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  1. landonjacob

    missing neck feathers on several chickens

    Just wanted to bump this thread up. Just walked outside and noticed feathers missing on the front of a few of my hens' necks. Did anyone ever find out the issue? I will say that surely it's not a coincidence that I'm seeing this problem the exact month a couple of you have experienced it. I'd...
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    Is there a way to splint this baby chick's crocked leg? *see pic

    ::UPDATE:: Thanks CHOOKS4LIFE for all your help and support. The chick DID make a recovery, much to my surprise. It's not a full recovery (see lower pic, leg still sits behind sometimes), be he can walk around, fly, eat, drink, and play with the other chicks like there's no issue! Pretty sure...
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    Is there a way to splint this baby chick's crocked leg? *see pic

    Thanks so much! Could you possibly find a pick of a splint that would help rotate the leg? I can't think of a design that would help.
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    Is there a way to splint this baby chick's crocked leg? *see pic

    Thanks again! Your advice is very helpful. I'm fine with taking a good amount of time to see if we can give this little guy a full and healthy life. We (my wife and I) nursed a chicken back to health from a nasty dog attack, so we're up for the challenge. I put the chick in a bandaid...
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    Is there a way to splint this baby chick's crocked leg? *see pic

    Thanks for the advice! Yes, it was definitely born that way. I noticed it couldn't stand up in the incubator and that the leg was "stuck" behind her (if it's a pullet). She can't stand, but she can waddle around where she needs to. Yesterday I kept picking her up and putting her leg underneath...
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    Is there a way to splint this baby chick's crocked leg? *see pic

    Hello my chicken friends! Need your help again. I just hatched 5 blue ameraucanas and the last one to hatch seems to have some sort of crooked leg. I've seen people splint splayed legs and crooked toes, but not something like this. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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    Chickens in Zambia

    Thanks for the info Ridgerunner! Thankfully, my situation seems to be a lot different than the one you subscribed. I also spent sometime in Nigeria and, no offense to any Nigerians, most of the Zambians I've met have been much more trusting and friendly than my interactions in Nigeria. We are...
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    Chickens in Zambia

    Hello all! I'm writing from Lusaka, Zambia where I am doing some work for 3 weeks at a center that educates women and teaches them to sue. One of the projects I'm working on is a building a chicken coop and teaching the caretaker the basics of raising chickens, which I am very excited about...
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    Chickens becoming night owls...

    Here's my coop. So it's not because they don't have a nice home! Lol.
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    Chickens becoming night owls...

    So I have 5 backyard chickens. They are 6 months old. I let them out of the coop in the morning and they roam my backyard all day and head back into there coop at dusk... or that's what they used to do at least. For the past few of weeks they've been waiting longer and longer to head back to...
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    What is this?!? Found in coop.

    So I was cleaning chicken poo out of the coop today. The floor of the coop is a mixture of sand and Sweet PDZ. As I was raking the poo towards the middle to scoop out I noticed these slinky looking strains of something. They were clumped together and I knew it wasn't chicken poo. I pulled...
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    Are cracked eggs edible?

    Thanks guys!
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    Are cracked eggs edible?

    So my EE laid her first egg today! She scratched all the pine shaving out of the nesting box, which I think resulted in this slight cracking on the top of the egg. I've since changed the bedding to a mixture of pine straw and shavings. Hopefully that will help. My question though, does all...
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    Chicken fleas vs dog fleas

    Thanks so much! That definitely makes me feel better. I wouldn't doubt if they are car fleas. Are neighbors feed a bunch of strays and I doubt they give them flea meds. Any way to tell cat fleas from dog fleas?
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    Chicken fleas vs dog fleas

    I've searched the Internet and this blog, but can't seem to find a clear answer... Are chicken fleas and dog fleas the same thing? My dog, who never has fleas, has been getting them from the backyard where the chicken roam. So I'm wondering if my chickens are being bothered by the fleas...
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    Curved, crooked toes.

    I have a chicken (Delaware) who has a toe on each foot that seems to bend in an odd way. I notice some of my other chicken's toes that will do this sometimes, but not near as much as my Delaware. I've noticed this since she was a few weeks old. Is this a problem? I have a friend who said...
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    What Can I Use (I Can't Aford A Heat Lamp) To Keep My Baby Chicks Warm?

    If you go to the learning center on this website there is lots of helpful info about raising baby chicks.
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    Why does she jump on my back

    Yes. Always cleaning up their mess! They love to throw my much all over the yard. Still love my chickens though! ;)
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    What Can I Use (I Can't Aford A Heat Lamp) To Keep My Baby Chicks Warm?

    I thought the same thing, but you run a higher risk of them getting too hot (which is also deadly) because there's no way to measure the heat it's putting off. If that's your only choice, maybe putting the heating pad under their cardboard box/ container to make sure it doesn't get too hot?
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    What Can I Use (I Can't Aford A Heat Lamp) To Keep My Baby Chicks Warm?

    Do you have a box or large storage bin to keep them in? You can use a regular light bulb during the day to keep them warm, but I here that using it during the night isn't healthy for the chicks. You can find a red heating bulb at your local pet store for under $5. You can probably find a way to...
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