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    Help! Neurologic Chick!

    I eventually had to cull both chicks. I figured out that my Chick #2 had a slipped Achille's tendon, but it had gone on too long and there was too much swelling in his joints to get it back in, so I had to cull him. Chick #1 seemed to be doing better, but then I noticed she was walking on the...
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    Announcement April Fools 2011 - NEW BYC Program & Partnership - Sell Your Extra Eggs!

    I'm not entirely sure how many of my hens meet the requirements, so here's what I got: 10 hens, 2 roosters, 6 chicks They are kept in a 20*20 pen, but are allowed to roam the barnyard during the day. They have 2 coops that are each 4*4, but they rarely use them. They have an outdoor shelter...
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    Let's talk Wry Neck/Crook Neck

    I don't know anything about that. It doesn't sound like wry neck, though. If the chick is throwing the water back up, I would definitely limit the amount. You might look around other places to see if anyone else has information for you. I can't say that I've ever really had a chick or chicken...
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    Got illegal chickens?

    i grew up in metro-detroit, and whenever we'd go to visit my great-aunt in a "richer" area, i'd stand by her privacy fence and listen to her neighbor's chickens that he kept concealed with high privacy fencing. he provided eggs and natural fertilizer to my aunt (an avid gardener), and he got to...
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    Help! Neurologic Chick!

    ok, so i had one that would fall over a lot and just lay there (i once had to peel him off of the bowl i'd put him in to keep him separate), and i didn't think he'd make it at first, but when he survived the first night, i decided that if he was a fighter, then i'd fight for him, too. so, i...
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    First Time Hatching Anyone With Me??

    i'm just going to go ahead and hop in on this thread. i just hatched out my first real batch (used a borrowed incubator before and had LOTS of help). Results: 20eggs put in on 2/18 with a HD set for 3/11 Little Giant still air incubator with an egg turner, kept the temp @99.5, with some 90...
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    Let's talk Wry Neck/Crook Neck

    That's exactly what my one chick is doing. She's some sort of mutt (not even sure who or what the parents are) that I hatched out, and was fine the first day. But day 2 came around, and she keeps throwing her head back and waving it back and forth. She sometimes falls over backwards, and will...
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    Chicks with bad legs - Can I give them B-complex?

    Ok, so I've got some issues with my newly hatched chicks. I have one doing weird head things, and three that have a messed up leg. Most of what I've read suggests that they need B vitamins, and thiamine. I've got a bottle of B-complex, but I'm not sure how safe it is. If it is, how much and how...
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    Chick with Neurologic Issues?

    Thanks. I hope it clears up. She's really light, almost white, with a few random black spots, and I would LOVE for her to grow up if only to see how she turns out.
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    Chick with Neurologic Issues?

    I have a chick that I hatched myself with mixed/unknown parentage who is doing something really weird, but is totally normal otherwise. Her name is Trillion, and she hatched out Friday evening and was fine that night, but started doing weird stuff the next day. She puts her head all the way...
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    Should I keep it? (Picking Chick)

    It could just be that chick's personality. I have a black sex-link hen that's super friendly and loves pecking my hands, and her chick now pecks my fingers, and at the other chicks. It's probably just more dominant than the rest. Keep an eye on it, maybe separate out the one that's bleeding, and...
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    Help! Neurologic Chick!

    I just hatched out some chicks for the first time, and I've run into some issues. I have a few that I think are mushy, but I'm not so worried about them. From what I've read, they might not make it long anyway. I have one chick that's got a funky leg. It hops around well-enough, but one leg...
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    Mystery Chicks

    I had a americana/black australorp cross that looked a lot like the first two when he was young. One of the brownish ones could be an arcana. I had one of those at some point, and she had that mix of brown feathers. There are so many breeds out there, though, that it's hard to know for sure...
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