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    Indoor enclosure

    Yes, but the problem with them is the mess the chickens create both in terms of their waste and them scattering food around. I ended up going with the large storage bin in the end.
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    Indoor enclosure

    I picked up a chick a couple months ago and have been housing it in a transparent plastic drawer. It is very docile when compared to all the other chicks I have raised and I believe it could make a good house chicken. I can leave the drawer open for hours and when I return, it will still be...
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    Black chicken

    I have a black chicken that I caught in the wild. Her feathers have a green/violet iridescent hue. When she was a chick, she had a pair of white feathers on each of her wings which have since turned black.
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    Oddly-shaped chick head

    That's pretty interesting as they all came from my boss' backyard from a single clutch of eggs. I don't see many crested chickens in the wild, but perhaps one escaped captivity and intermingled with the wild chickens out where he lives.
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    Baby chick injured by other hen

    It's more likely infection. These wounds often look worse than they really are. Whenever you get such an injury, the wound should be immediately cleaned and disinfected. Apply antiseptic ointment and Bandage the wound after sufficiently cleaning. Change bandages at least once, preferably...
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    Oddly-shaped chick head

    Came into some baby chicks recently and one chick of the bunch has a significantly different head shape than the rest. Its wings are also significantly smaller than the rest. Wondering what could cause this. Photos attached.
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    New mama hens are jerks. Wondering if I can raise the chicks myself

    I've raised multuple chicks who were at least a week or two old before I started raising them. It will take them a while to get used to you if they've already imprinted, but it can be done. As long as you feed them and let them cuddle under your hand like they would the mama hen, they'll calm...
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    Sleepy hen

    She likes the attention.
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    Have you used a chicken harness and walk your chicken?

    I've tried with one of the roosters I had, but he didn't seem to want to walk at all when wearing the harness. I ended up just carrying him everywhere instead.
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    Necrotic foot

    As it stands right now, she can't even walk on that foot. She just hops around on her good foot so it seems apparent that she will likely never walk again. I could just give her a whole bunch of antibiotics in the hope of staving off further infection, but it would really suck if she had to...
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    Necrotic foot

    I was approached by my manager at work who requested I try to catch a chicken in our parking lot who had a broken foot. I ended up catching her and putting her in a box to keep her calm until I got home. After getting home, I see the injury is far worse than I thought. The flesh is...
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    Aggressive Silkie rooster

    Friend doesn't want to get rid of the rooster so we put him in a separate enclosure. Maybe he'll calm down given enough time, but for the time being, he's not going back in with the hen.
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    All my baby chicks are hatching with there yolk sack unabsorbed and it’s pulling out there intestines. I am using an incubator, is that maybe why?

    Are you making sure to turn the eggs in the incubator?
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    Aggressive Silkie rooster

    A few weeks ago, I found the hen I have with a wound on its head. I concluded it was the result of the silkie rooster attacking it. I had them separated and would bring the hen out so that they could see each other without having physical contact. Today, I let the silkie out of the coop to...
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    Found chicken with wound on head - unknown cause

    And here's a photo of the silkie.
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