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    Pasty Butt gone....Now am I being over.....

    You should relax. We always apply mineral oil to their butts as they come out of the incubator and never had a poopy butt since. The pine shavings are the culprit on the itching.Chicks should be kept on paper towels for the first 3 weeks and then on shavings. The chicks cant distinguish the...
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    Insulation in my coop???

    Light will be much needed. Order yourself a reptile themometer to plug it in with and keep it set at 90 degrees.
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    Does Prozap (poultry & garden dust) work as well as Sevin (for mites)?

    Leave the chemicals alone. Get yourself some food grade DM and apply it in their feathers and sprinkle it in their coop and you will never see a mite again............Good luck
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    Your fortress has never been breached? What are your safety measures?

    Sounds like a good fortress. We raise from 200 to 300 chickens at all times and never lost one to a predator. Our secret is since our coops are quite a distance from our house we actually leave a radio on at all times and switch stations periodically.
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    Mother hen of four chicks -suspected Mareks

    Dont immediatly assume its mereks, If you can seperate her from her chicks,such as a small cage, mix some epson salt in some drinking water for a few days and see if she improves. We actually have had some show signs of mereks and this cured them. We vaccinate ours at a day old for mereks, but...
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    The rooster must go!

    Roosters can be a bit aggressive at times but we found out years ago that when we introduce a new rooster into one of our flocks we carry a peice of 1" pvc pipe when we visit the coops and sooner our later the rooster will try to flog us. One swift hit with the pvc and the rooster will never try...
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    Would like some info please!

    After searching the entire internet (seems like) I am more confused than ever. We raise around 200 chickens all seperated by breed and age with pullets for sale and coops with our breeding stock for hatching. But about 2 weeks ago we started having 3-4 hens a few days apart begin the stumbling...
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