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    sick silkie??? Thank you

    I already do preventative for mites and lice. Had mites once in coop with my laying hen flock and that suxed. Ever since then about yr ago I do preventative measures I use plenty of DE I put garlic in food I put ACV in water and I also use Cayenne Pepper in scratch so squirrels leave it alone...
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    sick silkie??? Thank you

    I have a silkie (hen) between 2-3yrs of age. I noticed today that her waddles are pale and her eyes are closed. That is the only symptoms. The pale waddles are not spots they are pale in color almost white or light pink not red. None of the other chickens show any symptoms of being sick they...
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    Male/female 1yr old Cameo Peafowl

    I am pretty sure female but would appreciate any input. 1yr old Cameo peafowl. Have had her/him from hatch had severe splay leg fixed with bandaids and you could never tell there was an issue today. Thx for any input as to sex male/female. Have a great day
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    sorry been a busy week and not really been online. Drain field for septic was saturated and had to dig a new drain field and that took me all week. Unfortunately we lost our polish girl. She was not egg bound. Took her to the vet for them to double check if she was egg bound but she ended up...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    Appreciate the info but it is not that. She does not have any of those symptoms or signs. She has all signs of being egg bound all of them I just dont feel an egg. Unfortunately we are the type that believe in doing everything possible so I am taking her to the vet today to make sure. I know...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    I will give it a try the next hatching see how it goes I will have to google it again and get the specifics about it but I got a few weeks for that. I am onto my next problem, lol. Something is up with one of my polish hens tonight. Went out to round them all up for bed and seen one of them was...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    Ok I have always taken the approach hands off after day 18 because that is what the internet has said. I only been doing the incubator stuff about a year so like I said I am no expert I know just enough to get me in trouble. Yes I do have an egg turner. I told my wife the next batch I was going...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    If you don't mind would like to ask you an unrelated question. After chicks hatch in the incubator and they are running and knocking the eggs all around is there any concern should have regarding the eggs rolling over. The last couple batches I have done I have had too many eggs not hatch and...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    Just wanted to take the time and update you I decided to pull chick out last night and free her from the shell. The membrane had dried since she had been working so long. I did not expect her to survive the night she looked really really bad last night. But she has done a complete 180 and is as...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    I just went to check on the chick that was bleeding from the navel she/he has stopped bleeding. Never had a chick basically just force their way out of the shell that was a new one. I just assumed came out of shell to fast and needed that extra time to absorb everything during pipping. Since...
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    bloody navel newly hatched

    Hello. This is not my first hatching with an incubator but I am by far no expert. I know just enough to get me in trouble. I have a silkie that hatched about 3 hrs ago and noticed that she has a bloody navel. Today is day 20 3/4 also she did not pip out she is extra large and just popped the cap...
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