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  1. candemaye

    Crying chick?

    Right. I was going to give it the weekend. However, it's maybe making progress? I just went to check it again and it was actually laying down asleep and had a normal feeling-full crop. It did need a butt cleaning again which just got it all riled up again :(
  2. candemaye

    Crying chick?

    ...and saved them. Lost the one the same night I got it. This one has just been a wreck since then. It is staying under the heat-though it won't *ever* lay down, just "sleeps" standing up. I'm not convinced it's eaten anything. I've seen it playing at the food bowl but since I noticed the weird...
  3. candemaye

    Crying chick?

    And I did consider sour crop but at under a week old I thought she would be much to young for that to have developed yet. But maybe not?
  4. candemaye

    Crying chick?

    It doesn't act sick, but it doesn't act right if that makes sense. Last night I almost lost her, she started throwing up, and I noticed her crop felt like a balloon and she was flopping around. I got her to come around though and she's back to crying constantly. I have done Vaseline, not sure...
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    Crying chick?

    I have new bantams, 5-6 days old. There are five of them. Four are doing well, one though is....off. It chirps loudly all the time. I've adjusted heat, it has food and water, company, everything to make a chick happy. Aside from the crying, it also has constant pasty butt and runny poop. I'm...
  6. candemaye

    Foot scab?

    Is a scab on the foot pad always bumblefoot? I ask because I was doing a normal flock inspection and discovered a small scab on my hens foot pad. She's not limping or acting unusual, it isn't red, warm and/or swollen. But it is definitely a scab. So I'm wondering if a scab could just be a scab...
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    What's going on with comb/waddles?

    I should've mentioned, he's an Easter Egger. I didn't know the white bits were a possibility at all so I was concerned. I did look them over really closely and they are just like white skin, there is no differentiation in the texture/temp/etc so that's good to know. I figured the black spots...
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    What's going on with comb/waddles?

    Noticed this whiteness from the earlobes and black dots on my 16 week old cockerel today. No one else seems to have it, he does have the biggest combs and waddles though. He seems to be acting like his normal self. I wouldn't have even noticed if he hadn't been nipping some treats from our hands...
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    Roosters-will they grow out of it?

    Not my first time with chickens-first time with roosters. One was intended, two were surprises. I was hoping to keep all of them, research said it could potentially work, reality is that it's clearly not going to. One will be gone by this weekend, hopefully adopted, if not, he'll go to someone's...
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    Roosters-will they grow out of it?

    Good info, thank you both very much. Hopefully we get this settled down now. They do free range and I let them up at sunrise this morning just because the girls have better luck getting away. The two aggressive boys chased them straight to the woods
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    Roosters-will they grow out of it?

    Just out of curiosity, why don't they go after the old girl? She's a bit of a lone wolf, she sticks with the flock somewhat but I've never seen them even glance at her. Not that I want her subjected to the cockerels, I'm just curious. Our plan is to remove one at a time. We'll remove the...
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    Roosters-will they grow out of it?

    Ok here is another question. I have 3 cockerels. All the same age. The BR doesn't act like a fool so I didn't mention him. Currently there are 11 pullets all the same age as the cockerels except one old girl who is a bit over 1. Plus 6 chicks that will be added eventually (currently only a month...
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    Roosters-will they grow out of it?

    I have 2 Easter egger cockerels, aged almost 16 weeks. They have recently become very mean to my pullets. Chasing them and pecking. Today they attacked several times over the course of an hour ending with the near scalping of my buff Orpington. I was in the process of cleaning her up and sorting...
  14. candemaye

    Lazy cockerel?

    Yup, gets up running. He doesn't want anything to do with being caught. I've snagged him a few different times to force a check up on him but see nothing out of the ordinary. Just seems lazy Just for more info, I have seen him eating feed, drinking, picking at the ground and doing normal...
  15. candemaye

    Any ideas what's snatching our chickens?

    We've settled on coyote most likely, perhaps an eagle, perhaps a raccoon. I talked to the neighbor and he told me that the people who lived here before had a huge raccoon problem last year in their garden so he and neighbor spent several weeks on a raccoon shoot out. Took out twelve supposedly...
  16. candemaye

    Any ideas what's snatching our chickens?

    We are moving towards a more supervised ranging situation. Long story short, they're currently living in my garage with no run. We are in the process of building a proper coop and run. Until then though they have no choice but to range. However, even once we get the run up, when they are out...
  17. candemaye

    Lazy cockerel?

    Any ideas why my 11 week old cockerel lays down any chance he gets. I've even seen him laying and eating. He's alert of what's around him, he'll get up if he needs to. I've checked him over and don't see any reason why he would need to lay down-feet, legs, body all looks good. He is a fair...
  18. candemaye

    Any ideas what's snatching our chickens?

    It's lovely, just this one minor downside! I knew Eagles were strong but dang. Suppose I'll be looking into a bit more secure for covering the run too
  19. candemaye

    Any ideas what's snatching our chickens?

    Well shoot then. Can I maybe take this in a slightly different direction then? I have the three cockerels and honestly they all do pretty well at alerting and standing guard surprisingly. I was going to get rid of two leaving one rooster to (at the time) 14 hens. Should I still go down to one...
  20. candemaye

    Any ideas what's snatching our chickens?

    Huh, well good to know about the coyote. A raccoon would leave behind a mess though I would imagine? I've gone over our entire property (minus the woods which are a fair bit back from where the chickens roam) with a fine tooth comb and have yet to find a feather from one of them. Three hens...
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