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    buff orphington w/ swollen neck and poor appetite

    i noticed yesterday that our buff seemed to be pulling her head down into her neck (does that make sense??)...like she wasn't stretching out her neck. well, today when i threw some scraps out to the birds, she seemed reluctant to hop out of the coop and was bypassed by one or two of the other...
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    Please Help!!!important!!!!

    when our chick was nearly pecked to death, someone on this board told me that birds are tough...tougher than we think. the best advice i got was that if the bird is eating and drinking it will probably be okay. i didn't think for a minute that our chick's skin and flesh and feathers would grow...
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    UPDATE:6 week old chick nearly pecked to death this morning

    just wanted to let y'all know that our chick that was nearly pecked to death is completely fine!!! her skin and feathers are starting to grow back and she seems very healthy!!! she sure is ugly now though! half of all her feathers are either missing or stained purple from blue kote!!! my...
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    6 week old chick nearly pecked to death this morning

    thanks, darkfur, for that bit of advice. the poor thing doesn't have the skin anymore. i think the older birds ate it. i'm not sure i could sew it up anyway. i'm in awe that you actually did that! wow! i might be able to put a bandaid or something on it, but stitches...that takes guts...
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    6 week old chick nearly pecked to death this morning

    thanks so much for all the supportive advice. we're new at this business of birds and have lost several of them to predators and have experienced the wonders of birds' behaviors. normally this wouldn't rattle me so much, but we lovingly hatched this chick from an egg (in a cardboard box with a...
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    6 week old chick nearly pecked to death this morning

    this is my first time posting. i'll save you all the details as to HOW the chick was allowed to mingle with our 12 older birds. the top of its head and down the back of its neck about 2-3 inches is completely removed of feathers and skin. muscle is fully exposed. i'm too afraid to look at...
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