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    Very strange case of water belly found (graphic)

    Warning*** graphic photos*** I was recently forced to put one of my elderly silkie hens down due to symptoms that lead us to suspect waterbelly. Her lower abdomen was so swollen it was rock hard and she couldn't walk properly. Seeing how painful it was we decided to put her down. I made the...
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    Very strange duck injury! Please advise!

    Hello, I'm in my first year of raising ducks but have run into a strange problem. I have a 8 week old pekin female that in the span of a day lost all the feathers on her belly, can't stand, and is gasping. Her legs move but she has zero strength or balance. She also won't eat anything but does...
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    7 day old chick wont eat and leg issues!

    I have a 7 day old chick that has zero interest in food and cant walk properly. It stands strange, very upright and straight. Its legs are perfectly straight and the babies hobbled around on his toes insted of bending his hocks. It takes the baby hours to settle down and sleep, bending the legs...
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    Please Help! Agressive Roo Is trying to Kill My Hen!

    Hello, durring the summer I adopted a small flock of banti roos and hens. I spent the summer integrating them into my flock of normal sized birds and by fall everyone was ok. My big roo that ruled the flock died of a cyote attack, and ever since then, a new roo has taken control of the flock. He...
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    need help with introducing new hens!!!!

    Hi so here's my story: I have three hens and a big roo in my flock, and I decided to add more hens. A local farm down the street had some regular hens and some banti hens and one banti roo. So I took seven of them. The new flock is very mellow and calm. The roo has not showen any agression...
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    Should I be worried? HELP!!!!!!!!

    My hatch date is tomorrow the 11th, but so far I have not even see the eggs move. It is making me worry, im using a foam still air incubator at 99 degrees with humidity at 55. The eggs are sitting in cartons for the lockdown. Should I have seen or heard anything by now or is it a matter of...
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    Incubator Temp Spike on day 18!!!! :( please help!!

    Hi I have 21 eggs in a still air foam incubator. I have kept the temp at 99 for three weeks, the night of the 17the day I checked all the eggs and candled them. All seemed fine so I went to bed. This morning, day 18, I found the incubator at some point spiked to 110 over night!!!! I...
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    Need Advise on floor of coop!

    Hey everyone so heres my situation: My coop was built inside an old wood shed with doors and everything, except there is no floor. For years we have just had loose dirt in the coop but this year I desparetly want to change that so that cleaning is easyer and to also keep rodents out of the...
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    Pics of the Flock enjoying a short week of warm weather :)

    Hello everyone! These are just some pictures of the flock I have left after this winter, enjoying the spring weather and soft dirt! Due to a sudden and very serious snow storm that hit us in october on holloween, I lost half my flock. It happened late afternoon, the storm grew faster than I...
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