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No more sneezes! I just read on the FAQ that I should not have put them out so young. I cannot imagine keeping them occupied in the bathroom for so many weeks. I guess I just thought that if they were with their mother they would be outside with her occasionally if raised in the natural way...

dlhunicorn, you know I did not examine the starter that closely. When I had chicks a couple of years ago I had determined that all of the store food available to me was medicated so I just assumed that it was still that way. (Plus I can't read that little anymore so I guess I was just lazy...

Hello Miss Prissy. Well I have my own homemade situation going on in the bathroom. I turned the heater on again last night and towards morning kept making it less hot so that the transition to outside would not be so dramatic on her and she seems fine today. I am bringing them in earlier as...

Hi jjthink. All the birds out here keep their mouths open in the summer. Last time I had chickens we had a large yard with a huge shade tree and we put the coop under that. We used chicken wire in the coop and next time will not do that because all the little birds get in and feed. Anyway I...

No it has been in the 80's and there is always sun and always shade in part of the pen. What has been surprising me repeatedly is that they avoid the sun and stay in the shade. Since the pen has a roof I do not think it is predator fear that keeps them in the shade. (Lots of wild birds have...

Thanks you two. Since posting I have been searching and found a thread that leads me to believe that this crop swelling may be a trait of Easter Eggers. (?) Last time I had Austrolorp and RIR. Both my pullet and banty pullet are Easter Eggers - the only ones that did not have pasty butts at 2...

Probably about 3 weeks old. I have had her for 2. She has a pen in the yard with a roof so wild birds do not contact. It is in the 80's here and at night she comes in. Tonight she is sneezing with liquid coming out. So far the banty buddy is not doing same. How do I diagnose and then how...