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    Ended Official BYC Mini Contest #8 - Family & Fowl Photo Contest

    Our Granddaughter for some Fall photos by her Great Grandfathers tractor and Henny couldn't resist the attention. She loves people!
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    2nd Coop 1

    We have failed at mixing our flock! But the good news is, we now have a big coop and a little coop. The little coop is inside our little barn. It is for my 6 Americana/Light Barahma's mixed and any other picked on hen. Very happy coop, for now. Eight successful peeps from our incubator! The...
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    My husband bought 25 New Hampshires last spring. When I went to pick up feed the following week there were 8 extra peeps for sale. They consisted of 1 Araucanas, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock, 2 Light Brahmas, 4 Silver Laced Wyandottes. All were to be female. We were so excited to learn 3 months...
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Quote: No vaccinations, but she does have a hard spot on her chest, so I will try the warm compress. Thank you.
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Quote: Interesting....on the size thing. We got white giants, black giants and araucanas. The araucanas are bigger than the whites and the blacks. Time will tell on this too. The hatchery is wonderful so I can not imagine them not being giants.
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Update...We still have a puffy peep, and she does not seem to be growing as fast. Time will tell. She does keep up with the rest and is not being singled out.
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Quote: No, but I will thank you....still filled with fluid. I am going to try benadryl tonight.
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Quote: Thanks
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Quote: We are pretty new at this so I was hoping it was a common thing, but evidently not. She keeps up with the rest, but just looks and feels funny.
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    Quote: She is eating, drinking, walking normal other than looking like a blow fish ready to pop! We were feeding her medicated feed. I pulled her off of the medicated feed and started with the vita drops, hard boiled egg yolks and layer mesh (just a little) She is indoors under a heat lamp 85...
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    Bloated Puffy Peep

    We have a new isssue......a week old jersey white giant had the crusty clumb on her rear. Cleaned it and watched her and she was able to pooo. But she is huge and feels bloated even her head. What could this be?
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    Weak Peep Please Help.....

    Quote: Thank you, I will. Sugar water and medicated feed is all I knew to try.
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    Weak Peep Please Help.....

    Quote: Paper towel is in.....I just took her out of the cup so she could drink. She drank standing on her own three times in a row then tip right in. Clean and dried again.
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    Weak Peep Please Help.....

    Quote: Her legs do not spread she just tips over. She has movement in her legs but not controled. She was laying stuck in the bottom of the shipper box yesterday. We thought she was dead so not sure what the extent of her injuries were. (FYI I posted on the "Emergency" page....nothing yet...
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