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    Vent gleet and sour crop?

    I have a 3yo hen who is usually a great layer. She’d stopped laying lately, then a few days ago I noticed a lot of creamy coloured poop stuck all over her butt area. She then became lethargic, standing around all puffed up. Still eating and drinking. I thought vent gleet, as it also had a...
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    Chicken seriously losing feathers

    Thanks so much - yeah I know I left it too long to break the broodiness and will definitely stop it sooner next time! We have an end of our coop that can be closed off from the rest and the nesting boxes, so I just put her in there for 3 days/nights. Very relieved she’s just moulting though!
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    Chicken seriously losing feathers

    Hi all, My 18 month old hen was recently broody for quite some time (maybe 7-8 weeks before we intervened). After we stopped her being broody, she’s started seriously losing her feathers. Her tail feathers are all gone, her face/head feathers are gone and now all the feathers on the back of her...
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    Baby chick can’t stand and “walks” on hocks

    Hi (again!), I have a 5 day old rescue chick, who has been wobbly from when we got her (at a day old). She is still not standing to full height at all, and “walks” or scootches on her hocks the entire time. She often tips backwards and sits down fully to to eat. She hasn’t grown nearly as much...
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    Baby chick falling on butt

    Yeah it’s eating and drinking fine, just mostly sitting under its eco glow or wobbling around.
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    Baby chick falling on butt

    Unfortunately the chick seems a bit worse, on its hocks the whole time including when it’s eating. I’ve read it’s possibly a vitamin b deficiency, so I’ve crushed up a vitamin b tablet and mixed it with water and and syringed it into its mouth. Any other advice appreciated!
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    Hen or Roo chicks?

    Here are both of them asleep in my hands!
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    Baby chick falling on butt

    Thanks - she doesn’t seem to have anything on her butt! She just seems “wobbly” and it’s like she just loses her balance and topples back.
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    Baby chick falling on butt

    Soo cute! Yeah I think mine just needs to regain her strength. She was rescued from a flock where she was left behind by the others because she couldn’t keep up, so I guess she’s still just regaining her strength. Thanks x
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    Baby chick falling on butt

    Hi, I have a couple 3-4 day old chicks. One of them has been rocking back on its legs and sitting/falling on its butt since we got it (at a day old). It seems to walk ok, although mostly just wants to sit under the eco glow all day. Eating and drinking fine. Pic attached, any advice appreciated...
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    Hen or Roo chicks?

    Ah ok - I had thought you could tell from their wing feathers when they were a couple days old?! Thanks 😊
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    Hen or Roo chicks?

    Hi all, we rescued these young chicks (we already have chickens so it wasn’t foreign to us!), however I’m wondering if anyone can give me an educated guess on their genders? They’re about 2 days old, photos of their wing feathers attached. Thanks!
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    Day old chick on its own

    I could, but we can really only take one more chicken in our coop when it gets bigger!
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    Day old chick on its own

    Hi all, I’ve just rescued a brand new chick from down our road, where it’s been left behind by its mother and siblings. It seems ok. I raised 2 chicks last year in a brooder, however they were a bit older when we got them and also had each other for company/warmth. I’m just after a couple...
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    Is it ok for my chickens to sleep in the run?

    Thanks! My concern (having never had chickens previously) is whether they’ll be ok - especially weather wise. The coldest we’d get up here over winter would be maybe 6 degrees Celsius overnight on a rare occasion.
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