would like to keep hearing about how things go with your next batches too. I'm really interested in whether or not you can make enough profit to make it worth while. I think you could keep going in this...
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