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    Chick shaking and moving sideways

    Unfortunately she passed away yesterday. :( RIP little gal.
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    Chick shaking and moving sideways

    Thanks all. Have been giving it poly-vi-sol (without iron) and giving drops of water as well. It seems to be doing better today (at least it's not shaking!). Keeping a close eye on it till and nursing it the best I can! I'll try some scrambled eggs later to see if the sickies want some of that.
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    Chick dropping down to back and scratching head while yelling

    Another one of our chicks (a jersey giant chick) dropped down on the ground and started scratching its head both sides while screaming. We immediately separated it from the other chicks and have it in a "sick tank." I've given it vitamins and cleaned the brooder and put very little dust in there...
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    Chick shaking and moving sideways

    We just got a shipment of chicks today and noticed that one of them seems to be shaking and moves sideways and backwards when it moves. I did the Homemade Electrolyte Recipe that I found on the site but can't find what could possibly be wrong with the chick. Its head isn't pointed up and legs...
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    Feathers and blood... any guesses what the predator was?

    Kept the live trap out there every night these past two weeks and ultimately caught two skunks which were promptly dispatched. I think they came across the duck when she was sleeping and the rooster when he was sleeping as well. Since the two skunks have been taken care of we've had no other...
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    Rooster having trouble breathing a week after predator attack

    Sorry for not replying! We isolated him by bringing him inside. Cleaned his wounds for the first two days and gave him antibiotics. He healed up and now is back and happy with his ladies outside! :)
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    Rooster having trouble breathing a week after predator attack

    About a week ago our rooster survived skunks attack with only a loss of a spur (last Thursday). I took him inside and cleaned and wrapped his wound and by Tuesday he seemed well enough to go back outside. He and the other rooster had some fights that day and it was established he was no longer...
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    Duckling squished by Mama duck should I move the other one?

    Thanks all! Moved it inside to a brooder and got a few ducklings to keep it company. It's happy with its new siblings and thriving. :)
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    Duckling squished by Mama duck should I move the other one?

    We have two muscovies out there laying on eggs and they hatched two ducklings (one on Thursday, one on Friday). When I went to check on the ducklings just now I found one of them dead having been squished. Should I move the remaining one indoors with a heating lamp/etc or let the mama's continue...
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    Oregon

    Wow feel bad for jumping in on page 643 but moved down here to Oregon (from WA) in January and loving it so far! :) Hello my fellow Oregon peeps!
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    Feathers and blood... any guesses what the predator was?

    Oh wow thomasboyle that's a really clever idea! I'll have to get some big marshmallows and try it out! So the plot kind of thickened... yesterday morning when I went to let the birds out the rooster had been attacked. He had been in the dog run within a dog cage (since he was in isolation due...
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    Feathers and blood... any guesses what the predator was?

    Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out! Two of our live traps are broken so we only have one left. Thanks for the recommendation!
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    Feathers and blood... any guesses what the predator was?

    Raccoon. It tried to kill our rooster that was in isolation. Rooster was in a large dog cage in a dog run and the raccoon reached in and tried to get him. Lots of feathers and he lost a spur but he survived. Now to catch a raccoon....
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    Feathers and blood... any guesses what the predator was?

    Our female mallard got really headstrong in the past week and went into hiding at dark instead of going to the enclosure (like she had been doing for three months) at night. Two nights ago I wasn't able to find her after searching so had to call it a night hoping she had hunkered down somewhere...
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    Muscovy keepers share your pics!

    Put in three muscovy eggs to see if any would hatch and ended up with one duckling (trip to get a companion in the works so it doesn't grow up alone). Here's the newest member of our flock: Shortly after hatching on Monday! Today!
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