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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Update before I head to bed.. The chick that had wry neck and no issues with it's eyes, now has puffy eyes and was just running itself into the end of the brooder box over and over again. He doesn't sound really rattly, but I can hear a "clicking" when he inhales and exhales. I'm assuming...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    After a good hour of watching them, 3 of them are sneezing on and off and shaking their heads a bit. Two sound rather raspy when breathing. 1 of which is one of the hens we recently got. They are not very 'friendly', so they wont let me near them whilst out free ranging, so I'll have a better...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Thanks for the replies.. My boy has taken it all pretty well, but I've not yet told him there will be no new chickens for the conceivable future.. I didn't notice the sneezy hen until the other day, Jaiden said he saw a chicken 'being funny' a while ago, when I saw the chicken sneeze he said...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    I think I am just delaying the inevitable... The chick that started out 'healthy', still has a VERY gunked up eye, I have to clean it twice / 3 times a day, it sounds a little raspy when breathing but is eating and drinking well.. The other chick, has no issues with it's eyes, but does shake...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Geez, I dunno if I am cut out for this.. The worst chick effected with the wry neck died yesterday afternoon whilst I was feeding it, well actually, giving it some water. I made sure I was holding it properly, but apparently that wasn't enough! The other chick with wry neck seems to be...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Well, we've ended up with 3 chicks who have all successfully hatched so far. Unfortunately, it looks 2 of those 3 have Wry neck :( One is really bad, and although it was walking around happily, now spends all of it's time on it's back, another one (with curled toes) does walk a bit, but then...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Ok, so our little "chirpy" did not make it through the night, despite being up till 3:40am playing "Dr Cam". But the good news is so far the other 3 are still chirping along happily. I woke to see my son standing in the kitchen, whispering to himself, I asked him what was wrong "Chirpy is...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Thank you SO much for your reply! Ok, antibiotic, I do have, will go and rub that into the area now. No luck on the electrolyte though, will try some sugar water. As for Vitamin E or selenium, I don't have either of those individually, and it's 1:30am in Australia and I live in the country...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Also, on the subject of not standing up. It appears to try and roll, and then throw it's head back, toes are all kinda pointed upwards. This is all new to me, so no idea if this is normal. I've followed the "assisted hatching" process on here for another 2 chicks that are chirping and not...
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    Another newbie, another question! - Kinda urgent :(

    Hi All, First timer here. We got some chickens a while ago and as we had no hens go broody we borrowed an incubator.. Temp on 37.5 deg C, turning twice a day, no humidity control but the owner of the incubator gave me instructions to fill the middle section for the first 18 days, then add...
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