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    Sapphire sky early guess roo or girl?

    I’ll ask them. One of the ladies that works there told my son that tsc chicks are vaxxed. I sure hope not.
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    Sapphire sky early guess roo or girl?

    We have a girl!!
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    Sapphire sky early guess roo or girl?

    Just as an update she’s five weeks old and has the little tuft found on females. She looks 100% girl to me so far.
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    Need leg brace idea for chick

    Got a three week old I found in tsc when she was 2 days old with other chicks pecking her hock making it swell. She held it up to get around. Brought her home and put her under my hen who just hatched one chick and they’ve done well together. The bad leg is better and she can put pressure on it...
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    Sapphire sky early guess roo or girl?

    Thank you both! You’ve given me hope. The other baby I got was injured and I purposely took her in. The others were pecking her leg. She’s doing so well under a mama hen so far (knock on wood) but I’ll have to pen this one if a rooster Bc this little girl can’t be bred ever. Thanks again
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    Sapphire sky early guess roo or girl?

    My hen hatched out one chick so I got a few more to go with her. Got one sapphire sky chick from tsc. The sign said pullets. The lady said oh if I hold a chick upside down and they fight to get upright that’s girl and see these wing feathers that’s girl. I said yes another girl here told me...
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    Any ideas on sex of these 6 chicks

    Did your sapphire sky end being a girl or a boy ?
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    Bumble foot

    I have been using decolorized iodine for years since I saw it recommended here and have had great results. But I can't find it anywhere now. I wonder if they have discontinued it for some reason.
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    The one-legged chick

    I just took in a chick from tsc that the others were pecking her hock. I had this same thing two years ago and made a lot of mistakes. I’m trying not to make those same mistakes with this one. Your post gives me hope should she not ever use this leg. Right now she just uses wings and won’t...
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    It's HOT here and mom was standing up off egg for up to 4 hours

    thank you both very much! That is exactly what I was hoping to hear. She's indoors out of the heat and safe. Thanks again!
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    It's HOT here and mom was standing up off egg for up to 4 hours

    Do you think her egg will survive? Temps in barn were about 100 degrees when this happened. She was so hot out there that she was just standing up with egg under her. Egg was not hot. Was not cold either. I have since brought mom and her one egg into my air conditioned house and she's in a dark...
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    Need tips on how to manage hydration with peritoneal fluid draining.

    There's no way to stop the leak. I used a tiny 25 gauge needle on her and when i took it out, she's leaking like crazy. She's going to dehydrate. I tubed her some fluids but she kept fighting me so I gave up. I need to plug this hole. Cornstarch doesn't work (not blood of course). I can't think...
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    Need tips on how to manage hydration with peritoneal fluid draining.

    I've got a production red who is 8 years old. I'm shocked to see this breed at her age, but she has been a fantastic hen. She started looking wide in the hips about six weeks ago. No fluid at that time. Started a week ago with fluid. Seemed to come on overnight. The last two times I had a...
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    Hen eating feathers - impacted crop/gizzard

    Oh no I am so sorry. I haven’t had any experience with one eating a screw yet that I know of. I was on the forums today bc I had a sick 2 yo hen who had crop surgery Monday. She was never the same after. I’ve had so many crop surgeries by the same vet. But this hen didn’t tolerate it...
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    Hen eating feathers - impacted crop/gizzard

    For my girl this literally lasts start to finish about three months bc she gets yeast with it too. She has had it the last two years. I hope she doesn’t get it this year. I have a Cochin who for three or four years would get a gizzard impaction during her moult and would eat awful stuff...
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