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Update, I force fed her some food as its been 5 days since she ate. She was really not happy about it, but 5m later attacked her food bowl and demolished it. Silly chicken acted like she forgot how much she liked food. She was back to normal withing hours and wanting out of the cage.

Update: The medicine arrived yesterday, Coxoid Oral Solution. It said to mix it with 4.5 litres of water so I scaled it down to 1 litre as she is a small chicken! Ive also been massaging her front where her Crop as initially it was all doughy and enlarged, I thought it might have something...

She is so fluffy its hard to get fingers through the puff ball. I think i can feel her crop, it might be a little blocked but its hard to tell. Ive been syringe watering her, she will hake half a dozen drips before protesting. in case its impacted ive removed her feed, she is quite fat so not...

She is just sat hunkered, no physical symptoms, like she is going to sleep. Wings tucked in, crouched down and looks like a golden ball of feathers. The other 6 from her hatch are all fine and running round so it cant be nutrient deficiency as 2 days ago she was eating fine. Need to point out...

Hi there, 3 months ago I hatched some postal Buff Orpington chicks, the pure ones that are really fluffy and sit low to the ground. last night when I was putting them to bed one wasnt keep to join the others, it had just hunkered down at the entrance to the coop. I picked her up and placed her...

I think ill give them the added water just in case. Call ducks seem so much more fragile then chickens. But so much cuter!! They are desperate to swim too, their water bowl is getting refilled hourly as they are splashing the water out of it. Its very shallow tho so they cant get wet in it.

Update: I went in the following morning to check on them, bracing myself for a dead Duckling. I went to the incubator and they were both lead next to eachother, I sat down, tapped the glass and both ducklings sprung up! The one that was unwell is a little behind the other in development but they...

Checked the eggs this morning, one duck egg was definitely stalled, the other 2 chirping away. The both pipped yesterday morning but couldn't progress, I investigated and the membrane was totally white and dried out all over. The chicks had a beak out but were shrink wrapped! I managed to...

Update: After 48 hours of chirping I caved and looked at the egg. I sanded the shell until it was a small hole then used my nail to unzip it. I found what the issue was. The chick hadnt pipped as it had no beak.... Must have been a birth defect but it was a horrible sight. 30 seconds of...

The last remaining chick is still unpipped tho chirping a lot. Ive candled the egg and its in the air sack but the shell is still perfect. All the others hatched within 24 hours, this one was chirping too but didnt pip. A duck is now hatching next to it but this poor chick just sounds stuck in...

7 chicks out now and on the brooder.. only as they looked like sardines in the incubator! There is 1 chicken egg left. Its not pipped but the chick is chirping up a storm. I'd love to help it but the hatch is like a right of passage... don't want to help a sick chick only to watch it slowly...

5 chick's hatched now out of 8, sods law ita all girls haha. New breed so for once I wanted a boy:D

Update, within 5m of me going in the kitchen and turning the lights on, there was a loud chirpy sound and 2 more piped. So glad I moved them when I did. My old incubator was one off amazon, looked fancy, held 48 eggs, auto turning, humidity and temp controls, made in China... too bad it didn't...

I thought it was just 2 days. I've seem them interested in food in the first 24 hours! Little fatties! No progress on the pip overnight, it did progress a few hours after the first break so I'd imagine it's resting. I've heated the brooder up just in case. This is day 16 for the chicks and 22...

Hi there, Ive encountered a problem. Im hatching a set of eggs, today was Day 17. Normally Id start lockdown tomorrow but for some reason thought, I should maybe do them now. I candle them all and every one of them was moving at the air sack line, so i thought, "good call" they are eager to...