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It feels like the bone from the knee is detached from the tibia bone. I have posted a picture how I have splinted the leg and bandaged it now, I dont know what her chances are of the leg healing though?

How is your hen doing? I have a similar issue .. So.. 2 days ago I found one of my hens on the floor in the rain and when I went to her she never moved, she seems to have a broken leg at the knee joint, she’s not moving her toes and the lower leg just wobbles from side to side. I have tried...

Wow this is an amazing story I’m so pleased that she recovered. So.. 2 days ago I found one of my hens on the floor in the rain and when I went to her she never moved, she seems to have a broken leg at the knee joint, she’s not moving her toes and the lower leg just wobbles from side to side. I...

Any ideas on the breeding of my black and red feather legged bantam rooster?

4 days old today!! All healthy and eating/sleeping all day long!!

Hi so I have just hatched 3 chicks, light Sussex too x buff Orpington hens.. one is more white and the other two a touch more cream/yellow .. any ideas if they are pullets or Roos?

And here’s no 4 a black bantam with feathery legs and a white fluffy bum!!

And here’s no 4!! A Bantam with a white fluffy bum!

This is the BEST info I have read about assisting hatching.. mine had gone to day 23 and pipped away from air sac and clearly too big to push!! 1 pipped and zipped itself, 2 have had a little help.. waiting for no 4.. pipped and peeping away!! I think it is also going to need a hand.. 3 chicks...

Now 3

Definitely.. look at these 2 beauty’s!!!

So... chicken no 2 has pipped.. tweeting away but no zipping? Xx

Ok day 22.. I am sat at the kitchen table doing my paper work, and what do I hear.. cheap cheap cheap Yey!!! One has pipped through the shell, more to the middle than the end of it, but anyway I am praying now I am going to have a chicken by tonight!! Ido hope the noise is encourages the others...

Wow they are sooo cute!!! I still ha e no movement or pips.. I was so sure this time I would get some Chicks All looked completely normal at day 18

Hi guys so I’m at Day 21 today! Yesterday one egg has a chip on it where the air sac is but it’s not pipped. There are 3 more eggs in the bator.. if the egg with the chip on it still hasn’t pipped tonight what shall I do?