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    rooster survided attack but injured

    Hi. Last night my chicken compound was attacked by a nasty predator. It killed my red comet through the fence and another bird is completely missing. My silkie rooster survived, but appears to have a broken/partially missing wing, and some flesh wounds on his back/chest. I originally thought...
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    Help! Staggered hatch in incubator -lockdown?

    Well, sorry to say, none hatched. Since then though, we've had two very successful hatches! Our last group we used an egg turner which I feel made a huge difference! That hatch was staggered by 1 week... Once oldest eggs went on lockdown, we catered to their needs and still ended up with 3/4 of...
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    abnormally small egg from red comet?

    Hello! I have 3 red comets that have been laying consistently since July. Yesterday when I collected eggs, there was one that was less than half the normal size and dark brown in color. The only other layers I have are silkies and one bantam frizzle that lays small cream-colored eggs. I...
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    URGENT...Please read

    I'd like to think so, but when it started bleeding it concerned me! She's in a small coop with 1 just-hatched chick who isn't standing/walking well. I have 2 other broodies in another coop with the rest of the new hatches. should I move the bloody egg in with them?
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    URGENT...Please read

    Hi...I have an egg that has pipped but not yet zipped...the broody pecked at the egg right where the hole was and now there is blood showing around the hole. The chck is still moving, but I don't know what to do. I'm not set up with an indoor brooder to let it finish hatching indoors, but why...
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    new layer having psych issues

    Hi! 3 of my girls went broody at once and just hatched out 8 chicks...I have them in a separate small coop for now since 1 got trampled mid-hatch when they were in the main coop. Here's the issue: I have a young hen named Gertie (born 2/14/11) that started laying about a week ago. Since the...
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    first sick chick died- please help!

    The stools looked fine, no sneezing that I could see...I went to TSC to get meds...the only thing they had was dexamyacin? Does this sound right? I don't have any other stores nearby to get Corid. No other chicks/adults showing symptoms at this point.
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    first sick chick died- please help!

    Hello. I have a 3 month old silkie chick that has been acting funny - not staying with flock..sitting still in grass "sleeping" in the middle of the day - doesn't notice you right up behind it. Has been moving around/eating/drinking fine - until last night. This chick and it's siblings are...
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    Are they still good???

    Hello. My silkie hen went broody a couple of weeks ago - she was sitting on a collection of 13 eggs from 3 hens. Soon after, my banty hen decided to set with her - as hard as we tried, they got each day's eggs before we did. The two were setting nicely on all the eggs, but now today the...
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    all but one baby gone!

    I hatched out my first 6 chicks on Valentine's day this year. We just moved them outside 2 weeks ago...Friday afternoon I came home and 5 out of the 6 were gone. There's no trace of feathers/blood/anything...is it possible that a predator could've gotten that many??? They were extremely...
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    FEBRUARY Hatch-A-Long, come join in!!

    My first chick EVER just climbed out of his egg! He only pipped a few hours ago! I have 1 that pipped last night that's very slow, and 3 others pipped this evening. I'd love to know what kind of chickens they are...parents are mutts I think! I have 2 frizzles (1 roo and 1 hen) both bantam, a...
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    float test - confused!

    this is the link that gave me the info about float test...https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=383525 I was really hoping for movement in the water too - no luck there. Like I said, I have a bad feeling the chick is no longer alive, but I'll hold out hope a few days longer!!!!
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    float test - confused!

    Thank you both soooo much. I really hope to be sharing news of a hatch soon! I can't explain to non-chicken people why this is so important to me - glad there are other chicken-lovers to talk to It's gonna be a long couple days!
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    float test - confused!

    Hi all...I am BRAND NEW to this and really botched my first hatch attempt. I have one sad little egg left that is due to hatch now (yesterday actually). I did the float test after reading another post with similar issues. My egg floated about 15% above water - that means viable right? But...
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    Day 21 and nothing at all?(update Day 23 still nothing)

    I am in the same boat...after a botched first attempt at incubation, I have only 1 egg in lockdown that was viable at day 18. We had a temp spike to 102 during the night one night, other than that, things have been stable. Today is day 22 - no signs of pipping or rocking or anything I have a...
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