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    Week old chick, leg issues

    A slipped tendon was our first thought, but after a lot of study, her tendons are in the right place and functional, she can move and bend her leg, we fear it might be a hip issue with how she carries herself. I'll try to get a couple of my more docile chicks to hang out with her so she isn't...
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    Week old chick, leg issues

    (I'm stuck on mobile due to a PC failure, so please let me know if something didn't go through right ^^" ) Here are some pictures of her, I wasn't able to get one of her standing still, since she kinda flops and wobbles around, but I can try to get a video if you want. This sore is new, I...
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    Week old chick, leg issues

    Im out on errands right now but I'll be sure to get pictures for you when I get back home. To answer your questions; Shes exactly one week old today, and we are still giving her vitamins, yes. We have her in a seperate brooder now as the other chicks were bullying her quite harshly when we...
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    Week old chick, leg issues

    So, our "problem nugget" as the kids call her had very weak legs on hatch, there was an immediate notice about how she got around opposed to other chicks we've hatched. She wouldn't use anything below her hocks and hobbled around everywhere. She was second to hatch, first to pip. She was pipped...
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    Given two chickens, what are they?

    We were told they were bantam mixes when we got them, but nothing else. We've figured one is male and the other female, but we'd really like to know the breed of these two. Supposedly four weeks old, the male is already crowing. We're also adding a picture of them when we received them. They're...
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