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They are eating chick started crumbles mixed with a little medicated chick crumbles. They are drinking water but nothing else at this point. I was thinking of offering a second container of electrolyte/probiotic water

How are your chicks doing? Did you figure out what was going on? I just got new chicks from a feed store and a couple had runny poop but no pasty butt, but after two days I am seeing more have runny poop. They were vaccinated for Coccidiosis by the hatchery. I'm trying to figure out what could...

I bought 6 new chicks from Kahoots in Moorpark two days ago. They are about 1 week old and have all been vaccinated by the hatchery for Mareks and Coccidiosis. They were eating non-medicated feed at the feed store. When I brought them home, I introduced them to a mix of non-medicated feed and...

I picked up 6 chicks from Kahoots in Moorpark two days ago. They are all between the ages of 6 days to 10 days and were vaccinated for Mareks and Coccidiosis by the hatchery. My oldest one, the black maran sex link, has been sneezing for the past day and a half. She seems healthy otherwise. She...

On average, around what age do Sulmtalers completely stop laying eggs? I have a 3 year old Sulmtaler hen who didn’t lay for almost a week. Then, she layed 3 eggs back to back again. I live in Southern California, so the weather is always pretty mild.

I recently found out that Newcastle disease is rampant in Southern California right now and I want to protect my flock. However, my 3 year old chickens have never been vaccinated against Newcastle disease. I tried to research vaccination schedule for ND, but only found info on vaccinating chicks...

Our chicks have been kept inside our house completely separate from our adult chickens, so there is no chance they have been exposed to Mareks. We vaccinated our adult chickens against Mareks when they were around 5 weeks old as well. What is the wing web stab method?

I have three 5 week (Silver Laced Orpington) & 6 week (Easter Egger) old chicks that I want to vaccinate against Mareks before I move them outside to join my small flock of already Mareks-vaccinated chickens (They are 3 years old now). I recently found out Newcastle Disease is rampant right now...

Thank you! That helps a lot actually :-) It is cute how our other hen gets real quiet and stands guard right on top of the coop while our Sulmtaler is inside it making her nest/laying.

Our 8 month old Sulmtaler just started laying eggs 3 days ago, and has consistently layed one every day. Our 8 month old Bielefelder has not started laying yet, & we are starting to worry that maybe she could be egg bound? We assumed they would be on the same cycle, similar to other animals with...

Our Sulmtaler just layed her first egg a couple days ago! Yesterday, she layed her second egg! After 8 months of patiently waiting, we were thrilled to find an egg in the laying box! We are still waiting for our Bielefelder to start laying as well. Right now, the egg laying score is Austria-2...

After unsuccessfully searching all over for a vet to vaccinate my chickens for Mareks, I have decided to vaccinate my 3 chickens myself. I will get the vaccine from Jeffers, but I am unsure of where to get the syringes/needles, and more importantly how big/small they should be. I know most...

Thank you for the tips! What size syringe/needle should I use? I was told 1cc & tuburculin syringes are good, but I don't know what gauge of needle to use. I'm going to order the vaccination & syringes right away!

I live in Simi Valley, California, & I am having difficulty in finding a vet that is familiar with poultry & who will vaccinate my chicks for Mareks. Does anyone know of any vets in Ventura County area or Los Angeles area that vaccinates chickens for Mareks? Thank you.

It could be possible that she hit her head. We have pvc chicken fencing over their brooder to keep them from flying out. Maybe she tried to fly & hit her head. The only thing is that I noticed when they were all 1 week old that they were sneezing. Her and our Sulmtaler chick primarily. So, maybe...

I just experienced this problem with my 3 week old Bielefelder chick. She is tucking her head in between her legs and looks like she's preening herself, then runs backward and trips and keeps her head between her legs and shakes it from side to side. Her stools seem normal and she goes back to...

2 week old bielfelder has head in between legs and runs backwards. i think its sick. her belly and head was wet. i dried it and than she seamed normal, but sometimes she just ran backwards with her head in between her legs. she seams to have also bad balance. what should i do?

i am drying her right now with the hair dryer

2 year old bieleferlder chicken acting strange. when i came in the room it had wet belly and neck and now it has the whole time the head .....in between her legs picking her belly

I also have a Sulmateler chick and was researching this. I read somewhere that when the chicks are about 2 weeks old and have more feathers, if you see a black stripe on their wing feathers, then it is male. They are not auto-sexed, so I am not sure if this is 100% the case for every Sulmtaler...