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    Growth or normal?

    She seems fine - still a little bump on her butt - but acting totally normal.
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    Growth or normal?

    She seems fine - still a little bump on her butt - but acting totally normal.
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    Growth or normal?

    We are in our 4th incubating hatch and have never seen this on a chick. It is just minutes old. Will it subside or be absorbed or is something wrong?
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    Crash Coop

    Hi We have a little urban spot of paradise in Anchorage, Alaska. Our barn currently holds 3 bunnies, 5 kits, 2 old hens and 4 chicks- with more to come throughout the summer. We are excited to get back into chickens. The Chickens and the rabbits all enjoy each other's company and play together-...
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    Poultry Probiotics and Rabbits

    HI- we have a Bunny Barn and Chicken Coop all in one and it is baby season so it is hard not to just live out there with them all! I added the probiotics and electrolytes to the baby chick water and realized the bunnies might drink from their waterer. While I know they have different dietary...
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    Intervention: Helping Your Chicks Hatch

    Well, I followed your advice last night with our last chick- she had been struggling with just a small hole for almost 10 hours and it was getting dry and tough all around. She was the 2nd to have a hole and then just moved her beak in and out- not around unzipping- all day long. She is...
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    How long can a little chix struggle to get out of her egg before she dies? I have one who made...

    How long can a little chix struggle to get out of her egg before she dies? I have one who made her pip about 10am this morning- now it is 8pm and she is still moving and peeping but the hole is not much bigger. everybody else started later and has hatched.
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    “Our little eggs began to hatch in our incubator starting this morning! We have 5 of the 8. 2 of...

    “Our little eggs began to hatch in our incubator starting this morning! We have 5 of the 8. 2 of the last 3 have holes and we can see them moving, the last egg has a pip. The humidity had dropped since the others have hatched. Do I open the incubator to add more water and risk the 3 unhatched or...
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    Dog attack- how do I treat chix?

    Here are the girls- resting well. After their bath I kept them wrapped up in towels which seemed to really settle them and keep them still and balanced. They are all doing so much better. Not sure what to do about their legs as I cannot find any breaks to wrap but they are still limp. Thanks so...
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    Dog attack- how do I treat chix?

    Thanks-for the reply- I did give the bath a try but just did their undersides so that the water with dirt- did not get in their wounds. I took advantage of the time and checked their legs. I did not find any breaks- or even swelling for that matter- but their claws are all curled up and hanging...
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    Dog attack- how do I treat chix?

    Another questions- the smell is so awful in our tiny house- don't know if it is the regular chicken smell (sitting in their poop due to injured legs)- or their injuries- Was thinking of bathing them in a warm bath to clean their stinky bodies- and to make sure I found all the wounds- meanwhile-...
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    Dog attack- how do I treat chix?

    I hadn't thought of that- just like breast milk- full of all they need- thanks for the hard boiled egg tip- I will work on the legs tomorrow. Thanks
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    Dog attack- how do I treat chix?

    Thanks for that information- we don't live near a feed store as we are 2 hours out of town in Alaska- but will see what I can do to get in to get some meds ASAP.
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    Dog attack- how do I treat chix?

    Hi- we have a new dog in the neighborhood who found our coop and a way in. He terrorized all 8 and 3 are wounded pretty bad. I have 2 who appear to have broken legs and wounds on their back- they are pretty limp and will hop a bit when I help them out- clean wounds and feed them but also just...
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    No more eggs!

    No snakes in Alaska! It is not really warm- just by our standards- the days warm up to about 35-40- with the sun shining in the coop it may be up to 50 but after the winter it feels good to us all. I keep looking but cannot find any broken shell or sticky mess- I've check their beaks - no...
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