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    Best foods? Bedding? Basking? Harvesting?

    Thanks for your input! I just started building a non-insulated chicken "solarium" to act as an extension to the coop! It should definitely help with the space problem.
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    Best foods? Bedding? Basking? Harvesting?

    Thanks for your reply! Yeah they’re all pretty sly at doing things they shouldn’t be doing 🤣 I’m adding the sand in a few days, so it was nice to hear from you! Here’s a picture of a chick that hatched a few days ago for your help. (Its name is Jinu after K pop demon hunters)
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    Lethargic Chick

    Unfortunately, he just passed away. There was clear liquidy stuff coming from his beak.
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    Lethargic Chick

    I have a chick that I hatched 2 days ago that is acting very lethargic. I noticed he was walking stiffly about 30 minutes ago, so I took him out to check him over. He got more lethargic so I gave him sugar water. He currently can’t stand and has his eyes closed. Any suggestions? He’s in an...
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    I gave the hen who's not doing well some heart for iron. I have two cats, so Permethrin isn't really an option for me. Do you know the dosage for Ivermectin? I have some dog ivermectin available. I do have this. chicken de-wormer Could that help at all?
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    They have mites. (Mites are sneakier than I thought) The Wyandotte hen also has mites. She has a very pale comb. I’m pretty sure she has blood loss anemia. Poor thing.
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    One of my 5 year old Wyandotte hens isn’t looking so good. She’s very underweight and is normally very aloof, but today she let me pick her up. She looked and acted very healthy, but as soon as I picked her up I realized how underweight she was. I had 2 other Wyandottes die this year with...
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    No lesions in the beak! I'll check her over tonight.
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    I have to go on a trip, but I’ll check their throats when I get home. My family will be taking care of the chickens so I’ll ask them to keep an eye on her. The hens last egg was most likely a couple days ago. It’s hard to tell though since we have hens that lay the same egg colors. The egg I’m...
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    Sorry, I didn’t get this until today. The white Orpington’s eyes seem a little less droopy today but has some dirt looking stuff near her eyes. She really likes dust bathing, so could just be dirt.
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    Fowlpox or Mycoplasma?

    I have a five year old Orpington hen with watery eyes and loud darth Vadery breathing. She is also shaped very differently than her sisters. She is from a hatchery so maybe they mixed her with a broiler?! This is one of her sisters. This is another hen of mine who has kind of puffy and not...
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    Heterochromia genetics

    I had a black rooster with marbled eyes. His father was a black australorp and mother was presumably a silver wyandotte. His eyes were a mix of the two parents's eye colors: dark brown and yellowish-orange. I have no clue of the genetics of this, but just thought it was interesting!
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    Best foods? Bedding? Basking? Harvesting?

    Yeah, the second is all-flock. I will definitely be feeding them frozen meat and fish, so the amount of protein should be ok. Is the extra 5% lysine and niacin a problem for chickens?
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    Best foods? Bedding? Basking? Harvesting?

    The cheapest feed where I am is the duck Manna Pro layer feed. Here is the guaranteed analysis of the duck feed. Is that ok to feed my chickens with supplemented food and oyster shells (beans, barley, leftovers, cooked meat, etc)? Here's an all-flock feed analysis.
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    Cookie hatch-a-long

    Yay!!! Go chickies! 🎉
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    Cookie hatch-a-long

    Go eggies!
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    What will my chicks look like?

    9 chicks hatched and they are black with white or yellow hourglass shapes on their heads. A couple have a few white feathers spread throughout the black. Is the color of the head patch important? Will it show up in their coloring later? I'm pretty sure it's not auto sexing. There are at least...
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    Cookie hatch-a-long

    Let's go Oatmeal!
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    Cookie hatch-a-long

    Can I have Oatmeal?
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    Candy hatch-a-long

    Literally as I typed that I realized one of my eggs was pipping :celebrate🎉 You got this, little buddies!
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