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Thank you for taking the time To reply. Sadly we lost her in the night xx

We recently suddenly lost a chick and now we have another that looks ill. The first chick died at 3 days old. It went very cold, lethargic and has watery poo. It had spraddle foot as well. We now have another chick that seems very wobbly and has a red swollen area under it. I’ll attach a photo...

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My 3 day old silky is dying. She’s cold to the touch (under the heater still), lying on the floor, watery poo and gasping. She had what I thought was straddle leg and I braced her legs with the straw/tape method. She just suddenly went down hill very fast last night. I think she’s too far gone...

Thanks everyone for the help and taking the time to read this- I really appreciate it. We have two chicks that are less than 12 hrs old that look like they may have spraddle leg. They both have a very wide gate and can’t walk. Tummy scooting! I’ve tried the medical tape method but they are...

I have 5 quails that we hatched. They are about 2 weeks old. One of the quail has scabs all along where it’s feathers are coming in. The scabs are only where the adult feathers are coming in. They are black and crusty. Does anyone have any idea what has happened and what I can do. Thanks

Hello, I have 3 babies about 24 hrs old. I have two questions please, 1) I have a brooder heater and I have no idea what height setting it should be on? It feels very hot to the touch in the middle, I’m worried if the chicks stayed under the middle section for any length of time, with it on...

Hello, I had 4 chicken eggs. 3 hatched 24 hrs ago and 1 egg was left. This morning there was no cheeping, movement or sign of pipping- so..... I opened the incubator. Ahhhhhh the egg started cheeping and I saw a small pip. Humidity dropped to 45% when I opened incubator and I’m so worried I...

First timer here! So I am on day 5 and we have 6 chicken eggs and 5 look fertile. I have had problems with the humidity. It’s been too high. Anywhere from 60% to 75% over the 5 days. I’ve now got a bit more control of the levels now. My question is....... in order to reduce the risk of...