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    Chicken killing own chicks

    Definitely have looked into incubators just can’t find the right one, the chick still hadn’t absorbed the yolk sack and was bleeding a fair bit and ended dying this morning also the one with the white membrane intact seemed to have been squashed. Certainly won’t ever let this hen hatch out...
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    Chicken killing own chicks

    I don’t have any other heat sources except for a heat lamp to keep the chicks warm not for any eggs so I left her in darkness which definitely helped her not eat the shells off of the eggs and give the chicks a chance
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    Chicken killing own chicks

    Yes this is why I decided to move her nest to a bigger place, rats outside could also be a reason but it’s when she sees the pipped egg she eats the shell off of it very strange I’ve had young hens hatch out just fine, she just may not be cut out for the job unfortunately
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    Chicken killing own chicks

    Hey all been a while since I’ve been on here but recently my young Sussex became broody for the first time and I was hesitant to let her hatch out chicks at first but then decided to anyways, in the first days she wasn’t sitting how I would’ve liked but it was alright this is when she either...
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    HELP REALLY NEED IT!

    well last night i was about to take a picture but found the poor chick dead but opened the rest up and saw that the yolk was absorbed but there was swelling near the abdomen
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    HELP REALLY NEED IT!

    i have an incubator that i have the chick in with a warm damp paper towel the chick doesn't seem like its ready to come out yet but the shell its halfway peeled away but we have left the inner membrane intact the chick started to peep a little but not too much
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    HELP REALLY NEED IT!

    ok so we got our first incubator and the day it arrived we had a hen go broody hen had her chicks hatch out but the incubator eggs had died in the stages of developing and so there were 2 eggs left we were unsure about and put them under the broody hen but she got off and in the morning the eggs...
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    Welcome to Chicken Owners Anonymous

    The pain is real when the nicest ones turn out as cockerels and your only left with 2 hens
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    Weird sighing type sounds coming from pullet

    no there is nothing like that in any of them they are all quite healthy
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    Weird sighing type sounds coming from pullet

    ok so some background info i have hatched this black Araucana mix shes really a sweet girl and she laid her first egg yesterday and her second today so i went to collect the gges and she was sitting in the nest box even though she laid her egg shes the only one that lays green eggs and it was...
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    how to prevent a aggressive cockerel

    thank you for this answer we recently had to make him a meal as it was getting VERY out of had this happened early jan he drew lots of blood now the silkie is the alpha and he is doing a great job my experience was if i show affection too much they would become like this very aggressive the...
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    HELP! my hen is acting very lame and weak

    she was doing great but today was really hot and now shes worse than she was was before she doesnt eat but drinks water i brought her in the house and currently have the AC on
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    HELP! my hen is acting very lame and weak

    shes acting better but only when i leave her out in the garden when i put her back the the flock she just sits around
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    HELP! my hen is acting very lame and weak

    when i was opening the flock in the morning i found my hen laying on her side so as i opened the door everyone rushed out with lots of flying and then i saw my hen had her head stuck under her body so i quickly went to see what happened offered her some food and water she refused to eat or drink...
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    Sexing 9 week old Araucanas

    do you have a clear side view of them?
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