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    baby chicks dying, blood in beak/throat but no injuries. whats killing them?

    we actually moved her and the chicks out of the that coop and rat proofed it. no deaths after doing that so i'm pretty sure that she wasnt killing them.
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    baby chicks dying, blood in beak/throat but no injuries. whats killing them?

    I moved them all out together into a large plastic storage box. I have set a camera up in their coop to see if anything shows up. No deaths this morning
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    baby chicks dying, blood in beak/throat but no injuries. whats killing them?

    they are in with their mum shes a lemon cuckoo oprington so plenty big enough. i have very thoroughly checks all the dead chicks and found no lice. i also dont understand how i only find 1 dead every morning.
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    baby chicks dying, blood in beak/throat but no injuries. whats killing them?

    I have a broody hen that hatched out 12 chicks. every morning i go in their coop there is always one chick dead. we are now down to 7 chicks left. this hen is all by herself with her chicks, she is a great mum and doesnt attack them. all chicks have been found dead in the morning, however are...
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    leave broody hen sitting on eggs with rooster

    the rooster is lovely but my hen is nice but stands her ground. i tried to put her in my main laying flock but she was such a bully i had to remove her. i have no doubt she will protect them. but i know i will be devastated if he attacks the chicks. i was thinking of keeping him in a separate...
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    broody silkie keeps on sitting NEXT to eggs

    i have a similar problem. she will be broody but sits on the roosting bars. i tried to break her but it was impossible. she began to get so skinny from not coming and eating. so i tried to put some freshly hatched chicks under her and she attacked them. so i tried eggs and she sat next to...
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    leave broody hen sitting on eggs with rooster

    I have a lemon cuckoo Orpington who is broody and sat on around 12 eggs. she is in her own coop with a pekin bantam rooster. they get on well. my question is, should i let her hatch the chicks and keep him in with her or should i remove him? it would mean he would be on his own. i normally...
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    Poland chicks pullet or roosters??? ***pics**

    Just thought i would update this for anyone else trying to sex their polands. all of the polands in the pictures turned out to be boys.
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    merging together 2 breeding pens with roosters...help

    if the weather is nice on the weekend i will try to integrate the 2 groups. but i will be watching very closely
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    merging together 2 breeding pens with roosters...help

    I have 2 serama breeding pens. 1 pen consists of 5 hens and 1 rooster and the other one has 8 hens and 2 roosters. both pens have been next to each other for 4 months so they have already got used to each other and no longer fight between the fence. i would like to merge the 2 pens into one...
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    3 day old chick walks on hocks and cant stand....help/advice needed please

    ok so my conclusion is that she must have perosis (slipped tendon). i am going to put both legs into their correct position and vet wrap them to keep them like that. i have made a sling for her to be in. this is my last resort so fingers crossed that this works
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    3 day old chick walks on hocks and cant stand....help/advice needed please

    Update So I treated the chick as if she had splay leg as her toes are a little curled and her feet wide apart. She manages to get up for short periods but her legs are still very bent. Her hocks have also got a little swollen as she was leaning on them alot. I have been giving her vitamin b2...
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    Help! Blister and swollen leg joint on chick!

    hi, do you have any updates on this chick?
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    3 day old chick walks on hocks and cant stand....help/advice needed please

    sorry im from the uk, so it was early afternoon. tendons seem fine
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    3 day old chick walks on hocks and cant stand....help/advice needed please

    thank you for your response. chicks feet are ffine however she doesnt more them or grip anything. i will try the coffee mug therapy and see if it helps
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