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    5 day old chick with bulging crop that wont go down

    The baby is still alive and peeping, I think she might have pooped a tiny bit of hard poop, I keep giving her water with a syringe and a bit of stool softener last night. She started eating the yogurt on her own. How long can I withhold food before she starves?
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    5 day old chick with bulging crop that wont go down

    Thanks Gresh. I think there is something stuck also. Is there any way to dislodge it without going to the vet, which I cant do?
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    5 day old chick with bulging crop that wont go down

    I have a 5 day old chick that has been acting like she's choking, stretching her neck and opening her mouth since yesterday. She is with 5 other chicks that seem to be doing fine. Her crop was enlarged so I tipped her upside down and massaged it. She threw up feed and bubbles and phlem looking...
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    Large red lump with black center on chicken belly-disgusting- what is it?

    Hi Kim, We have just kind of let it go because it doesnt seem to bother her or anyone else. It looks a bit better but I think I have to tear off the scab and clean it out. I have been reluctant because I dont know how to cover it once I open it up. I also need to find out where to get...
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    Large red lump with black center on chicken belly-disgusting- what is it?

    That is so helpful. Thank you. I looked up pictures of bumblefoot and it definitely looks like that. No one else can get it right? I put some antibiotic on it and then went out of town for a week. My husband was home but kind of forgot about it. It looks exactly the same as before and she...
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    Large red lump with black center on chicken belly-disgusting- what is it?

    I dont think she came in contact with a predator. They roam around the back yard which is fenced in and the others are all fine. They are in an enclosed pen at night. I wonder if she did get it from her perch. She had not been broody either. How would she get it from the perch though? I...
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    Large red lump with black center on chicken belly-disgusting- what is it?

    One of my 7 chickens has a large red lump with a scabby black center on her belly area. We found it when we picked her up. She didn't show any changes in behaviors. No one else has shown any. What is it and what do I do about it. It is disgusting. See picture. Thank you!
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    I believe that you need to block off the area that they will lay eggs in or they will get in the habit of sleeping in the nesting boxes. I started with a roost in the brooder that was low to the ground. The roosts in my coop are tree branches that we secured to the walls. They are about a...
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    Jessica and Peanutsmomma, Thanks for your input! They are putting themselves to bed regularly now. They are so cute when I go out to check them and shut the door. They peer down at me from the roost with little chicken faces. So funny! I am relieved. They are growing up!! I am a happy...
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    Night 3: I got home after 9 tonight thinking I would find the chick pile with sleepy chicks, but they had already put themselves in the coop and were all on the roost too!! Amazing!!
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    Well, I tried tomatoes tonight which they love, but it was about the same. Little stinker rooster and a hen who seems to think she is second in charge and all cozied up to the rooster ran around stirring everyone up. I watched them go up and down the ramp all evening; jump on the platform and...
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    Well, I introduced meal worms as a night time treat hoping to lure them in to the coop, but they were spastic, running all around and did not go up the ramp. I had to catch them one by one and put them in with some meal worms as a reward. But Rooster Cogburn, annoying little rooster, would not...
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    That is helpful. I think I will do what you said and get them in by 8, before the sun goes down. They start crying pitifully like others have said about that time and it is a carnival here too when trying to get 7 into the coop. They are 7 wks old now. I will start a clear routine for...
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    Get chicks to go into coop at night?

    I'm having the same problem. Glad to know that this is normal. I think I am not going out early enough to get them in the coop. Once they are snuggled up in the corner, they are all floppy and wont do anything. They wake up and fight to get back to the chick pile when I put them in the coop at...
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    When can the chicks go outside?

    This makes good sense to me. It was so hot today that they were panting. I took the day off of work to recover from a head cold but spent the day playing momma to the chicks all day. The top of the run is not completed so I was out watching for hawks. They had a wonderful time outside but...
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