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    Question about a failure to thrive chick

    Hi hoder, I don't have a lot of experience with this (only the two chicks in my original post) as all of our previous chicks came from the feed store and were full of energy and pep from the day we brought them home. Sadly, the second little chick did end up dying even with our efforts to...
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    Question about a failure to thrive chick

    Thank you, Mary. I haven't called the hatchery yet. Since this was my first time to mail order chicks, I wasn't sure if it was normal to expect two sickies in the batch. I think I'll contact them tomorrow just to see what they say. The chicks are from McMurray and I know that they have a...
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    Question about a failure to thrive chick

    Wow, thank you for the quick and thoughtful reply, vonrow. Your description sounds, exactly, like what we've got going on. She isn't growing and, likely, just about the same size as she was when she came. Meanwhile, her flock mates appear to have doubled in size in the week since they got...
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    Question about a failure to thrive chick

    A week ago I received my order of 16 chicks via USPS from the hatchery. As soon as I got them home and settled it was pretty obvious that two of the little girls were much weaker than the rest of the flock. Sadly, the weakest of the two weaklings died on day three. The other little one is...
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    We live in LV on the border of Henderson. Our home is in an older housing tract, but was once surrounded by horse property so the laws pertaining to owning chickens are pretty liberal. Our house is on a half an acre, so not huge, but room for our five girls to move around. Our chickens are...
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    I just thought of one more thing that might kick start them. You might try offering them some oyster shell in a separate dish from their regular food. We always have some around for our girls just in case they feel the need for it.
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    Viva Las Vegas!

    I was also going to ask if they could possibly be molting as their age seems about right. Another consideration, if your one consistent layer is over two years old, egg production will, naturally, start to drop off. A couple of things that may or may not help, you might try installing a...
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