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    Omg!!! Help Me Now!!!! UPDATE _ HE'S OUT but have lost another?

    Congrats I've been busy all day but have been thinking about little Hardyand couldn't wait to see the outcome. So so pleased he made it out ok and good call on the intervention. As for your Aussie forum what a bunch of idiots, so not helpful. BYC is def a much better bet Good luck with the...
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    Omg!!! Help Me Now!!!! UPDATE _ HE'S OUT but have lost another?

    I know I know we're getting into the same position, last week my mum and auntie went to a charity auction and started bidding on a pair of geese for us Thankfully they didn't win. Think the little ones have broken my husband tho, came home late from work the other day to find him sleeping on...
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    Omg!!! Help Me Now!!!! UPDATE _ HE'S OUT but have lost another?

    Well I wont judge! I have two 15 week old partially sighted Pekin(cochin) bantam chicks still in a dog crate in the garage because I cant face taking them down to the chicken shed. It really is pathetic, they wont settle down to roost till after they have their cuddles at night!! Husband very...
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    Wyandottes back looks terrible (PICS INCLUDED)

    Hi Sounds like there def is not a problem with the feed as well. How long have you had them? The only thing I can think of is that there has been some damage there previously and that the patches are taking longer to re-grow after their moult. Keep an eye on the re-growth and if it disappears...
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    Omg!!! Help Me Now!!!! UPDATE _ HE'S OUT but have lost another?

    Hope they are just late starters And you dont end up with one lonely lil chick
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    Omg!!! Help Me Now!!!! UPDATE _ HE'S OUT but have lost another?

    Just read your thread, think it may be ok. So pleased for you, I always worry about cracking them open if they go past their hatch date. I'm just wondering if the temp was a bit low at some point in the incubation and thats why they have gone past day 21. So could be good news for the rest of...
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    England UK

    Hi Everyone!
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    Wyandottes back looks terrible (PICS INCLUDED)

    Hmm I see what you mean they are quite large bald patches, I would normally go towards either mites/lice or feather plucking. But you seem quite sure that its not lice and I would be really suprised that all the chickens are feather eating each other in the same place. What feed are they on...
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    Wyandottes back looks terrible (PICS INCLUDED)

    Hi you need to do a few posts and welcome some people and hopefully should be able to post some pics. Will be a lot easier with some pics to look at. Are they open sores?
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    Hen adopts older chick

    Congrats what a lovely story Def pics would be good
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    Blind and confused hen.

    It basically means the pellet food that has been ground up into a powder, the big boys use it in the commercial units as it is less wasteful because the chickens cant flick it out of the feed lines. You can just slightly wet her pellets so the powder sticks to the feed or make some mash potato...
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    Blind and confused hen.

    Not sure poss because the risk of salmonella but that shouldn't be a problem over here. Your hen is a hybrid and the majority of those are vaccinated against salmonella at the hatcheries I dont think that you should over do it with the boiled eggs and give them more than one a day tho, you...
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    Blind and confused hen.

    Not sure poss because the risk of salmonella but that shouldn't be a problem over here. Your hen is a hybrid and the majority of those are vaccinated against salmonella at the hatcheries I dont think that you should over do it with the boiled eggs and give them more than one a day tho, you...
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    Blind and confused hen.

    Hi Glad she enjoyed, mine love anything with carbohydrates. Yes little and often is better for them. She'll soon learn about the bowls if you feed her stuff she likes. Good luck with her
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    Blind and confused hen.

    Hi Everway 9 Sorry to hear about your chicken, please dont put it down. I've got 2 Pekin chicks that are blind and they are getting on fine, the thing to do like the previous posts say is to make sure she knows where the food and water is. A boiled egg is a good idea, you could mix it up with...
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