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  1. Gatordog

    When do you let chicks start free ranging.

    You must have small Hawks in your neck of the woods. I have had hawks take away my full grown hens and roos. Mine are 4 weeks old when I put them in the Coop with no heat, but I live in Deep South Texas and the lows only get down to 69 for just a hour or two. I get them ready for no heat, by...
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    Little one will not grow, HELP

    She came from the same bin as the other black and white and yellow peeps. Might be a bantam, but does a bantam lack that far behind in regards to feathers, and what about the heavy breathing?
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    Little one will not grow, HELP

    I bought 9 peeps at TSC on Feb 26th and they were all the same age and size. I got 3 Reds and 2 black and white peeps and the rest were yellow fuzz butts, but are white now. The little one has had problems that started off with the crusty butt and has always had what looks like a hard time...
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    Week old baby chick getting picked on, bleeding toes, now weak and lethargic! Help!

    You have to separate her, I have a similar problem with my 28 day old peeps. 8 of them grew fast and have most of their feathers, but 1 is 1/3 the size and is still fuzzy with just feathers on the wings. I put the healthy ones outside in the Coop today. Of course I live in South Texas and it is...
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    22 days and no Chicks

    I pitched the eggs that were in the nest next to her, and there was one broken rotten egg and one unbroken rotten egg that I could see. I think they got to cold when she would go a sit on the other nest. I will give it one more day, and if no chicks the eggs will be destroyed. To bad I love...
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    22 days and no Chicks

    I will want until Sunday. That will be 26 days. She just started the switch thing, because I would collect the Eggs daily, so there was nothing for her to sit on. I thought maybe she moved her eggs to the new nest, so I left them. Next time I will remove the eggs no matter what. I can build...
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    22 days and no Chicks

    I have a Buff O that went broody 22 days ago and still no yellow fur balls. She is sitting on her eggs, but when I went to go a collect the other hen eggs, she was sitting on the nesting box next to her original spot. I left those eggs alone and when I check on her she will be on one nest one...
  8. Gatordog

    Brinsea Coupon Code

    I was going to order a Brinsea incubator and would like to know the current coupon code. I know it is only 10 percent, but that will help pay for shipping. Does anybody know the current code??? If there is no code, than I can wait until they have one. I want to hatch some chickens and...
  9. Gatordog

    When to move the Guinea outside?

    Good news, we will not sell low 70's until October maybe
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    When to move the Guinea outside?

    When can I move my Guinea birds outside? I live in deep South Texas and it will be 100 degrees for at least another month and night time lows might hit 78 until September. I was wondering at what week of age to put them in their outside Coop? I have had the best luck with Chickens being...
  11. Gatordog

    They are DYING........Help

    Mine are the Royal Purples and so far no dead birds since Saturday, fingers crossed. They are still on Antibiotics and grit since they are eating the egg sometimes. I have 3 sources of water and it gets changed everyday. They are still fragile and I try and leave them alone, will wait a few days...
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    They are DYING........Help

    They are drinking and eating no problem, they seem to like the egg and peach. The brooder is very long so they can get away from the heat lamp, I use a red heat lamp antnight and then switch to a 60 watt bug light during the heat of the day if it gets hot. today is cloudy and the back porch...
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    They are DYING........Help

    It is bluebonnet game bird starter and not medicated. I started giving them egg yolk but what else should I give them to help. Maybe some crushed Peach or some yogart to get them up. Watermelon has been mention, and I will try but peach or plums should have more sugar than watermelon. I know...
  14. Gatordog

    They are DYING........Help

    I was wrong 8 died and I doubt there will be any left come Monday. They are eating and drinking and playing just fine, and then one just lies down, turns on its side and dies gasping for life. They look great and then within 5 minutes another one dies. The heat is perfect and they are on stray...
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    They are DYING........Help

    They are OK now, I lost 5 of the 16 shipped. The shipping heat was just to much for them. Like I said one was dead in the box and you could tell several were not going to make it. They would just sit or lay there and would eat and drink but never had any energy. Very sad, I hate mail ordering...
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    They are DYING........Help

    FYI, my number is 956-202-3247
  17. Gatordog

    They are DYING........Help

    I just picked up 16 Guineas this morning 7-18-13 and one was already died and 4 more have died. They were feed that Green gel from Meyers and they have 2 sources of water and an additonal waterer with sugar added. It is hot down hear in South Texas, so I had a red light at first, but I switched...
  18. Gatordog

    Leaving Eggs in Coop?

    I don't have a separate pen, but I am getting some Guineas today, and I need to build them a coop, The problem is my peeps open range and they go in the Coop on their own. I was going to see if one hen would sit once she got 12 eggs and they just pitch the other eggs, what do you think...
  19. Gatordog

    Leaving Eggs in Coop?

    I was going to leaved the eggs until i got 12 and if the hens don't sit, I would pitch the eggs. It is a waste of eggs, but just trying something new
  20. Gatordog

    Leaving Eggs in Coop?

    I stopped collecting the eggs from the Coop to see if the Hens would start sitting on the Eggs. I have 6 boxes and one box is used buy my older Red hens and I am still collecting their eggs, So that leaves me with 5 boxes, one box is empty and three have 8 to 9 eggs, and one has eggs from 2 hens...
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