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Hi all my last two chicks to hatch have long thin dry tails (assuming yolk sack) what to do, i am worried they will peck at each other.. the very last one was still stuck to the shell i followed along until i found the end and broke the shell around the dry tail whatt to do?? dampen and see if...

Hen on eggs, 2 hatch day 21 + 22, day 23 hen and chicks go off the nest leaving remaining 3 eggs, i notice mid arvo this, then tap and listen one egg cheeping, i come back after dark to see if hen returns to nest, but does not (assuming because 2 chicks can not quite get back home) however 3...

Hi... So i had a hen on eggs, she hatched 8 (1 died after hatch) and 1 egg which i always felt was slower developing did not hatch around day 19/20 with the rest, the hen took her chicks off the nest for a quiter location away from the flock, leaving the unhatched egg), it hatched today at day...

Hi all two of my young roos both have big gash on one leg each, both swollen foot, reluctant to walk, one is worse and he sits with his wing out, can't see any wing damage, and ides, is this from fighting that they both got a similar leg injury, treatment ideas, I am spaying the antibiotic spray...

Hi all I hatched 2 SLW chicks, one was teeny tiny and one regular sized, anyway as they grew the bigger one got more roo like and no surprise now is crowing, the other seems to be much slower developing (even its feathering was much slower) but now i am wondering it it is a roo too, can someone...

Hi all I had a lot of trouble with relocating brooding hens, when it was suggested to me to raise them in the pen with all the other birds, which all was going well however every few days a chick goes missing or i find one dead at the hen house door, is this normal for in pen hatching??? thanks

i picked my chick up to change the brooder box, and one feels heavy and firm a bit crusty around the bum (like dried on poo kind of) not very balanced on its legs not eating and drinking like the others EDIT... Upon further investigation its looking like a belly button infection... maybe...

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Hi all.. i hatched some chicks (some under hen, some in incubator) my brother had a broody hen sitting on eggs, so after mine incubated we did a swapsy.. this morning hen had taken to only one of the 3 chicks (2 black and a white) and today he returned to me one black and one very pecked little...

Hi.. My vet recommended i use a mectin drench (the same i use for my livestock) on the chickens, but obviously not WHP mentioned because its not made for chickens.. for meat it is 14 days for milk 28 days.. would you go 28 days for eggs too?? and what about to hatch?? my brother has a broody...

Hi all So I had a Hen sick for close to a week she had running fluid and crusty eyes she died (even though she had antibiotics we had no luck) she also was isolated from the day i found her with the crusty eyes, waterer cleaned etc 5 days later i found a hen dead out in the chook yard, she had...

I had a hen die a week back, she was isolated as soon as i noticed her sick, was sick for a full week before dieing ever since i have been checking all the chooks several times a day for any signs or symptoms.. i had a broody hen on eggs, due to hatch today, i went out this morning to see if i...

Hi Aussies I have a kookaburra that has decided to hang around, i always see it near the chook shed, i only clicked today that my lack of eggs could be because of him/her, i have not had any eggs in a week.. I also have chicks due to hatch tomorrow, so i need to deter him asap.. thinking...

So i diagnosed my chicken with coryza last week, isolated, gave some antibiotics for a few days. she sent from really puffy, to less puffy with one eye back open and could see, to less puffy with two eyes open and blind in both, today both eyes are fused and a bit more puffy.. what shall i do...

I have 2 broody hens, one who was close to hatch and caled it quits when i put her in lock down away from the others, the second is a week behind, i was wondering now that i have two broody and one batch of eggs, can i just devide the eggs over the two hens in the one lock down area?? i am...

i only noticed the bent toes in my chick, 7 days old, both feet all toes, is it too late??

i incubated some chicks, moved to brooder box, next day there was blood EVERYWHERE, one chick had this thin worm like thing on the underside of tummy (i assume now it was umbilical cord) also had this long red mass hanging out of bottom, it was moving around okay but perhaps a little...

Hi ALL I have hatched my first chicks ever about 50% success rate (one was put down today as its stomach somehow was on the outside when i went to chek water and food) no idea what happened maybe my daughter had a sneaky play while i was not looking, but not likely so i am none the wiser...

Hi.. So I have been rudely told that i have too many roosters for my hens, (which i do understand his point) however my hens have HEAPS of places to get out of the way, chill out and hide if need be, they are not harassed 24/7 like he is assuming they are, they are all healthy and happy with NO...

So i have 2 light sussex, mostly look identical, temperament slight different, one in your face, the other is a runner. their combs etc are same shade od pinky/red. i just think there is a slight difference in hackle feathers.. (its a bit deceiving because of the black on the white and the black...