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    Incubator was off for a few hours

    What ever happened to the eggs? Did any of them make it? I just had that problem with my duck eggs. When I woke this morning my incubator was unplugged and I had a separate temperature and humidity gauge inside measure 80° F.
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    Does anyone have any idea what might have happened as I found my roo deceased when I came home

    So today I came home and found my Jersey Giant rooster dead. When I left for work this morning I fed the flock and everything seemed normal. When I found him I noticed a big sore on the bottom of his foot that I'm assuming was bumblefoot although there was no plug but the toe was swollen. I...
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    Crooked/bent toes

    It looks exactly the same when she's standing as it does in the attached photo. When I try to straighten them out it seems to cause her pain and the middle toe is curled and crooked the outside one is just curled
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    Crooked/bent toes

    I noticed one of my Barred Plymouth Rock hens toes are curled and look broke. I did a little digging and found this can be corrected, only she is about 2 months old and I'm not sure how long it's been this way. I didn't notice until about a week ago and tried the method of providing a splint...
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    Introducing Silkie Rooster to my flock with Jersey Giant rooster

    I recently purchased a couple bantam silkie chicks and I suspect one to be a Cockerel. It seems to be growing much faster than the other chick and has much longer tail feathers. In case my suspicions are correct I want to be prepared when introducing to my flock. I'm confident about my hen to...
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    Feeding chicks and ducklings together.

    Hi all! I am new to this thread. I've been raising chicks for some time but I recently bought a 4 chicks as well as 2 ducklings. My question is: Is it okay to mix the medicated chicken starter with the duck starter or should I separate them to feed? I'm keeping them all in the same brooder. The...
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    HELP!!!! Ducklings ate medicated chick food what do I do?????!!!!!!!!!

    I know this post is a little old. Do you have an update about what happened with the ducklings?
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