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    Injured rooster

    I went out today about an hour ago to the change water and my rooster had himself wedged in behind the waterer head down. I don't know how long he was like that but when I pulled him out the other rooster went at him and he jumped back in his hiding spot. When I pulled him out again his comb is...
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    To insulate or not to insulate

    It is about a foot or so off the ground and so far I haven't had any rodents get in yet. But the mites and lice hiding in insulation makes sense. I did think about expanding foam around the seams in the walls but wasn't sure if thats over kill. I'm trying to avoid using a heat source so I dont...
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    To insulate or not to insulate

    I live in Ontario Canada and we can get down to -30 celcius on the coldest nights. I've just expanded my coop. I will add a picture. I have fixed where you can see light shining through in this picture. I have some OSB sheets that I'm going to put up inside and I'm wondering if I should put in...
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    Chick eye injury

    I separate him and his mom out from the flock and they did well for the few days. But this morning I moved them outside in a separate run for some sun and little baby seemed to have a seizure and didnt make it. Thank you everyone for all your help and advice!
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    Chick eye injury

    I have just normal polysporin for people. I just wasnt sure if it was safe for the eyes. I also have some Tobramycin left over from one of our cats needing eye drops.
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    Chick eye injury

    I have a bit of an update. It looks like his eyelid has a hole in it on the bottom. Not really sure how to proceed with treating this.
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    Chick eye injury

    I can get Polysporin. They have the gel and the over the counter antibiotic drips here. I have some of the gel I just wasnt sure it was afe for eyes.
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    Chick eye injury

    Unfortunately I'm in canada and I would need to find a vet and get a prescription for Terramycin. I can get vetericyn spray at my local farm supply.
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    Chick eye injury

    I dont know if it was this hen in particular because I've sold some and hatched some that have grown up. I could get some more chicks for him and bring them inside. Im working on expanding the coop and having a separate area for introducing new birds that I can move them to when it's done. I...
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    Chick eye injury

    I have a little bantam chick that is the single hatch of this one hen. It's not more than a week old right now. It has an eye injury. I'm not sure how it happened or who did it. It was partially closed for a few days and I've just been monitoring but now its fully closed. I let the hens hatch...
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    Bantam Cochin D'uccle cross chicks.

    As it turns out all the ones with white ones the are indeed roosters and all the fully brown ones are girls. Its very interesting but I would have loved to see some more colors on the girls 😂
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    Young rooster leg injury, limping, curled foot

    What I've read said that if there are any raised scales it has to be scaly leg mites. So I've been doing oil and Vaseline. I figured it wouldn't hurt anything even if it wasnt mites. I can manipulate the foot to be open normally when holding him. I will give the splinting a try and keep it...
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    Young rooster leg injury, limping, curled foot

    I have a young rooster that's about 9 months old. About a month ago, one day, he was just limping. I didn't notice anything prior to this. He won't or can't open one foot. He still eats drinks and poops normally. He crows and dust bathes. Acts normal just with a limp. He moves around alright but...
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    Is this viable or is it a blood ring?

    I stuck it under the hen and we'll see. Its been around 33 celsius outside for the last few days and there's no air conditioning running in that room so I'm not sure exactly but fairly warm.
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    Is this viable or is it a blood ring?

    I didnt realize this egg had anything going on with it. There was nothing visable when I collected it a while ago. It's been hot this week and it was left on the counter in the house. Is this a blood ring forming or does it still look viable? The little embryo is still in there and wiggly. Im...
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