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I have a Chick that has fluid on top of the head and under the beak(chin) area. Its about 18 hours old. It's struggling somewhat but alive and trying to move. Will the body absorb the fluid? Nothing is exposed. All feathered and otherwise the body is normal. Don't want to cull to early but...

A few weeks ago I had Coryza run through a few of my young birds. I used LA 200 injection in the leg for each that had symptoms. All recovered but I have one that moved while i was inserting the needle. The shot site has basically blown out. I’ve got her in a brooder, cleaned the wound and...

Can someone please clear this up. Before AquaSol I see many used Safeguard 10% suspension diluted in water at 3ml per gallon. I am reading traditional Safeguard is Insoluble in water and go on to read that is toxic to aquatic life...then...go on to read that AquaSol just has smaller particles...

Are these 2 breeds Broody enough that I won’t need to use my incubator? I’m also interested in Brahma(spelling?). Thanks

Hi, this is my first set of eggs to hatch. There are 3 under my broody O shamo mama. This morning when I checked the eggs under her we had the first pip. I rechecked the eggs after lunch and not much progress is being made. How long do the babies take to hatch? Thx! sassy

My hen has been on her eggs approx 21 days. No action yet. How long do i let her sit and if nothing happens what do I do with the eggs? Thanks! Sassy

ok, long story short...lesson learned. don't buy from a chicken trader, check. Don't buy trimmed beaked chickens, check and NEVER send your sweet loving hunk of a hot man husband to buy chickens without you...check and check. I now have 3 trimmed beak, sad, sad little chickens. The upside...

Hi, I have an O Shamo hen sitting on 5 eggs. I suspect 4 will hatch...the 5th one just showed up and is a week out of sync so don't know what happens to that. I am 99% sure this hen has hatched before. The flock was given to me month and a half ago but prior to that the same couple gave me a...

Hi everyone, I have posted a few times in different topic area's because I have had some issue's with my flock lately. Things have calmed down thanks to the advice I have gotten here. I finally have had time to look around the site some and have finally identified my 2 girls that were known...

Hi everyone, I am a newbie on a very hard learning curve right now, Hubby and I are new to chickens, Not new to livestock. Long and getting harder story short, hubby bought 5 chickens from a chicken trader ACKKK! The deal is done and now we are dealing with the problems these chickens have...

I am new to chickens:) I have a broody, mean game hen. She is witchy...but she entertains me and lays everyday so she gets to stay. Like I said she has become broody, this week. What is the effect on a hen that is broody if you let her lay her egg and hatch the baby(s)? Will she always be...

Hello, I posted 2 nights ago about a bird that was sick...well, she died. We tried to help her but have limited knowledge. Yesterday went okay, We were given 6 healthy hens and rooster from a dear friend. We have had for a couple of months, no problem. We bought 3 baby chics at the same...

Hi, I am new to the boards and new to chickens. We have had a flock of 7 healthy adults for about a month. Today my husband bought 5 more year old sex-link chickens from a local "trader". Shouldnt have done that...I already know....Okay well the deal is done and 3 of the 5 are doing fine, 1...