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    Mareks or something else?

    Hi, i have a month old chick who is suddenly unable to stand...his legs almost look spraddled/splayed overnight - very healthy up until now...never had any problems. He is eating, drinking and his poo is fine, not watery or discoloured etc..hes sleeping alot/closing his eyes and his legs seem to...
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    Lethargic Chicken

    My salmon faverolle is usually very bright and enjoys running around but i went to lock the hen house up last night and she was on the floor outside. She couldnt stand up and was extremely raspy. I brought her inside and she stopped rasping about 1am. She still cant stand up but has laid an egg...
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    Emergency! Eye Injury!

    Thank you very much, i shall give this a go!
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    Emergency! Eye Injury!

    Sorry, for the delay in replying...i wash her eye everyday and the swelling is decreasing, yesterday was the first time she tried opening her eye while eating and i could see a corner of her eye...no bubbles or discharge from her nose and no sneezing...if you saw her from the left you would...
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    Emergency! Eye Injury!

    On my chicks (hatched March 2019), has injured her eye, not sure how...whether someone has pecked her or some grit or food or mud or grass or leaf etc etc has got in or not...but its been swollen for a few days now, i have washed it every day and the swelling decreases and then increases again...
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    Respiratory Infections

    A few of my chickens have occasionally got bubbly eyes, sneeze and runny noses - i’ve been away on a course and left my chickens with my step-mum - i think they have a respiratory infection due to her using the wrong bedding and the heat we’ve been having lately...is there anything i can get to...
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    Poorly Bantam Chick

    She is almost back to normal now, she eats her chick crumb and messes up her cage by flicking it everywhere, her poo has firmed up after the vets gave her some meds as i called and said i thought it was Coccidiosis - so i think she is on the mend :)
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    Poorly Bantam Chick

    Do either of you 2 have another idea then?
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    Poorly Bantam Chick

    Thank you very much - will give my vet a call and see what she has available :)
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    My Bantams arent laying

    Thank you very much for your help, i have given them some chick crumb and stopped giving them corn, cleaned out their cage incase there was anything in there upsetting them - no red mite at all but just wanted to check - so hopefully they’ll lay soon :) they LOVE cuddles!
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    Poorly Bantam Chick

    My 16 week old bantam chick suddenly became very ill - on Sunday i found her lying on her side, one of her legs was stiff and i was so sure that i would lose her while i was at work so left her with my Dad who gave her sugary water while i was gone. When i came back she was a little better. We...
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    My Bantams arent laying

    I feed them a mixture of layers pellets and corn, they have access to grass and i sometimes given them some sweetcorn as a treat...
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    My Bantams arent laying

    Hi all, i have two bantam girls and when i first got them they laid about 6 eggs a week between them, but now they dont seem to want to lay anything...am i doing something wrong? Pictures of each girl below :)
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    What breed?

    Here are pics of their back...i should have said that the Cuckoo Maran cross RIR and the Salmon Favs live separate to the RIR cock n hens n Light Sussex cock n hens
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    What breed?

    Afternoon all! I have hatched these two chicks but i have NO idea what breed they are...i have a RIR cockerel, a Light Sussex Cockerel and a RIR cross Cuckoo Maran cockerel and then RIR ladies, Light sussex ladies and salmon faverolle ladies...any ideas?
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