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    2 month old chicks started dying

    i ordered banty cochins 2 months ago and they sent some baby barred rocks as fillers. Just yesterday some of them started dying. they are still on medicated feed and havent been on the ground yet. Their poop is turning a reddish brown and they get a little droopy looking. i dont know what...
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    donna crawford

    I have three 3month old pure standard cochin roosters that i hatched out of eleven in an incubator from my own chickens. I would like to get homes for two of the roosters, they are very nice and gentle I hate to part with them, but cant have too many roosters. . I would like them to go to a...
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    attacking year old cochin rooster

    I have been reading a lot of the posts on mean roosters and i am having a problem with a year old cochin,, i have two roosters and the one is gentle and minds his business. The golden cochin is a pretty guy, but he is getting meaner and untrustworthy. He has flogged my grown daughter and also...
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    cochin hen large swollen belly

    One of my black cochin hens looked ill last night and today i left them out a while and in doing so i picked her up and on her belly there is a very large red swollen area. i dont see a wound. she drank and ate a little today, it almost has the appearance of some of the photos i have seen of...
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    3 day old chick, legs no better at wits end,nerves shot

    i have posted about this baby chick earlier . I really dont know if she has splay legs or what is going on at this point, but i am desperate. i did the tape thing and now have her in the orthopedic chair sling. i tried the pipe cleaners also today with the chair. her legs are worse looking...
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    problems with last three baby peeps really need advice

    I am a little desperate at this point. the last three peeps to hatch have leg problems. one has two splay legs and two have one splay leg. i tried the bandaid thing . but they either flog around or are just sitting on their hocks they dont try to stand.. i just dont know what to do. I...
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    new babies

    well it is day 23 and last night four more baby cochins hatched in the new incubator. I lost the one i tried to help and then one was just broke through the egg, just the beak sticking out, seemed ok at first but then started a gasping type of breathing. I kept my hands to myself, but it did...
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    problem with a hatching peep

    I purchased an incubator and put some of the eggs from my cochin chickens in, today is day 22 and several eggs started moving a couple days ago. two have hatched and two more are at this moment. my problem is with one of the active moving eggs, it hasnt moved for two days and no pipping or...
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    coccidiosis

    Okay i just checked this little sick chicken very well underneath around the vent. even though the poop that is on the paper is formed and looks quite normal this little chicken is very wet on those feathers, now what would she still have diarrea i know i spelled that wrong. should i give...
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    I think my little chicken is about done for

    one of the little bantys i got on monday is on her way out i am afraid. I knew the two had something wrong and i felt bad for them and bought them at an auction. they were both droopy and emaciated. nothing is working for the smallest. I just got the baby parrot food today and tried that...
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    hen with bad leg i need advice

    I have a cochin hen about 4 or 5 i posted about her and another probem last night. She was fine coming out of the coop and later could not walk; Tonight I checked each leg carefully and on the bad side where the upper leg joins the body it feels like it is not in socket either that or it is...
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    two pathetic youngsters

    My other problem I brought on myself as i went to an auction where there is a guy who brings young chickens turkeys etc. I saw some young banty types two of which did not look good. I got them as i felt bad for them and figured i would try to doctor them and give them a chance. They are...
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    two problems

    first , I have 7, 4 or 5 year old full size cochin hens. I let them out most days to free range in the yard. Later i saw one that seemed to be dusting herself, which they do often now that they are in molt. Later i went out and she was in a different spot but on her side. I went over to...
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    bald neck

    when is was at an animal auction they had a couple chickens that looked exactly like silkies but they had no feathers on their neck. I did not here what they called them. does any one know anything about them. donna
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    cochin chickens

    think i may have posted this question in the wrong place before. Does anyone know anybody in Pa. near lancaster pa. that may have cochin chickens for sale . I just want a couple and possibley a rooster. thanks donna
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    cochin chickens

    i live in Pa. does anyone know of anybody that sells standard size cochin chickens near Lancaster Pa. ? I would like to get a couple to add to my six cochins i have. donna
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    dead hen

    today when i left my cochin hens out of their pen to free range, I noticed that one was missing I had 4 blues and 3 buffs. I checked in the chicken coupe thinking she was maybe laying an egg. Well I found her on the floor dead. These hens are about 3 years old. I have not noticed any of them...
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    young silkie seems ill

    I puchased 2 young silkies which are probably about 3 months old. One is not eating well and has droopy wings. The other is doing fine. The droopy one is extremely thin . I have had them about three weeks. I purchased a supplement today and got some feed that is medicated as the other i...
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    my frizzle hen died and want to thank you for help

    My little hen died and I do want to thank those who responded to my post, especially dlhunicorn who had responded faithfully to my concerns. This is a great site and has many nice people and I have used it over the years many times. Again thank you . Never figured out what her problem was and...
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    I think my frizzle hen is going to die

    I have another post on my frizzle hen. I fed her by hand last night mostly chicken feed made into a mash. Today she did poop, which she hadn't been doing and it looks normal . She looks like she is going to die though, won"t drink or get up , just laying there. I don't know what else to do...
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