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    Rooster Falling over, can't stand

    That is what I am thinking is an injury, he had been limping before this. He is eating and drinking but needs help cause he can't stand. It is cold and snowing here so I hate to have him in the coop on the floor by himself where it would be hard to keep warm.
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    Rooster Falling over, can't stand

    No Change, If I try to stand him he will only put one leg down, I can not find anything wrong with the other, but he will not bare weight. he has been breathing with his mouth open on and off, but it is warm in the house. I did check his ears and found one caked with crusty stuff, cleaned them...
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    Rooster Falling over, can't stand

    I have him inside, he has had lots of water and food, including wet cat food. I am going to get stuff for him tomorrow. Maybe an antibiotic and vitamins. He is a big baby, he love to cuddle.
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    Rooster Falling over, can't stand

    Need some help. I have a rooster who has had a very hard life of almost one year. First at six weeks old he broke into a pen with a broody who just hatched. She pecked and scalped him and we found a half dead bird with no skin from his head all down his neck. 6 weeks in recovery he was out with...
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    Fighting young chickens

    I have some baby chickens (about 10 weeks old) there are 4 with one mother. I am not sure about sex yet. I have seen some normal pecking but yesterday one of the chickens start chasing and pecking it's sibling. It pecking it so hard it was cut and bleeding right under the eye ball. I took the...
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    Thank you, we unfortunately lost a baby today, not sure what was wrong with it =(. The others seem fine hope there are not more losses. Good Luck to you, having babies (despite some of the bad stuff is fun) I wish you a Broody Hen!
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    This morning when I went out there were 6 chicks and she was still sitting, when I got home from work she had moved off the nest. Unfortunately one off the chicks was dead and there were 6 unhatched eggs. But the the other 5 were happy and with mom. I clean out the pen (they are actually in one...
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    She is still sitting and there is another since I left and came home. I have a next set-up right next to her to move her to. Luckily she is hay bail and the yukky stuff leak down into the bail all the little chick are completely clean, but they all move tomorrow no matter what.
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    So far I see 4 happy chicks and she is still sitting on eggs- I will give it alittle longer then I will take them, but she is being great mama. Thanks all for the support. Always can turn to my other chickens friends when I run into a problem =)
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    Well, I saw the chick real quick and it seems fine and mama is doing great with talking to her and waiting for others to hatch. I wanted to get under her but no way, no how. She is sitting on 14 eggs (minus the one she tired to eat, the one that is broken and the one hatched) I am worried if I...
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    Think things are good, fingers crossed (had to leave her for a bit) came home and sounds like one very lively baby under her. and she is still very protective. Seeing I did not hear chirping the first time, going to guess it was a dead baby, (I hope).I will try to get her up and clean up under...
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    I just picked her up with the pole from a rake due to a poppong noise and bad smell. One egg right in the middle is smashed and stinks, I see 2 pipped and they are making some noise. I can't get the bad egg out, she not so pleasant about me being in there.
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    I hear one coming, my eye is on her..... she hurts my babies
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    Mama chicken eating baby that just hatched

    I was out in the barn have been on new babies. I looked in nothing happening, i went about feeding other etc.... my dog started going crazy, I looked in again ( a matter of 10 minutes) she had the legs of a chick hanging out of her mouth, we got it out (it was dead). The others are just starting...
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    Chicks are hatching but lost one

    We did have one more hatch but 3 have not and it has been almost 72 hours from the first one, should I take them out?
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