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    Lining, Cocci, Something Else? *pics included*

    Thank you for your quick response! I believe they are all acting healthy as of this evening.
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    Lining, Cocci, Something Else? *pics included*

    The pictures included are a couple close-ups, and then a bit farther away (for size perspective). The chicks are a few days over four weeks old, and to the best of my understanding, they have not been exposed to anything that has been outside or used by other animals. I think everything they...
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    Failure To Thrive At 3-4 Weeks

    Thank you for your response. The chick died shortly after I separated it from the rest, unfortunately. I do feel a bit bad I didn’t realize its size difference earlier; I may have treated it differently.
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    Failure To Thrive At 3-4 Weeks

    I have ten chicks at the moment that hatched right around April 3rd. One of them is acting in a concerning manner and doesn't seem to be getting better. I originally noticed her looking quite puffed up and not hanging out with the others last weekend. Since I have experienced having chicks...
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    Using Dirt From Under an Old Roost

    We have a coop on the property that, after roughly thirty years, has been knocked down with plans to replace it. It served the family well since my childhood, but it was rotting. The last time there were chickens there was about two years ago. The coop was designed with a little room that was...
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    Joining two "feral" hens with the flock in the run

    The run attached to the coop is where they will be locked up to try to get them used to it. The rest of the flock has been locked up quite a bit lately since we need to fix the fence between their free ranging area and the upper part of our lawn (I like having areas without chicken droppings for...
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    Joining two "feral" hens with the flock in the run

    In addition to our main flock, we have two "feral" chickens we obtained from a friend. We have had these two for probably close to a year. Other than a night or two one of them spent in the coop (the other escaped and ran away into the woods for a day), they have refused to join the flock in the...
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    What killed our roo?

    Our roo was killed this morning, sometime around 5 and 7, I believe (I heard it happen, but the noise he made was so brief, I didn't realize he had been attacked). This particular rooster insisted on roosting in a tree instead of the coop due to the older rooster who doesn't care for him, so we...
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    Trying to hatch abandoned eggs

    I wouldn't think it would hinder them. Chickens hatch in many different nesting situations, from whatever is in a nest box to whatever rogue hens use when they hide their clutches in an outdoor nest. I would just monitor to make sure, and thin out the layer around the shell if you find such...
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    Help with this littles ones legs

    Have you supplemented B vitamins? When I had issues, aside from taping the legs, I added brewers yeast to the food (thanks to some advice I got on here) and electrolytes to water. I think it was a mix of the two methods that helped the chick get better. If you are already supplementing, I don't...
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    Oregon

    There is an Oregon Chicken Lovers page (mostly about chickens, but there are occasional posts about ducks), and then a much smaller group called Oregon Duck Lovers, you just have to look for the one not associated with being Oregon Ducks fans (not too hard...there is a photo of ducks as the...
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    Oregon

    Wish I was closer (and that my white layer drake wasn't so territorial when it comes to new introductions :hmm). Are you on Facebook by chance? If so and you don't have any luck on here, there are a couple pages on there that are pretty useful for rehoming ducks in Oregon.
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    Curled feet

    I think I have read people have used B-complex for their chicks, and you can probably do a search of threads to find it, and maybe dosing information. I have in the past gotten the electrolytes from the poultry section of our outdoor store and put them in the water. I have also (especially for...
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    Black marks in duck eggs

    I am not 100% sur re, but I believe I have seen something similar in a post about chicken eggs and it ended up being little clots. I believe the chick(s) hatched okay, though. Perhaps this is something similar. Hopefully someonebwho is more experienced/knowledgable sees this and can give you...
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