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  1. FunClucks

    Strange symptoms, please help! Bruising? Even vet is stumped

    I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Whenever I see a comb like that I think circulatory issues, meaning there's usually something wrong with their heart. Combined with what's going on with her legs, definitely something affecting the circulatory system, among other things. It looks like...
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    Solar Waterer

    If you look on here, there's a number of threads that address this topic. What I got out of them is that if you use black plastic (thick black plastic livestock feed bowls from the farm store for example), it absorbs heat from the sun, and can help water melt sooner and stay melted longer...
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    Cornish Cross not eating, full crop and intestine at 9 1/2 weeks old

    Sounds like when you introduced grit it helped them start to digest and use their food better, since after that you saw significant weight gain. I keep containers of grit available regardless of the environment - the natural grit isn't always an adequate type, shape, or size of stone, but the...
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    Only one survived

    Definitely a good sign. If they're eating and drinking, most times they'll make it. Chickens can heal from some pretty extreme things. Good luck to her!!!
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    Help help help! Knowledge needed.

    I'm glad you got things sorted to your satisfaction. I think even with in-date feed with excellent nutrition, you will still see heart attack and slipped tendons. I have had excellent nutrition and fresh in-date feed, and had that happen still. CX are genetically prone to it. Reducing growth...
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    Chickie Instinct

    I put shavings in my brooder. I've caught them trying to dust bathe in the bowl of chick grit at a week or two old. It really is amazing how instinctual most all of their behavior is.
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    What kind of babies? Those ones with the black back are interesting.
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    Only one survived

    She's probably in a lot of pain. For now, move the water up to where she can reach it without bending down. Don't worry about the bath for a while. Spot/surface clean any feathers if you must, but I'd just leave her alone as much as possible. I wouldn't bathe her if I could avoid it...
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    Cornish Cross not eating, full crop and intestine at 9 1/2 weeks old

    Post any pictures you want to. It's the meat bird forum. Graphic insides of a chicken won't surprise anyone who follows this forum. That's what we're here for. Pics of the birds prior to slaughter, side view and top view, while standing, would also be helpful since you said they're thinner...
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    Cornish Cross not eating, full crop and intestine at 9 1/2 weeks old

    That's sure weird. I've never had that happen, and I don't have any ideas what could be going on. You can try to wait and see if things resolve, or just process them now. I process all my birds with a full intestine/crop, because I'm bad at planning. It's usually not a big deal, I just be...
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    Help help help! Knowledge needed.

    Have they had unrestricted access to high protein, meat bird feed? If they do, they may grow so large they start to pass before 8 weeks. I keep mine in a covered run with about 4 sqft per bird, and switch from meat bird (23-24% protein) to 20% all flock feed after about 4 weeks to slow their...
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    Sapphire Olive Egger....pullet or cockerel?

    I see why you're concerned. Can you get us some better pictures of their faces - side view and front view of wattles and comb. I don't see male specific feathers on the body yet, or any straight up male coloration, but 15 weeks is when I expect to see saddle feathers.
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    Hesitating with dispatching them

    I raise chickens for meat and eggs. Some of the eggers get names and are pets, and I spend time with them, but my meat birds do not get named, as they are not pets. I clean their enclosure and care for them, and that's it, because at the end of it they're dinner. They had a good life, and now...
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    Bloody comb (graphic images)

    yup, it looks like it's healing well. Glad to see that! I think you've made good choices in dealing with the bully. Eventually, they'll get used to the noise of the falling nuts and will stop reacting to it, but you can muffle it if you want. Mine have a very flappy tarp that rustles and...
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    Possible to free range meat birds with egg layers?

    If you're looking to do CX type of bird, I can recommend the Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Rangers. They are extremely similar to CX with better livability, and still get huge. I've heard the CX roosters get mean upon maturity, but mine never are allowed to live that long. My remaining White...
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    Possible to free range meat birds with egg layers?

    Best decision IMO is just to feed everyone one feed. 20% chick starter/grower is a good year-round all-flock feed. Add a bin of oyster shell and a separate bin of grit, and the hens that need the oyster shell will eat as much as they need. If you can get pelleted 20% feed, all the better...
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    Tell me what’s wrong with our nesting boxes

    They need privacy. Curtains, or something to provide a visual barrier so the other hens can't just look at the hen laying eggs. For mine, they lay in 5 gallon buckets in the covered run with a plastic lawn chair turned upside down on top of them to block the view of the entrance of the bucket...
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    Bloody comb (graphic images)

    This is true. I've had hens with similar wounds, threw blu-coat on it to discourage more issues, put her right back with the flock and it turned out fine. Chickens are in some ways amazingly resilient. Most wounds heal up fine with no medical attention as long as the chicken started out...
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    Bloody comb (graphic images)

    Everything you plan sounds like a good idea. I'd do that. They won't forget her in a day or two, so reintroduction shouldn't be an issue. I'd keep an eye out to see if the bullying happens again, and see if they need more space in the coop or something. If there's a cause for this that you...
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    Why are my blue orpingtons not friendly?

    Some chickens are just mean, and sometimes it's genetic. I've had several mixed flocks now, and raised chicks multiple times a year, and the chicks, hen or roo, that will come up and purposely attack you (aggressive pecking) at 3-4 weeks only get worse from there. I'm not talking about curious...
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