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So, our 8 week baby hen is hanging in there (literally in a make-shift traction hammock, I posted an earlier thread about that) after her leg was munched by a raccoon. We put her in traction, and put the leg in a splint. The leg was very swollen, toes are swollen and probably broken a bit...

Awoke to frantic chirping from our 8 week pullets and found a raccoon in their outer cage; somehow two were in the outer cage and not the inner cage. One has a completely floppy, broken leg with puncture marks and one large gash. Her leg is swollen and bleeding, but only a slow drip/ooze from...

I am thinking we may have some gapeworms in our flock, I cannot be sure, but we lost one hen a few weeks ago who was having trouble swallowing and she sort of wasted away, I was hand feeding her scrambled eggs, but then her crop would never go down (so I figured it was an all-out organ shut...

We have a buff polish crested hen who has been pining away for about one and one half weeks. 10 days ago we noticed how thin she is, and also that she was not walking much, her wings are low down, tail feathers, too, both dragging the ground. We brought her inside and she seemed interested in...

Hello! We have a dear friend at the farmer's market who brought me a hen whose lower tummy area is very swollen/bloated on both sides. She has not laid an egg today and she was isolated today (we don't know if she laid yesterday or not). She has ruffled feathers; and is a bit hunched in her...

Hello Again: Well, after posting that our Minorca was doing very well, she seems to be not so well this week. I need some help with specifics on how dangerous she may be or if she is not contagious for the worse possibility (Coryza) since she has been on meds? Two weeks ago, Minorca had a...

Hello All: I posted this earlier, but did not have a response. Some good advice on another thread, but I am still seeking assistance. Here is the story: We had one minorca this morning with swollen eyes and a runny nose. Of course I checked here first and found the following possible causes...

Hello Everybody! We had one minorca this morning with swollen eyes and a runny nose. Of course I checked here first and found the following possible causes: IB, ILT and coryza. As all these are very serious, we called our vet, isolated the hen, and then bleached all our water and feed...

Hello! I have about 36 hens that just celebrated their one year birthday. But, they are not laying, we are lucky to get 5 dozen eggs a week. There have been several changes... We have many new hens that moved into the coop about three months ago...they all seem to get along fine. We added...

Hello Friends: We went to let our chickens this morning and found that our broody banty somehow got off her confined nest and did not get back in. She was off her eggs for at least 12 hours. It warm and humid here....the hen house was hot last night when I went it and full of body warmth from...

Hi All: Oh, I am so sorry to post this on what should be a happy weekend. But, I really need help. I am hatching chicks for a friend, and the first to hatch has a sack of nasty stuff hanging out its bottom. It is flopping about, but still very much alive and showing a will to continue with...

I have eight in the bator, one is zipped about 1/3 around and I see it!!!!! Another is widening a zip hole. I am acting like a crazy lady clucking at them. Anyone else out there?

We are testing a mini-fridge-heater combo type thing for an incubator. There is another thread running, I willl update from this. If we have three pips today on day 19.5...does that mean our airflow and oxygen is healthy? Thank you for your help. I did not find specifics on airflow/oxygen...

Hello! I've read a few posts where folks hatching were upset because there was condensation on an incubator window. We are going into lock down in a very dry ,high altitude area. I put in our new water resevoir to get the humidity up to 70%. We have a mini-cabinet incubator going right now...

Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130355551253 I got this in an ebay advert. Shipping was $15.49 UPS Ground. Awesome deal or no?

Hello All! We are hatching 21 australorp eggs for our first time hatch. We had three groups of seven, two groups under two broody hens and one group in a borrowed LG incubator with fan and egg turner. The first group placed under our first hen hatched out 100% and we were thrilled (Sunday)...

Hello All! My two silkies are hatching australorp chicks. One silkie (just 8 months) has hatched 100% her 7 eggs, the other silkie has 3 of 8 out and peeping. My question is: when should I give them water and feed? Our feed store only has the Purina Chick Start stuff....none of the green...

Hello! We have a adopted a sweet Production Red named Dorothy from her flock who picked all the feathers off her lower back. She is red all over with strange grey fuzz where the length of her feathers are missing...she had grey fuzz and feather stubble. So, she looks pretty pathetic. Easy...

Oh no! I am soooo crushed!!!! We did not notice this morning that our broody silkie could not get back in her broody box. She was off her eggs from about 10:15 or so to 12:35-ish. Will the chicks be dead??? They are on day 17. It is sunny here, warmish in the coop, a bit chilly with wind...

Ok, yes, we are all crazy here. My girls like to get up early, let out the chickens, we stay out a bit and watch our broody moms take a break (so they can get back in their broody nests). What we do during the wait is crack up pecans and toss them to the flock. We figured that is awesome...