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I've actually hatched some chicks from these hens before they stopped laying, could they also be affected?

Wow that's crazy, are they safe to eat? I'll have to investigate this.

@NatJ They have unlimited water all day long, we live around thirty minutes south-east of Austin TX so we are very aware of the heat. As for food, they eat grass and bugs and we try to make sure they eat enough feed. Sometimes there's food left over at the end of the day.

Thank you for your prayers @Toastedone and for your advice @azygous, I move the tractors everyday, sometimes even twice a day. I haven't thought about getting a vet sample. @Toastedone could you elaborate on AI? I've never heard of it, these are the first chickens we've had and raised them from...

Hey BYC, I just had three chickens die this morning and I have really no clue why and the rest of them haven't been laying eggs, I have around thirty-something hens and one rooster that wasn't doing so well either. I have them in chicken tractors and feed them organic dumor feed. When I feel the...

Thank you guys for the support and comments, I actually took the bandaid off as he/she wouldn't walk with it on. This sounds stupid but I think it walks better without it. The other one maybe I'm just overeacting to a weak chick. But I'll try my best to do what I can I'm just hoping I can save...

Instead of using saline solution try using baking soda as it is heavy in salt, try mixing two teaspoons into a cup of water and tasting it to make sure it's not overly salty but just enough to where you can taste it.

I'm no goose expert but I know that this is deadly for any poultry. I would inspect the eyes of this goose and that of another that was not affected and see if there's a difference, maybe some bloodshot in the eyes. Also, I would try and offer it some food to see if it will eat it, maybe if it's...

These are the pictures for chick 1, chick 2 is below this line. I honestly don't think either one will make it and it's pretty sad considering that I'll only have 19 left out of 30 eggs I put into the incubator.

Hello BYC, I'm posting on two chicks that I've hatched out of 21, the first chick seems to have spraddle leg so I cut a bandaid in half the long way and am using that as a brace. However, it doesn't seem to be working as the chick is not even trying to walk at all. As for the second chick it's...

Hey, sorry for the late update! I've been building two A Frame chicken tractors and am almost done with the first. I've been keeping them in 2 rabbit cages about 3x3 each. Is this bad? I intend to finish the coop tomorrow so I can put them in and work on the second tractor. I don't know why but...

Hey thanks for the reply, we got them on the 26th of last month when they were supposedly one day old. I'm assuming that they're almost four weeks by now. I also ordered 40 chicks and had gotten 42, which two died. The first died around day two I believe and the other one I euthanized because it...

Hello BYC community, I don't know if you remember me from the last post but I actually had to euthanize the chick with a deformed leg :(. Thankfully the rest have been doing fine. However, I'm a little worried about the rest of the flock as I have some abnormally huge chicks, and what seems to...

If anyone else has any ideas on how to heal this chick please let me know, also I'll try to take a picture of the affected hock. Thanks again, Isaac H.

I think all of you brought up great points but the reason why I brought up it was not a broiler was because my thoughts were that if it didn't get fat living with one leg should be fine. I don't think I'll kill this chick unless I can visibily tell it's dieing, otherwise I think I'll try and...

I only thought about culling this one because this is my 1st time owning chicks. Please don't take this the wrong way but I'm trying to save the culling option for last after I've tried all the home remedies I've found. I think she's doing fine except for agressive chicks pecking at her foot...

Yes you also bring out a good point of it becoming a pet. I did consider this and I've actually been making sure it's been eating foot and drinking water and I can tell that it's growing. However, the other chicks are starting to notice her deformed/injured hock and starting pecking at it. :( I...

How would I go about euthanizing it? Do I take it to a vet? I've been trying to nurse it back to health so I don't know if I've been doing it a disfavor.

@wyorp I did read somewhere that her "good" leg would or could no longer be able to support her. However, she's not going to be for consumption as we mainly got them for egg production. does this still apply to a layer? I only ask because I see a lot of cornish cross or cornish breeds get leg...

Hello everyone my familiy has just ordered 40 female rhode island reds and we received 42 (all chicks.) Here's my problem, 1 died about 2 or 3 days after and when I look it up online they said this is most likely the breeders fault (understandable.) However, I noticed on day 2 that one of them...