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I don't have any of that on hand, can I use anything else?

I'm really concerned about the larvae "hatching" and then moving to the injured area so I want to remove them asap!

The only thing I have here is peroxide and alcohol. :( Will washing him get the fly larvae out of feathers? I will def keep checking the wound for maggots and cleaning it. I had no idea about the cain not being good for them, thank you!

Hi! I have a rooster that I was trying to put in with some other chickens and my bigger rooster picked on him and injured him. The injury is small and is not infected. I saw 1 tiny maggot and I removed that and poured peroxide in it. As I was checking for other injuries I noticed fly larvae all...

Buchanan, Ga here! Have RIR, Amberlinks, Old english, Japanese Greys and Ancona ducks! Hi everyone!

Oh thank God! And thank you!! :) This is only our 2nd chick hatching in an incubator and I don't really know whats normal and what isn't, so I'm very relieved! Thank you again!

Close up It looked like yolk in the 1st pic but this obviously does not.

What does the umbilical cord look like?

I just checked him and now he isn't attached anymore but what is hanging from his rump his like 2 inches long. I'll try and get another pic uploaded. He's ok, tired but ok.

Hi everyone, this chick just hatched out in the last hour but is still attached to the egg. Do I need to do anything at all? And also what is going on here and why is this happening. O_o Thank you! -Amy

We did go ahead and put them in the incubator, it was killing me waiting since she had been off of them for over an hour. We candled before we put them in and one is actually peeped however we can't hear anything in the egg but we think we saw a little movement. Of course it could just be hope...

So far this morning we have 2 babies doing well! The only thing is now the hen has gotten off of her 6 eggs and moved with the 2 babies into another nest box with a brooding hen. We are currently warming up the incubator in case she decides not to go back to those eggs, why in the world she...

Okay, the area is def dry and pretty draft free, maybe completely and they are staying under the hen and she isn't moving. I only knew they had hatched b/c I saw shells and could hear peeping under her. I can't wait to see what the morning brings! Hopefully 8 happy and healthy chicks! :) Thank...

Hi guys! I have chicks hatching under a hen, bantams actually. They are in a coop that has only 3 sides closed in, the front is open with chicken wire but we have two Styrofoam boards with fabric around them that we put on the front of coop. We are putting those on now but it's getting down in...

I really thought our pen was very protected but I guess I was wrong. :( We always check to see if there has ever been tampering or signs of predators and we've never saw a thing. Whatever it was couldn't get to her that good b/c there was hardly any blood and everything was intact except...