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    Day old chick with a poochy belly

    she died in the night.
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    Day old chick with a poochy belly

    he got flipped over on his back a minute ago and couldn't get back up. He's chirping a lot, but he seems very tired.
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    Day old chick with a poochy belly

    I have a chick here that hatched out either last night or this morning. It's belly is really poochy and it can't seem to get stand up on it's legs. it just sorta waddles on it's belly.
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    introducing a chick to the great outdoors

    A few weeks ago I posted about a cracked egg that we incubated and hatched out a chick. After that a raccoon killed several chickens including the 2 broody hens that were hatching the eggs from which this chick came. So we couldn't sneak it back under it's mama like we planned. The chick is...
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    Big gray thing killing chicken 1 at a time

    The thing I saw (whether or not it's what's getting the chickens) was somewhere between the size of my dog and my 5yo ds, and it was a dark bluish gray. My daughter said she saw something in a tree the night before last. She drew me a picture of it, looks like a cross between a cat and a...
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    Big gray thing killing chicken 1 at a time

    Quote: That's one of the things confusing me. I would think a coon or possum would get the eggs. It's had plenty chance to steal eggs, but it's leaving them alone and just killing birds.
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    Big gray thing killing chicken 1 at a time

    Quote: LOL my MIL suggested that too. No telling what's in these woods...
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    Big gray thing killing chicken 1 at a time

    Oh, and I wanted to add, we had a flashing red predator light right next to the hens it just killed and it didn't deter them.
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    Big gray thing killing chicken 1 at a time

    I don't know what it is getting my chickens, but it's killing them off one at a time. It's not bothering eggs that it could get, it's just killing chickens. 2 birds that it got were in a cage. The cage was not damaged, and the spaces are not far enough apart to get a chicken thru, so we're...
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    Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

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    Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

    up and moving likes to sleep on thermometer/humidity gauge still a little unstable maybe the towel in the quick fix incubator......it is a silkie....not sure if it is full or mixed.........does any on think the silkie hen might take it in or would it be best to keep in a brooder?? still waiting...
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    Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

    It hatched!!!!! He's trying to get his feet up under him. Hoping he's going to be OK, he's come so far
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    Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

    peeper still moving and peeping........will we need to remove guaze to help it come out of the shell or just let it do it's thing.......noticed one of the roosters trying to mess with the hens on nest several times when we found the egg and a little while later found another egg out and looked...
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    Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

    We have him wrapped in guaze, and are monitoring the heat and humidity. So far there's a good bit of movement and he's been cheeping. Hope that's a good sign
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    Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

    I don't know exactly how many days, but somewhere in the 2-3 week range. It should have hatched some time in the next few days anyhow. I don't when exactly tho. It was just kicked out of the nest today.
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