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  1. 3H Homestead

    10 day olds with 3 day olds

    With the loss I had today, I'm now at 30 chicks. Heat plate has capacity of 35, but I did just notice that most of my older chicks are looking a little overheated - wet, sticky down. Unfortunately, the heat plate I have is not one of those fancy ones that allows you to angle it. It's a very...
  2. 3H Homestead

    10 day olds with 3 day olds

    I got chicks from a hatchery on 4/20, they hatched 4/18. Then I got 7 more chicks from same hatchery yesterday, they were born Wednesday. I had some newbie mistakes with the first bunch, they got too cold, and then pasty butt when I figured out the issue. Ended up losing 10 within the first 72...
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    Pale comb, reduced egg laying, possible diarrhea.

    I live in a rural farming area. I know my vet does fecal exam for goats, and I've seen chickens in the vet's office before, so I would assume they'd do a fecal float for chickens as well, but I'd definitely ask before bringing chicken feces in to them 😆 Thanks for letting me know any fecal would...
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    Pale comb, reduced egg laying, possible diarrhea.

    🤦🏼‍♀️ OK, I need confirmation before I attempt any treatment. Finally got some goat Safe-guard and was all geared up and ready to treat my chicken. Unfortunately, I have not been able to come across any fresh diarrhea to send to my vet for a fecal check. As a matter of fact, after doing a...
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    Pale comb, reduced egg laying, possible diarrhea.

    Thank you! I am in southern Colorado. Most of my birds have been molting since October, these hens just started laying in October. I'm fairly aware of what to look for in molting stages. I will take a stool sample to my vet and see what their results and recommendations are. I have one...
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    Pale comb, reduced egg laying, possible diarrhea.

    Thank you!
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    Pale comb, reduced egg laying, possible diarrhea.

    I've had chickens for a little over a year now. So far, my chickens have been fairly healthy. I have 3 Copper Marans I got last spring, and while all my other chickens were molting, these 3 ladies were laying solidly. Then I noticed a little over a week ago that only 1 of the 3 is still laying...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Yeh, it ended up happening anyway! He was scraggly looking and he may have been able to thrive, but 3 roosters to 15 hens wasn't gonna work, so he had to go!
  9. 3H Homestead

    Thin shelled egg from only 1 hen?

    I chevy have 15 laying hens. I started noticing about 2 weeks ago, only 1 hen has started laying very thin shelled eggs. They are getting layer feed, oyster shells, and I live in the Rocky Mountains, so grit is ALWAYS available to them. What could I be missing out on here? Do some hens lay thin...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Turned out my chick was a cockerel 🙁 I cleaned his wound every day for about 2 weeks, then finally put him outside to become a chicken. He was in my temp run for almost a month before I let him out with all the chickens. His neck finally grew skin back, but just as his feathers started growing...
  11. 3H Homestead

    A green egg from a... Maran?

    I'll do my best to get pictures of my Marans when I get out to my morning chores. All there Marans look very Maran-like, but I did get them from Tractor Supply 😳 so there's no telling if they're true Marans or not 🤷🏼‍♀️
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    A green egg from a... Maran?

    Thank you for that! I'll bet it was fireworks from July 4th! The next day, I received regular eggs from my EEs, but your explanation makes perfect sense! I thought it was extremely early for my Marans, the cockerel hasn't even gotten his full "cockadoodle doo" in, yet. 😂
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    A green egg from a... Maran?

    Hello everyone! I got a handful of Copper Maran chicks back at the beginning of April. They have now been in my chicken run with my Brahmas, Easter Eggers, Polish, Buff Orp, and Barred rock for some time now. I went to grab eggs this afternoon and lo and behold, found a small, pullet sized egg...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Thank you for the reassurance! I even tried wiping it and it is solid on the area. It really does look like it's just part of the wound. Unfortunately, I have no neosporin and the only TAO I have has a pain reliever in it, so I know I can't use it on her. I put her outside for about 2 hours...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Chick is doing great. Eating, drinking, singing to herself in the mirror everyday. I started noticing yesterday this orangish, bumpy coloring to her injury. It doesn't smell bad, it hasn't grown... yet, but I'm not sure what it is. I clean the area everyday with Vetericyn, but when I spray the...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Just the regular Vetericyn spray? I have some Puracyn spray, which has the exact same ingredient list, but is labeled for human use (same 0.012% Hypochlorous Acid). Thank you for that! It looks like she has hardly no skin on her neck 🙁 poor thing.
  17. 3H Homestead

    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Chick is still alive. I have continued to clean wound with Hibiclens daily, but it dries up pretty quickly. Unfortunately, the only antibiotic ointment I have has a pain reliever in it, so I haven't used that. I live in a very rural area, so availability to things is not very easy. I feel like...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    Thank you for the heads up. I didn't put much molasses in the water, just enough to tint the color of the water. Unfortunately, I only have goat nutridrench, that's why I did the molasses. I only have about 1-2 cups of molasses/electrolyte water made, and once she's done with that, I'm going to...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    She was drinking on her own yesterday, but I think it might hurt too much to bend down to the water bowl today. I have given her 3ml of electrolyte/molasses water about 3x today. Just finished with my last 1x1 time with her and even got her to eat a few meal worms - score! She even pooped while...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    How would I administer that to her? I just witnessed her peck at the good, but she didn't consume any 🙁 I think she's in a decent amount of pain
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