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    Chicken lost balance

    Ok, he has no redness or bumps scabs etc, his eyes are normal colour, he hasn't lost any weight, I separated him and he is eating and drinking he has a full crop, no diarrhea, and his breathing is fine, no noise gasping or anything strange with breathing, when he gets up, he runs in a big circle...
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    Chicken lost balance

    I have searched and read a lot but nothing seems to quite fit my 2yr old roosters symtoms, he I otherwise fine, apart from the loss of balance mainly to one side though I have seen him tumble down in both directions, his loss of balance is now starting to affect his eating and drinking because...
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    Goose is squatting at me ?

    This might be a strange thing or something quite common, I wouldn't know I have never seen a goose Squat before, But when I go out to feed or look or even walking past the goose pen, My so called Male goose, is squatting at me, is this normal .. He is a Sebastopol goose, I haven't personally...
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    Anyone ever walk their chickens on a leash?

    I have a harness its a bird one, didn't realise we could use doggy ones lol, I will get a doggy one too for my other pets, so I can walk 2 at a time, I have a question thou. How do you get chickens to follow you, I have some that just do follow me like a bad smell. but my favourite boy, whom I...
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    Midge - The newest "Special Chicken" to enter our coops.

    She's doing great I was worried she was tipping off to the side with her little toes, but she's worked them out now :) runs about like a little speed demon lol. She's so small I had her out on the grass today and she has to jump to get over the garden hose lol she's super adorable.
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    Stunted Growth?

    Well i was feeding them that to start with but again i have a polish x and i gave a polish x to my brother and his Polish is 10 times the size of mine, shes growing but its like mine seem to grow slower, so i asked him how and what they are feeding them, and he said turkey starter, so i thought...
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    Midge - The newest "Special Chicken" to enter our coops.

    Midge is an Old english game bantam X ... i do not know what it could possibly be crossed with, but im happy with her in everyway. Or him, And my reason for posting this is i am surpised at her toes, and thought it an idea to share with everyone :) Midge just fresh out her egg, and in her warm...
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    Stunted Growth?

    i feed the babies, all a turkey starter, i have just swapped to medicated turkey starter to try and give them a boost, i think maybe i may be feeding to much even i really dont know whats going on. i also once they get a little bigger start putting some crushed up layers mash in with the turkey...
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    Stunted Growth?

    Hi i bought these guys at about 2-3 weeks old. i bought them on the 17 Janurary 2013, These 2 that i have are both pure breed Speckled sussex, Not bantams, these are not the only things i have noticed that seem to grow slower, i recently had welsh harlequin duck that i sold, which were all...
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    Broken eggs

    Hi my brother and sister inlaw just recieve posted eggs, But a few of the eggs have broken and gone all over the other eggs, What should they do ?! can they clean the eggs, or leave them be, and will they be ok in the incubator with the yolk all over them like that ? PLEASE HELP !!!
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    Hatched chick with Lump on head.

    Its ok, I couldn't see him suffer more. i just hope that i dont see if again :(
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    Hatched chick with Lump on head.

    No I cannot see anything, he is able to move his legs and wings, sort of leans real forward when I hold him on his feet, but just topples over back onto his side, I have decided to cull him, as I do not think there is anything I can do for him, and eventually he will starve to death, everything...
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    Fluffed up older hen

    Does she still eat fairly normal? Althou My hen wouldnt get off her nest for nothing when broody not even to eat i had to go and shove her off to go and dust herself and grab a bite to eat, If shes not in her box she may not be broody, They also usually go broody before they stop laying their eggs.
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    Fluffed up older hen

    Not sure how long they go off the lay when they go broody. My little bantam mum went broody and has stoped laying, She stoped about 11 weeks ago, I set eggs under her, she hatched them the chicks are now penned seperate to her, and shes still yet to lay me another egg, She was bought from a...
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    Fluffed up older hen

    i have a light sussex cross hen that fluffed up the other day at me being near her, and she proceeded to sit on her nest, so i just assumed cluckiness. Perhaps your hen has gone broody also. My Sussex get around growling and clucking the last few days, again due to broodyness, Does yours make...
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