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    Help! Panting Chick has enlarged soft sac on chest (next to crop) -- failing health

    Oh Coach, thank you for responding. This sounds very important to know. I looked online for photos and seems the best way to confirm it's not the crop is the location (not area where the crop is!). As for me, I did end up taking to the vet 2 hours away. I had two birds with similar situations...
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    Likely respiratory issue...brand new to chicks. Please advise!

    I just posted about my sick Buckeye chicks. It's also clicking and panting, weak. It has an enlarged bubble on right side of chest. It has a hardened crop but has seemingly reduced. I'll watch for solutions here and under my post ("Help! Panting Chick has enlarged soft sac on chest (next to...
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    Help! Panting Chick has enlarged soft sac on chest (next to crop) -- failing health

    CHICK & INITIAL SYMPTOMS DESCRIPTION 5 day old Buckeye chick, smaller than its Buckeye hatchlings. (My first ever batch of chicks, all hatched by incubator). Yesterday noon, I saw the chick standing, panting, eyes closed. I suspected a too hot brooder. No others have same symptoms (but I...
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    Incubator Hatched Lame Baby Chick

    Thank you for replying. I'm new and didn't see how to check messages. I'll get a video today and post here.
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    Incubator Hatched Lame Baby Chick

    Hello. Looking for additional help on a lame foot baby chick. I hatched 20 eggs over this weekend. The first one hatched stayed in there a long time and now has a lame foot. All five of the toes were very "erect" with the rear toe nearly straight up. I put a pad on the foot to try to have a...
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    New Member -- Maine

    👋🏻😃 Thank you!!
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    New Member -- Maine

    Amazing, thank you for sharing your wisdom!! 🙏🏻❤️ I'll give it a try this morning.
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    New Member -- Maine

    Thank you 👋🏻😃 (and I'm a project manager myself, so "hey friend!")
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    New Member -- Maine

    💞 Thanks so much for the hearty welcome! Looking forward to all th chitchat and learning, for sure.
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    New Member -- Maine

    So appreciate your welcome. Thank you. 👋🏻
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    New Member -- Maine

    Thanks for welcoming me, it's so nice to connect. 👋🏻 I think we're all kind of special people with our own capacities. So, maybe I do the chickens and you do the deer. We'll have a good set of meals together. 🤗🐥🦌❤️
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    New Member -- Maine

    I'm new to chicks and homesteading but it's coming along. I hatched 20 chicks from 41 eggs this weekend. Learned a lot. Trying to have dual purpose chickens all year round not storing much but on demand as my family has done on (all grandparents and spouse families). Hatching with broody...
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