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    Need help! Baby chicks in distress (I think )

    This morning when I checked on them it looks like Mama hen picked away a lot more of the shell and there were feathers showing out I the membrane. They were also rolled to the other side of the big box they are in. It's obvious to me that she wants them out of her way. They both look 1/2 dead...
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    Need help! Baby chicks in distress (I think )

    Thank you Gigi. My prob is I dont know what day it is. The other 3 hatched ok so I would assume any day. Mama was tricky hiding the nest! I wasn't suspicious because I saw her in the outdoor run with the others. It's amazing 3 hatched. Lol I will moisten them tonight and look further for...
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    Need help! Baby chicks in distress (I think )

    I solved 1 problem... The heat. I moved mama hen & 3 chicks & 2 eggs to my climate controlled office. It's set at 80 so mama is comfy and she can keep them warm. I need help with problem 2! The 2 eggs are broken open on top (not by zipping but by other chikens) and I can see the chicks in the...
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    Need help! Baby chicks in distress (I think )

    My sneaky Japanese bantam hen had a secret nest I found thi morning. When I walked in the coop I heard cheeping!! I can't believe it. 3 are fine, one was dead and the other 2 the big girls got ahold of. They cracked the shells in the air pocket. I quickly got mama and babies to safe place in...
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    Hypothermic Chicken - Need Help!

    Thanks everyone for your help and humanity. Ray has passed. I'll miss him. I should have known about the weather last night and has him inside. I recently just read about chickens and the cold so I do know these things. I'm a city girl who's now living in the country and learning but I...
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    Hypothermic Chicken - Need Help!

    Twice a day for as long as I've had him I have hand fed him twice daily and he gets sunshine outside in the large run area. The other chickens free feed all over the yard but I kept this one "Ray" in the run for his own protection. I'm surprised that he hasn't been picked to death yet but...
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    Hypothermic Chicken - Need Help!

    Thank you. I've read this forum many times but I'm never one to post until now. I've got him wrapped up in warm towels and he responds to my voice. This is going to sound silly but not only is he blind, he is retarded or something so his strange movements are just like he usually makes...
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    Hypothermic Chicken - Need Help!

    Hello. I have an emergency situation. I have a 4 month old blind plymouth rock rooster. I knew he was blind when we got him and have hand fed and watered him. The other chickens shun him and last night in the coop it go below freezing here where I live and I guess no one would cuddle him...
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