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    Emergency! Chick gasping/weak!

    I'm so sorry. I'm also holding an injured chick basically waiting for her to pass because I don't think she'll make it. It's so sad. Sorry for your loss.
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    2 week old chick with crush injury?

    I have a 2 week and 3 day old white Rock chick that got her head and/or neck stuck under a heavy pvc feeder and when I lifted the feeder and pulled her out I thought she was dead but she was still breathing and flapped a little. I took her out of the brooder and placed her on the floor and she...
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    Injured toe care and not laying

    Thanks guys. I just can't help that feeling that I didn't do enough. I was up letting the dogs out at 615 which never happens but nature called early and I thought to myself about getting dressed and going to let the girls out but didn't and I can't help feeling if I had done that and if I had...
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    Injured toe care and not laying

    Thanks Roada Red. My husband was concerned she may have frozen to death but it was not that cold and like I said, she was still warm when I found her, wasn't even in rigor yet. Her autopsy will have to wait until I get home tomorrow afternoon and then we'll decide what to do with her body. It's...
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    Injured toe care and not laying

    After several days in the infirmary, Dorothy's toe was looking better and her comb was looking much better. Some mild blistering and nice pink colouration coming back. Dorothy had been reintroduced to the flock and had been picked on a little of course but nothing too serious and we spoiled...
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    Injured toe care and not laying

    Roada red; Are you saying she may not lay the entire time I have her away from her coopmates? I wasn't planning on reintroducing her until I know the toe isn't going to be a problem so that could be several more days, could it harm her to not lay for so long? Wyorp rock; I don't have any photos...
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    Injured toe care and not laying

    Sunday afternoon my husband and I noticed a bit of blood in the shavings of our coop and hunted down the injured party. Turned out to be a toe nail injury, bleeding pretty steadily so we must have caught it right away but we have no idea how it happened. We washed her up and applied pressure...
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    Frostbite and Heating the Coop

    We had a new problem Sunday afternoon. We noticed a bit of blood in the shavings and hunted down the injured party. It was a toe nail injury, bleeding pretty steadily so we must have caught it right away but we have no idea how it happened. After washing the affected foot and applying pressure...
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    Frostbite and Heating the Coop

    Ryanhodapp; 20F are temps I am currently looking forward to but I can see how that would be miserable if that's the worst you get. It's all relative right? Thanks for the reassurance, I need it. Blooie; Wow. I haven't seen wind chill like that -63F since I lived in Manitoba. I'm in Ontario now...
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    Frostbite and Heating the Coop

    Hi everyone. New member here, reader since we got our first chickens last spring and I'm having some issues with some of my girls getting frost bite on their combs and I've been doing a ton of research but I'm still not sure what to do. I'll detail our setup and I'd love some advice if anyone...
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