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    Not growing?

    She is almost 2 weeks old and seems okay... just the fact that she is still so small worries me
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    Not growing?

    Hello!! I got chicks from the hatchery this year including 2 silkies! 1 white (hedwig) and 1 black (pengwen). They are both very cute. I have a total of 6 chicks in the brooder, 4 from the same hatchery as the silkies and 2 not. What I am concerned about it's my little black silkie is still...
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    Swollen vent with blood

    Yes!! I put coconut oil and ointment on the area and that helped a lot. I isolated it for awhile then put it with the younger chicks when it looked better and now the vent area looks normal! I find it so interesting that this is one of the oldest chicks and it was getting picked on my the...
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    Swollen vent with blood

    There has definitley been some over heating! I have been trying to manage that becuase it is very hot in our area. I have to have the heat lamp on in the evening through late morning. I have the chick separated and will give probiotics. I do not have blu koat but I do have scarlex can this be used?
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    Swollen vent with blood

    I have a young chick about 4 weeks old. Today I noticed that its cloaca/vent is enlarged and bloody. It looks as if it has had diarrhea, its backside was wet. The chick is alert at time and sleepy at others. Is this the start of a prolapsed cloaca? Or vent gleet? There are about 15 birds in...
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    No eggs

    My broody hen is in her isolation cage! Only time will tell for how long! Thankfully we just got a second coop/run as my MIL (we live in the backyard with the chickens 🤣) is raising broilers and needed to keep them away from my hens. The broilers are still in the brooder so it was empty!
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    No eggs

    I thought I replied to this!! I got them when they were 3 weeks old!!
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    No eggs

    They are a year old. All from a hatchery, not sure which as I got them from a lady that raises chickens, but neither of my CCLs lay.
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    No eggs

    The crowing is very sporadic and I've read that the chicks are sex-linked so not sure how the hatchery sent a roo instead of a pullet. Both my cream legbars have big combs and I've gotten a total of maybe 4/5 blue eggs in the 6 months. My husband thinks she's a hen and something went wrong and...
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    No eggs

    Hello, I am just trying to find more information and possibly help. I have 7 hens that were all about 1 year old. 2 delaware's and 2 cuckoo murans that are great layers, 1 white crested polish who lays more reguarly than I expected. Than I have 2 crested cream leg bars... who laid maybe a few...
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    Hen to rooster??

    I cant think of any stressful events that have happened besides the rain storm we had a month back, but the other chickens are laying. It is just the 2 legbars that dont lay regularly and then one acting like a rooster. The coop is secure, our dog helps patrol the yard and there has been no...
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    Hen to rooster??

    Hello everyone!! I have 7 hens that are almost 1 year old. There are 2 Delaware's, 2 french cuckoo Marans, 2 crested cream legbars. and 1 white crested polish. My Delaware marans, and polish all lay tegusrlt6, but the cream legbars have been very sporadic maybe only 6 eggs total from both in...
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    Sick chick?

    She is doing much better as the day progresses. She is actively eating and walking around, exploring and chirping. I started a medicated feed and probiotics. She is isolated from the others and is having a chance to get good access to water and feed. If she starts sitting again and not staying...
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    Sick chick?

    This is how her poops look. This just happened.
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    Sick chick?

    She is eating but mostly fluffed up and sleepy. Her poops are very watery and mostly white. The dried one is from yesterday and the wet one from a few minutes ago. I am keeping he isolated from the others.
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