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    Hen just sitting listless with humped back.

    If a hen is just standing and not eating much, there could be several things to check for: worms or other parasites (have you checked the stool), something is internally wrong and probably with her ability to lay eggs; are there any open wounds, especially by and around the tail end where...
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    !emergency! Lockdown day 16 or 17? (Chicken eggs)

    I will have to defer to someone who has experience with incubators as I use the hens.
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    !emergency! Lockdown day 16 or 17? (Chicken eggs)

    Let us know on day 21 how many hatch, including the wiggler.
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    Silkies not eating anything!!!

    If you are feeding them chick food, does it have the probiotic in it? Try mixing the food with some water with electrolytes in it and then putting it on their beak and see if they have any interest in it. If not, it is not a good sign. Get a electrolyte solution for chicks and put it in their...
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    Naked chicks from Buff Orpingtons

    There are a lot of messed up genetics that I am seeing with chicken now days and various reasons for it.
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    HELP- New baby Chicks !! ***please!!

    Chicks are very temperature sensitive and it can't be too hot or too cold or they may not survive. I don't use shavings, just put them on newspaper and that is easier for them to walk on. Have tried a heating pad under the box as their feet tend to get cold and that is not good.
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    Alone chick not growing

    Hi, I have been seen a rise in the number of genetically compromised chicks and it seems to be getting worse. There is nothing that you can do because these birds are defective. You can treat them nutritionally as you are doing and that is probably the best that you can do until they...
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    How many deaths is normal for raising chicks

    I have noticed something very similar in chicks that I have bought of late from farm supply stores. Some of it I attribute to genetic factors and there is always the chance of some contaminant or virus that can just cause them to drop. I didn't used to experience such a low rate of survival as...
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    Calcification of uterus (egg gland) in a hen

    I used Amprolium. Wish I could get the terramycin that I used to use but people abused it and now it requires a Rx.
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    Calcification of uterus (egg gland) in a hen

    Thank you so much for all of that information. I will do a necropsy on the chicken when I have some time. I had to freeze her for the time being which I know is not the best way to do it but due to weather and other commitments, I have to do it when the weather is better as I plan to do it...
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    Calcification of uterus (egg gland) in a hen

    I had a hen that by the time I discovered it had what felt like a heavy rock in her uterus area where eggs are made. She had had runny feces for about 2 months prior then when things got serious decided to stand in the middle of the driveway with her head under her wing. At that time we took...
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    My Chicks all Died

    Wild fowl chicks require a longer period of warmth in a confined space for 2 months as chicks. They also require a high protein chick feed for at least 4 months and can then be put on flock raiser. They are harder to raise than chicks. Added vitamin powder and probiotics are also a plus.
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