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I bought 6 new chicks from Kahoots in Moorpark two days ago. They are about 1 week old and have all been vaccinated by the hatchery for Mareks and Coccidiosis. They were eating non-medicated feed at the feed store. When I brought them home, I introduced them to a mix of non-medicated feed and...

I picked up 6 chicks from Kahoots in Moorpark two days ago. They are all between the ages of 6 days to 10 days and were vaccinated for Mareks and Coccidiosis by the hatchery. My oldest one, the black maran sex link, has been sneezing for the past day and a half. She seems healthy otherwise. She...

I recently found out that Newcastle disease is rampant in Southern California right now and I want to protect my flock. However, my 3 year old chickens have never been vaccinated against Newcastle disease. I tried to research vaccination schedule for ND, but only found info on vaccinating chicks...

I have three 5 week (Silver Laced Orpington) & 6 week (Easter Egger) old chicks that I want to vaccinate against Mareks before I move them outside to join my small flock of already Mareks-vaccinated chickens (They are 3 years old now). I recently found out Newcastle Disease is rampant right now...

Our 8 month old Sulmtaler just started laying eggs 3 days ago, and has consistently layed one every day. Our 8 month old Bielefelder has not started laying yet, & we are starting to worry that maybe she could be egg bound? We assumed they would be on the same cycle, similar to other animals with...

Our Sulmtaler just layed her first egg a couple days ago! Yesterday, she layed her second egg! After 8 months of patiently waiting, we were thrilled to find an egg in the laying box! We are still waiting for our Bielefelder to start laying as well. Right now, the egg laying score is Austria-2...

After unsuccessfully searching all over for a vet to vaccinate my chickens for Mareks, I have decided to vaccinate my 3 chickens myself. I will get the vaccine from Jeffers, but I am unsure of where to get the syringes/needles, and more importantly how big/small they should be. I know most...

I live in Simi Valley, California, & I am having difficulty in finding a vet that is familiar with poultry & who will vaccinate my chicks for Mareks. Does anyone know of any vets in Ventura County area or Los Angeles area that vaccinates chickens for Mareks? Thank you.

2 week old bielfelder has head in between legs and runs backwards. i think its sick. her belly and head was wet. i dried it and than she seamed normal, but sometimes she just ran backwards with her head in between her legs. she seams to have also bad balance. what should i do?

2 year old bieleferlder chicken acting strange. when i came in the room it had wet belly and neck and now it has the whole time the head .....in between her legs picking her belly

I was up all night with the new hatchlings and one of them started bleeding from the navel so after it stopped bleeding, I removed all the eggshells in the mini advance incubator. The other two chicks were fine and very active. Then I refilled the water reservoirs to keep the humidity high for...

This is my first time hatching chicks. I have 3 early hatchers (Day 20), and one of them was the first to start zipping its shell, but got stuck and the other two hatched before it did. It only took the other two chicks 1 hour or less to hatch and the third chick was struggling to hatch for 4...

I currently have 5 eggs right now in my Brinsea Mini Advanced incubator. Today is day 18/19 and I have seen movement from 3 of the eggs. Should I do a water candling test on the two eggs that haven't moved? One of those non-moving eggs has a hairline crack in it (It was there when the eggs...