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    Help injured chick

    Update! Thought maybe a bit of wire sticking out may have caused the injury but I just found a huge dead rat next to the nesting box! It looked to have been killed by the mother hen! So good if she was actually defending them not harming them 🙏❤️ now to try black pepper, cayenne pepper and...
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    Help injured chick

    Thank you f Or the advice... Sadly, I ended up having baby "Specks" put to sleep by a vet. We think it was a Rooster, his skin had been torn off his head and a bad wound- 1/3 of his eyelid missing and past that. Vet agreed it was best thing as surgery would be expensive, may have complications...
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    Help injured chick

    Thank you. There is no other hens in the same pen. I have them separated. I didn't notice anything wrong with its feet or legs and scared to disturb it again. It's asleep in my arms in a towel. I assume it would need a special antiseptic ointment from a vet? I'm thinking I may need to take it to...
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    Help injured chick

    I have a 3 week old chick which I found this morning with blood covered head, seems all feathers and skin are missing off the back of its head and even a little skin off one bottom eyelid 😭 I've wrapped it in a towel and bathed with warm salty water. I can only assume it's mum did it? The other...
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    So thrilled that we have had all 5 healthy chicks hatch! 😃 Scattered dates which caused some...

    So thrilled that we have had all 5 healthy chicks hatch! 😃 Scattered dates which caused some stress and mumma hen accidentally stomping on a partially hatched chick 😩 and last egg being left for ages but thankfully it was a hot day. It was my first time hatching, and our neighbour who gave us...
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    Update! First time egg hatcher. While Goldie was off the nest to have a dust bath (hot here in...

    Update! First time egg hatcher. While Goldie was off the nest to have a dust bath (hot here in NSW Australia today) I did a final check if the chickens are growing and I saw movement in all 5 eggs!! 😃🥰 Wow I wasn't expecting all to be ok so far! I feel like a proud grandma 😂 told Goldie she is a...
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    Thank you I will ☺️

    Thank you I will ☺️
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    First time hatching

    First time hatching
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    Egg bound & egg broke

    I'm new here and just read this thread. So sorry to hear what you and this poor hen went through. Donna
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