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    Advice needed - getting ready to molt or ill?

    She looks pretty healthy, and a beautiful chicken! It’s normal for chickens to slow down with egg laying when the seasons changing, I don’t know much about the droppings but I looked it up and it could just be because of her diet. Also her eggs are cute! And I love your nails :)
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    Bumblefoot + thigh lump + comb issue?

    I looked up the thigh lump and it might be some kind of tumor.
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    Bumblefoot + thigh lump + comb issue?

    I believe the stuff on the comb is normal for chickens with larger combs, and not much of a concern because I see it in my chickens. For the bumble foot, I had a duck who had it, and we operated on her foot with a scalpel and removed the infected tissue, and let her heal and rest in a inclosed...
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    1 and half week old ducklings whistling when breathing

    I had a baby duck that was the only one to hatch out of the brood, I raised it inside and eventually moved it too the coop when it was old enough not to get bullied. The duckling had the same problem because it wouldn’t drink and duck its head in the water enough. Everyday a few times I would...
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    Help for Hen Leg/Hock Injury

    maybe you could wrap the leg? Our duck got injured between its wing and leg and has a permanent limp and drooping wing, and after some rehab with her she has become more comfortable and hands out with the others despite the limp. Sometimes it’s best to let the wound heal naturally, and...
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    Help! Young chick soft swollen abdomen ?constipated

    I’ve had a chick like that, I soaked the vent in warm water and it healed within the night.
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    Rescue Chicken with Gooey Butt

    I’ve personally never seen anything like it, but it could be an infection? Im sure someone with more experience than me would know. Or I would look it up.
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    Dying as they hatch?

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    Dying as they hatch?

    You’re supposed to take the egg turner out on day 18!! Also once they start moving around I move them into the brooder once they are dryer, giving the others space to hatch. Also if they stop piping, you should help them out a little (unless you’re bad at it) and spray them with water to keep...
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    Topic of the Week - Raising Chicks

    Chicks are really curious so after a few days they will likely figure it out themselves, but you can like have water come out of it, or bring the chicks up to it and have them peck it.
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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    Real, everytime I go to my tractor supply they are always completely out.
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    Topic of the Week - Raising Chicks

    They eat eggs all the time, and I collect eggs every day. The fertilized eggs they ate were doing great! I had candled them that morning and saw them moving and all their healthy veins.
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    Thoughtful breeding with a few surprises...

    could be some type of genetic mutation, or a hen carried a gene that never showed through until bred with a rooster with the same gene. I have a couple of barred in an all white flock.
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    5 week Amberlink “pullet”

    Okay, then I wouldn’t jump to the conclusion that it’s a rooster, because some chicks just look like cockerels until they grow up. (I’m not saying it isn’t a rooster, just saying not to give up hope)
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    First Timer Observations and Questions

    1: sometimes it just depends on the chickens! We were hatching 12 and only 8 hatched, and all the ones we’ve done from broody chickens have all hatched. If you want higher hatch rates I would suggest a better incubator or using (trusted) broody hens. 2: it does seem kind of a bad incubator. 3...
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