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    Chick Eye Injury

    I have a young Jersey Giant chick who for a week now has had a eye injury that I've been caring for. It's gotten better with ointment, but it's not 100% yet. It started out swollen around the eye and watery, the swelling has gone down but she still is watery and bubbly. I've been putting...
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    Cull or help? - need answers ASAP!

    I have a meat chick with a slipped tendon, it's to swollen for me to feel comfortable messing with. I don't have the nerve to cull him myself, but I can get it done if needed. The only help I can get him is an expensive animal hospital; should I pay the money to/maybe help him, or just find...
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    Skittish/scared behavior

    This is her right now. 😭 I've looked her over and she doesn't have any injuries, so I know they're not trying to hard to hurt her. No one is even near her right now and she still hides.
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    Skittish/scared behavior

    Yes, I now know I definitely need to add more. This is what I have for now, they all do love to sit and play on them:
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    Skittish/scared behavior

    Yes, she has a few places, but they chase her regardless. Because of that she barely leaves the coop(if at all) all day, and I'm not sure if that's healthy or not.
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    Skittish/scared behavior

    I have 22 chickens(various small breeds) in a roughly 25Lx12Wx6H run with a 12Lx6Wx8H coop.
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    Skittish/scared behavior

    Hello, I have a young Blue copper Maran who is definitely low on the pecking order. She gets pecked by all of my older chickens(half of the flock) even though they've all lived together for months. She doesn't want too come out of the coop and into the run, even when she does she hides, because...
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    Strange behavior?

    Thank you for the tip, I'll keep it in mind for the future! She's been moved to a bigger enclosure with other chicks her size or bigger, she's been well behaved since.
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    Strange behavior?

    They're at least 2-3 months old already. The problem chick has now been moved to a bigger enclosure with older chicks that are her size or bigger; she has not shown anymore negative behavior so far.
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    Strange behavior?

    Awesome, I'll try some if those suggestions out. Thank you!
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    Strange behavior?

    I just got 2 Jersey Giant chicks and a Light Brama chick and put them in with my other chicks that are a week younger than them. They all arrived with light pecking injuries from each other which I have separated them to let heal. Recently, when allowed to visit the others, one of the Jersey...
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    Tips for feeding chick with wry neck?

    I've been giving her a mixture of vitamin E, nutri-drench, and egg yolk, but my husband says she still doesn't want it. I can try scrambling them though, thank you!
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    Tips for feeding chick with wry neck?

    I have a chick that is going on her 2nd day of what I think is wry neck, and I can't get her to a vet until noon tomorrow(her 3rd day of wry neck). She's fighting me and my husband when we try to feed her a high vitamin liquid food replacement, she's very tired and won't/can't do much to help...
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    Separate injured chick?

    She's healing very well, I've been cleaning and applying ointment as needed. I just got her recently and she came with the injury; therefore, I can't say as to her previous living situation, but I have her separated for the moment. It appears that she's currently the bully, I put her with the...
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    Separate injured chick?

    Thank you! I'm giving her medicated chick feed and electrolyte water. The others are in a brooder that I can't separate her in, that's why I was wondering if she needs a companion. Since she's still young I don't know if she needs another body for warmth or anything.
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