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    Hawk stole a young chicken! How to deter them?

    I had ravens gabbing younger chicks, and had to put up netting over the area outside there coop and shinny reflector tape used to keep birds off blueberry fields in open areas strung from trees. It worked great. Once their big you won't have to worry so much as the ravens and hawks seem to...
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

    So they all got outside yesterday and all is going well. As you said, lots to see and more places to hide. They also have a caged outdoor area that safe from the older birds and predators. Thank you for taking the time to help me figure this out.
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

    I did sit and observe behavior. I have remove there dust bath as it seemed to be causing picking at eachother. They are about ready to go outside, so I hope this will help. I've examined all the birds, stoops and coop for evidence of lice or mites, even used a flashlight at night and I've not...
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

    I did a thorough examination on her and the coop and can't find any evidence of lice or mites. Used flashlight in the dark on stoops, checked vent and stem of feathers. I don't see anything, but she has scaly dry skin and I found one bleeding sore. The other chicks are using the dust bath...
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

    She's the only one with so many missing. Nothing abnormal with the others. I did lose 2 other birds in the last couple weeks, both I found dead in the dust bath.
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

    No, can you tell me? Could this be coccidia?
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

    Not sure what to think. Is it mites or lice? Or is it adolescent molt? They have a DE dust bath. I've lost 3 chicks over the past 2 weeks. All seemed fine, except losing feathers. All these birds were vaccinated when I bought them.
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    6 wk chick is molting heavily. Is this normal or not?

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    Candling

    Some of the egg shells are very dark and hard to see even in a totally dark room with a powerful flashlight.
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    Candling

    I candled on the 10th day and found all the eggs had the yolk shadow on the top of the egg in different degrees going down towards the middle. They are shipped eggs standing in a auto turner, fat side up. I did see a few (3 out of 20) eggs with blood viens. Is this normal, or should I be...
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    Power failure while hatching

    Okay, didn't know that could happen. What a stinky mess that would be.😱 Thanks for that advise, I've had enough bad lesson for now.😂
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    Power failure while hatching

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    Power failure while hatching

    I was under the belief you leave them alone until the 18th day, remove them from the auto turner, then candle, replace, increase humidity to between 55F to 65F, and wait for them to start to pip, leave them alone, even if they don't look like they won't make it. Allow them to dry off, then...
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    Somethings wrong with my rooster?

    Thank you for your letter of encouragement. It has been difficult discussion, especially that this is a hobby with my 9 year old grandson who has a very big heart and loves all animals. I guess we needed to learn this lesson the hard way. We read all the comments together and it helped to...
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    Somethings wrong with my rooster?

    Thank you for the words of encouragement. I examined these roos for so long trying to determine which were roos. It didn't help that none of the hens layed a egg until mid-November, (got them as chicks mid-May). I feel I now know the signs to look for, but if I'm unsure I will ask with...
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    Power failure while hatching

    Thank you
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    Power failure while hatching

    Thank you for your advice. I really appreciate it.
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    Power failure while hatching

    Thank you😊
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    Somethings wrong with my rooster?

    Thank you for your advice, I agree that isolation wasn't the thing to do but at the time it was very confusing and I needed time to make the discussion. I had not harvested before this. 😔
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    Somethings wrong with my rooster?

    Thank you for your advice.
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