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    Chicken with a growth in his mouth

    I've been trying to get a better picture but he starts to have issues breathing when I hold his beak open, whether his head is tilted back or not, poor guy. It literally looks like a big blob of flesh hanging from the upper beak. I'm pretty sure it's at least partially obstructing the left...
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    Chicken with a growth in his mouth

    I honestly have no idea. I've never had to deal with anything like this before!
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    Chicken with a growth in his mouth

    I have a little bantam rooster that has sounds a bit gooey when he breathes and the other day we discovered a big lump in his mouth. The brown bit, I think, was where he tried to eat and scraped the lump. He's been on an antibiotic for a couple of days and that's not helping at all. Any...
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    Chick w/ splayed legs -updated with picture - update w/ progress

    So I have a chick with both wry neck and a terrible case of 'claw-foot' it's a bantam chick with what seem to be underdeveloped outside toe nubs. It's extremely difficult to get them taped down to anything to try straightening them out. One foot is worse than the other, but with the stargazing...
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    Broken egg in the middle of a hatch

    So I have three lovely new chicks that just hatched this morning. I have a fourth that is now in the process of hatching but the three rambunctious chicks broke a bad egg and there is sludge all in the bottom of the incubator. Should I wait until the fourth chick hatches then take everything out...
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    Crushed shell with live (but possibly too young) chick?

    I came out this morning to find my two female banties had hatched three chicks so far. One shell was partially crushed but I heard peeping from it so i helped the little thing out. Part of the membrane had dried to the chick and it was wiggling around, etc. I stuck it under one of the hens but I...
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    Store mistake?

    I looked up the Barred Rock chicks and I think that's about right too! I'm not sure how they could get it this wrong! I hear they're good layers too so I think they'll keep them. Thanks a bunch everyone!
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    Store mistake?

    Agway sold me this chick as a Rhode Island Red. I'm new to chickens but I know this baby isn't turning red! Can anyone tell me what type of chicken this might be? She and her sister are a bit bigger and a little more aggressive than the other breeds as well.
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    Hubby complaining about dust...

    Has anyone tried the small pet bedding? It's not cedar or pine. I use it for my chinchillas and it seems to work very well. I don't know if the chicks would try snacking on it but it's non toxic and doesn't add to dust.
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    New from New York

    My name is Janet and I live in a small country town in NY. I have a husband and four daughters. My husband and I (more me than him) are working on having a little homestead to help not only cut the cost of food down for our large family, but also to KNOW what is in what we're eating. Right now...
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