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    Stuck egg? Looks serious, please help.

    I’m not sure how to even describe what is going on so I apologize in advance. One of my hens’s has an egg outside of her vent, but it hasn’t come free of her insides yet. These Orpingtons are just reaching laying age. This could be her first time laying, but I’ve never seen anything like this...
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    Possible bumblefoot?

    Thank you for replying. When I tried searching for causes of a limp, that’s what kept coming up and there was mention of a small pink spot in very early cases. She’s one I hatched out the end of February so I had wondered if the rooster might have hurt her because they’re just starting to be...
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    Possible bumblefoot?

    Anyone?
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    Possible bumblefoot?

    Hello, all. Two days ago we noticed one of our young hens limping when she runs. When walking it isn’t really apparent there’s anything wrong. I picked her up and felt of her legs and didn’t notice any issues. When researching, I came across bumble foot. I’ve never had a chicken with this issue...
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    Adding additional eggs to Nurture Right 360

    Wow! Twenty-three days is a long time. One area where I need help or experience is knowing if an egg is fertile before placing it in the incubator. I’ve read online and watched videos, but just can’t seem to tell although I did try. Based on what we’ve seen, we operate under the assumption that...
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    Adding additional eggs to Nurture Right 360

    Thank you for your comment. Yes, I have a second NR 360 that I will use once I gather enough eggs to start a second batch. I still have my old styrofoam incubator too that I could use in a pinch. I used to have incredible success with it years ago. I did not realize it would necessarily be a...
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    Adding additional eggs to Nurture Right 360

    We lost our 8 month old Silver-laced Orpington to a predator a few days ago. We are terribly saddened by this and I started as many eggs as I had in the incubator last night in the hopes that I’ll hatch a rooster as nice as he was. I am curious if I can add two more tonight to fill the last two...
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    Chick dying!

    Thank you. It does happen unfortunately. The last time we had chickens I sobbed so much when the first one died, that my husband said he didn’t know if he could take it. Even though it is such a sad thing, I find encouragement in the fact that we can care so much for a little chick. The OP...
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    Chick dying!

    I’m so sorry about your chick. We are just getting back into chickens after years of not having them and we’ve had a time. I ordered 20 eggs to be shipped from California to NC. On day 21, only one hatched and it took him about two days to get out. He seemed fine, and suddenly collapsed just...
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    Question about my Silver-laced Orpington chicks

    In your opinion, is the other leg color a light slate or something else? I know you said you don’t have much experience with that color. Just wondering if I need to be equally concerned about that. If so, I won’t have too much to work with.
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    Question about my Silver-laced Orpington chicks

    Thank you for that explanation of SLW. I wondered after I’d posted. There are several pictures of the green and yellow, but it’s only two chicks thankfully. So, I may exchange those two. And I do hope that someone else has an opinion to share on the other leg color.
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    Question about my Silver-laced Orpington chicks

    And here are some of the others. The bottom two pics show what looks like a slate color to me.@NatJ
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    Question about my Silver-laced Orpington chicks

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    Question about my Silver-laced Orpington chicks

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    Question about my Silver-laced Orpington chicks

    Thanks again. For some reason, I can’t get that first link you shared to work. I did look up images of green legs after you shared that info. Now my husband thinks one that I thought had yellow legs actually has green legs. 😬 In which case, I couldn’t do anything with that one. I’m going to try...
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