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Quote: I'm learning as I go; I've never had chickens before, but I've had indoor birds for several years. NOT a thing similar!! You're right about that learning curve -- I think I'll have everything going just right and then something comes up to bite me in the behind. I can't tell you...

hi Greta; I don't think I got to say HI yet, so HI, welcome to BYC, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. There are SO many wonderful, caring people who are very generous with their time and knowledge, and they're all very much appreciated. If you're anything like me, you'll find...

Quote: Thank you so much. It is very gratifying to know I don't need to kill my whole flock. (It seems to me that FAR too often, the knee-jerk reaction to ANY issue inquired about on the forum is "cull" / "kill". I believe in giving EVERY possible opportunity to live if there is any...

Thank you for your input, Glenda. I appreciate it very much, and will try to find the items I need tomorrow. I am assuming that for the protection of everyone else I know who has chickens, they should NOT be around my coop/run, and I should not sell or give any of them to another chicken...

Quote: So what it boils down to is that all my birds including the youngsters who were hatched by the silkies & OEGB BBreds have been exposed, and since I've put the 9 chicks I hatched in the incubator outside during the warmer part of the day for the last 2 days to enjoy the fresh air and...

Quote: I don't have another safe, secure place for them to stay overnight, if that's what you're asking. (They free range in my yard on days when I'm at home, and I leave the chicken house door open so they can come and go at will during the day since several of them prefer the same nest box...

Thank you for your response. I appreciate your input. If it IS something else like a vitamin deficiency or something of that nature, is it possible that the partial paralysis or extreme weakness of the one side will eventually correct itself?

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The bantam cochin was hatched the week before Thanksgiving '08 so he was in the 5 mo. range, the bantam BBred I lost was hatched Feb. 8th '09 so she was barely 3 mo. (along with the sick one I brought in this morning). The silkie roo came from a lady up in S. IL who was getting out of handling...

ok, I could really use some input here...

I had one little bantam frizzle cochin roo Bob who seemed fine one day, not himself the next day and by that evening was gone. I didn't realize until he died that he was underweight, which I attributed to bullying by the others. (I had to separate him from his brothers and the bigger chickens...