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    Struggling chick

    Thanks all, I hope you're right. I'm keeping an eye on her in case she goes downhill fast.
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    Struggling chick

    She's supposed to be a leghorn. she is eating and drinking just not very active. I've never had a meat chicken so that would be great if that's the problem. Thanks for the insight
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    Struggling chick

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    Struggling chick

    I have 20 baby chicks from tractor supply. All are healthy but one. They are now 7 days old and this one is about twice as big as the others. It is pooping but its stomach is abnormally large and she can walk but chooses to lie down lately. Any ideas? I’ve raised and hatched chickens for a long...
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    Can a broody hen hatch a goose egg?

    I think her mate died or was killed after the eggs were laid. I didn't put them under the hen because I heard they needed to be turned 2-3 times a day since they would be too big for the hen to turn. I did candle them and they were fertile but I put them back out in the yard because I didn't...
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    Can a broody hen hatch a goose egg?

    I found 2 eggs in our backyard and think they are from a Canadian goose that has been hanging around. there were two of them but I think the mate was killed so it has only been one for the past couple of weeks. the eggs were nestled in the roots of a tree but no real nest and I waited 3 days...
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    Two Broody hens sitting on the same nest

    I have a full-size choc Maran and a tiny banty that have been broody together for the past week. Each night I take them out of the box and put them on the roost but I haven't been able to break them. Tonight when I moved them there were no eggs and they huddled up on the roost so close that...
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