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    Chick with Open Beak, How will it eat? - Photo!

    This little guy was hatched this way, in the photo below, it it the chick in the front, the chick in the back has a normal beak. The bottom of it's beak has a downward curve which prevents it from eating or drinking. Not sure if anyone has ever had a chick like this or how to help it eat and...
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    2 Yr Old Roo (Silkie) Walking Backwards

    Yesterday my husband treated our silkie pen with Wazine 30 ml per gallon of water for 48 birds. Today, all are fine except for our 2 yr old blue splash roo, who is crunched down and walking backwards. He has no injuries with his neck, we have checked him over and over. One other thing that I...
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    Just curious, what do you all do when someone keeps dumping chickens on your property? Maybe no one else has this problem, but we sure do. Someone dumped 2 New Hampshire Reds off sometime today, one has a really bad neck injury, you can see the spine. But it's running around like nothing is...
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    Chick Hatched with LARGE Lump on Head??

    Hi Everyone, This chick just hatched (within the last half hour), it is a Splash Silkie. Has anyone every had a chick with a large bump on the head hatch before (as shown in photos below)? Anyone know what it is? The chick is acting normal, chirping and lifting it's head and trying to look...
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    Young Rooster Turning in Circles

    About 7 weeks ago we had a Serama hatch in our incubator, along with about a dozen others. All the chicks were fine except this one. He goes in circles all the time, he's doing fine otherwise, but he never out grew the circling. We actually named him "Circle"! I've never had this happen in all...
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    Guinea's Attacking My Chickens

    Hi Everyone, We have had 2 female guinea's on the property for a couple of months now, all has been fine, calm. All of a sudden our guinea's are attacking our other birds! They beat up our only Rhode Island Red rooster and we now have him safely tucked away. But today the guinea's started...
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    Chick hatched with eyelids sealed shut? *Pic*

    Hi Everyone, Been a long time since I've posted to this board (I mostly read), but I'm in a situation where I desperately need your advice. Yesterday we had a chick hatch under her momma, it is a Malaysian Serama. We noticed that it was acting funny, so we pulled the chick out. The chick...
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    Silkie Pecking at Air?

    Hi Everyone, Emma (my daughter's pet) was doing great until she ended up in the ducks pool. This was several weeks ago. She wasn't in there for even a minute before my daughter pulled her out. We brought her into the house and dried her off and warmed her up. Ever since this incident, she...
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    Chickens becoming maim - Updated!

    I could sure use some advice. Right now I have a Polish Rooster who is maim (sp?) and has a healthy appetite and is drinking fine. He can't seem to use his legs, this is the 2nd chicken that ended up like this. They were hatched in May of this year. I have him in a small cage on our kitchen...
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