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    Umbilical cord stump

    Thought i might add my question onto your thread. Hope you dont mind me kidnapping it : ) I have a 3 day old chick that i didnt know was even amoungst the others. Seems that the umbilical cord is infected, causing the abdomen to swell. I poked around a bit to see if i could dislodge any...
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    Squatting when I pet them. What does that mean?

    I stumbeled onto this thread through google and i'm glad i did. All 5 of my "teenagers" are bracing themselves when i go to pet them. I did not know to call it "squatting" till i found this thread. And here i just thought they really liked me. Anyways, looking forward to some eggs from them...
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    Squatting when I pet them. What does that mean?

    All I have to do to my EE is look at her in the eye and she squats for me. TOOOOOO Funny!
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    will a broody hen kill her peep

    i am a bit confused on what is going on in my coop. 3 broody hens, only one hatched peep. The peep has an eye injury and both 2 hens seem very aggressive towards it. Is it b/c they are setting on eggs and think it is a threat or is it b/c of the eye injury? The way they treated the poor...
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    2 broody hens both claiming hatched chick

    sounds good : ) i took the peep into the coop today thinking it might be nice for it to see a real momma. Boy was that a mistake. They went crazy. I am now starting to think that they would kill it. Is that b/c of the eye injury? Not sure if this little one is going to have a very nice...
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    2 broody hens both claiming hatched chick

    So this is a long story that i will try to make short. About 3 months ago we had a GL wynadot go broody. First set of eggs, no chicks, threw them all out. She started a new batch. Then 2 more hens decided they wanted to do it too! So, now i have 3 seperate boxes started at all different...
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    I would have written sooner but i misplaced my password. Sorry to say she didnt make it through the night. I hope she was peaceful and felt comfortable. Thank you all for caring.
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    Well i have made a decision. If she has not passed by morning, I am going to have my husband take care of it in the morning. As far as i can gather this is a cronic problem. If i cant cure her, my belief is to relieve her suffering. I will do anything in my power to help a creature of god...
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    Ahhhhh she sounds like she is lucky to have you Roo!
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    Just wanted to say thanks to you all. I know that i appear to be scatter brained. that will teach me to wait till i have a problem to learn how to work this site LOL. I am still unclear as to wether this is something she is going to prehaps recover from. If it is a egg problem is it lethal...
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    ok so where do i stick the needle? Right into the skin? My husband is a diabetic. I'm sure those syringes would do fine. I dont really understand the anatomy of a chicken...going to look it up now. She is sitting on my lap right now. I renig on my comment about being lythargic....i think she...
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    ok so i figured out how to pm speckledhen...cool ty! Nick ...do u know how to drain?
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    ok....pm speckled hen? how do i do that. And yes i am willing to try draining stuff. As you can see i have no clue what i am doing. Poor girl, i have been pokin and prading her joint who who and who ha..lol i feel bad for her. How do i get a hold of this speckled hen lady and learn how to...
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    ok so i am starting to calm down and think. what you all are saying is starting to make sense. I have her in a warm water bath and she seems to be liking it.....but she is very lathargic and hard to tell anything. I dont feel anything hard. Her whole underneath is very squishy ...like there...
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    hen is not pooping not going to make it through the night

    lol..i have a glove on silly...lol doesnt bother me. so it is ok aslong as i dont break it...is it going to be hard inside like it is after it comes out?
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