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    Straddle/spray leg on one side?

    I've got it in a splint but it looks like his leg won't bend at the elbow/knee. It can't stand at all, just flaps around and gets no where :( is the splint my best option? Anything else I can do?
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    First time hatcher - everything look ok?

    So we think it's got spraddle leg on one side so we made a little hobble, hopefully he's looking better tomorrow. He looks good otherwise!
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    First time hatcher - everything look ok?

    Thanks!
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    First time hatcher - everything look ok?

    No it never zipped. I started to get worried last night because you could see it trying to peck at the membrane but nothing was happening. I ended up assisting and helped it hatch out. It's peeping and scooting around a bit but not walking yet when I just checked at lunch time. It seems to have...
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    First time hatcher - everything look ok?

    We saved this guy from a broody hen that abandoned her clutch of eggs. She had stepped on one egg but this guy survived. Does everything look ok? Are we just waiting for the zipper now? Help!
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    Splitting chicks between brooders

    We had ours in two different brooders to give them proper space, then ended up losing half to my dog so the new chicks we got are about 2 weeks younger than the others. We have them all together now in the coop and it only took a few days for them to all settle in together. They were about 5...
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    Moving Chicks to Coup?

    I'm not a pro - we are currently raising our first chicks. But we just moved our big guys, about 4 weeks old, out to the chicken coop. They have a house (cardboard box with hole cutout for a door) and a 250watt heatlamp. They can go in the house to be fully out of the wind if need be but most of...
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