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Thanks all! I took him to the emergency vet but of course no one there knew how to fix it. He got some meloxicam and sub Q fluids to keep him hydrated until I can get to the avian vet in the morning.

Guys one of my 8 week olds just got his beak caught in the hardware cloth on the run and cracked his beak badly! I brought him in and cleaned it with veterycin and now he’s sitting in the corner of the brooder in pain. What else can I do!? @aart @Eggcessive @nuthatched @rosemarythyme

@Mrs. K Do you have pics of your Wooly hen and run? That’s sounds intriguing but I’m such a visual person it would help me to see it. How do you attach the wool to the top and what keeps the hens from pecking it all off and eating/pooping on it?

Ok! Thank you so so much! I will reach out again in a few days!

Ok, I removed the brooding plate and turned off one of the window unit heaters in the shop. It will get colder in there tonight then they are used to but still have one heater on and the lamp in the brooder. The shop is 30 ft wide and 40 ft tall and metal so it gets cold in there. I really...

But what about at night? I just put them in the coop with everyone else? I’m afraid they would murdered in the morning lol. Here is their current feather development

@rosemarythyme I can run an extension cord to the coop. And I can also start weaning them off heat in the shop asap. I will remove the brooder plate and turn off the heater in the shop and at that point they would only have the heat lamp. I have chicken wire and zip ties coming out my ears.

Hi Peeps! I am wanting to do the early chick integration method but I can’t wrap my head around how to make it work. I have four 3 week olds that I want to integrate with an existing flock of 8 hens and a rooster that are 1 year old. I read @rosemarythyme article but having trouble applying to...

Nope, shells seem ok. I offer oyster on the side in addition to the feed. I mean I don’t have to smash them to break but they don’t just explode when I crack them either. Normal for my girls I would say.

How long should I let it continue without doing something? Like I wouldn’t know what I could do anyway lol.

Just for my piece of mind, can someone take a look here? I have an 11 month old girl that has layed 65 eggs so far (with only 1 or 2 being bloody) before going into molt and winter break. IF she molted it was a very soft molt cause I saw very few black feather. Since starting back she’s layed 5...