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I think I may have just hatched a frazzle. Her mom is a bantam Cochin frizzle (the only frizzle I have). This little bird is three days old and isn't fuzzy like her 4 siblings. She has wiry hair-like feathers and is bald underneath. My friend and I decided to name her scruff. :)

Her neck is limp, but she can lift it when she walks. She is standing mostly but I did see her sit down with the other chickens. No cough, sneeze or heavy breathing as far as I can tell. I had trouble getting her to drink, but she was able to eat food with the other chickens. She was wobbly...

I went out to check on my younger chickens and I noticed one of them was still in the little coop. She is not moving around very much and is having trouble lifting her head. The sides of her legs are red and her face looks swollen. Does anyone know how I can help her?

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Imortal Chick! I have a rooster we call the imortal rooster because when he was only a few months old he had his neck broken in a coyote attack, but he really wanted to live so he got better and is still king of the coop today (8 years later). So i think Imortal chick is a realy strong and...

Look who snuck back in to the chick pen

Ok, thanks. How do i make fermented feed?

she seems pretty determined to live, so I'm going to let her live and see what happens. Plus she was a classroom hatch and the kids really want to see her grow up. they already named her, Phantom of The SNACS. I want to do as much as i can for her, I wont cull unless it is obvious that she is...

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Hi, i just had a similar problem with one of the chicks i hatched a couple of weeks ago. I taped her legs close together with fabric medical tape, leaving enough in-between space for her to learn how to walk, and left it on her for two days. the medical tape was good because the adhesive was...