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    Problem with chicks leg, neurological issue?

    What I use is a narrow strip of band aid.Wrap one end of the band aid around the first leg.Look at your healthy chicks to see what a normal space between each leg looks like.Leave a similar space between the legs of the weak chick and wrap the other end of the band aid around the other leg.This...
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    Suffocating? I’m new to this

    I'm confused.You say your hen has been sitting on eggs for 6 weeks.You sure about that?Eggs take three weeks only to hatch for hen eggs. You then go on to say that the healthy chick hatched 4 days ago.If that is the case then the chances for the egg you put in the incubator would sadly be very...
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    Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms

    I had an aggressive rooster who would jump up and try to kick you with his spurs.I called him Cluck Norris.
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    Aggressive Rooster?

    Spot on.I have an aggressive rooster and he is a right menace altogether.Last year I had my back turned and was wearing only a short sleeve t-shirt.He caught me unawares and jumped up sticking his entire spur in to my left arm leaving a nasty wound and a need for a trip to the nearest medical...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    Where i come from the biggest scourge is the pine martin.An absolute odious creature and if it gets in your coop it will kill every bird you have in the one go.Bad and all as the fox is at least they usually only kill one bird and take it away.I am a big animal lover and have respect for all...
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    Mites?

    When using the lime you are not shovelling in massive quantities of the stuff so you will not have any problems with feet burn.After the last mite infestation I got I cleaned all the bedding from the coop and even got an old Hoover I had and used it to clean all the crevices in the coop.Then you...
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    Mites?

    I used to get red mites and tried all the remedies from my local agri store.I tried mite powders and DE with little success. So i sat down and had a logical think about how poultry keepers kept their animal closures disinfected before all these snake oil products came on the market.I The answer...
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    Breed?

    My money is on it being a black jersey giant.
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    Help sexing brahma chicks

    At last the three week wait is over and my little babies have hatched.I have two brahma chicks.One looks grey and whitish almost like a baby penguin.The other is more golden brown with two stripes running down its back.Anyone know which is the male and which the female.
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    June Hatch-A-Long

    My two hatches are finished.Glad to report that of the 18 eggs I put down all 18 made it through and hatched out.I had to help 4 of tgem out of the eggs but two days on all are well and happy.100% hatch rates are a bit of a rare event especially when using broody hens so to get two perfect...
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    Hen appears to have lost her sight.

    Been keeping hens for a while now and have seen a lot of weird stuff but this one has me stumped.I have a light Sussex hen and from all appearances it appears she has lost her sight.It kind of happened all of a sudden.She hasn't gone completely blind as she is able to go in and out of the hen...
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    New member to this site saying hello!

    Hi everyone.Been a long time reader of the topics here so said I might as well take the plunge and join up.I live in Ireland. I have one pen of rhode island reds,one pen of Sussex and my favourite pen of all is my flock of mixed breeds I have bred myself over the years.The latter pen has...
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    What if eggs don't hatch

    Whether hens do or don't take to adopted chicks is never a guaranteed outcome.As JacinLarkwell said cover yourself from every angle by having a brooder box with a heat bulb all ready to go.
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    Chicken wheezing

    Could be gape worm.These pesky worms line the airways and affect the chickens breathing.If untreated they are fatal.My first advice would be to isolate the rooster from the flock as, if it is gape worm, it gets passed on in the chickens poo so the risk of infecting other birds is high.
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    New to this, but baby chick won't stand

    Just before the chick hatches it absorbs the remainder of the yolk sac.This gives it enough nutrients to allow it survive the first few days until it gets access to food and water. I have had several chicks like the one you describe over the years and the prognosis is never good in my...
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