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    Egg Bound?

    I have a Khaki Campbell, 1-2 yrs old that I just acquired. She was acting egg bound so I soaked her fanny in warm water, lubed her up in the vent with vaseline. I could feel the egg at that time. It felt soft. I did not manipulate it or try to work it out. I put her in a bunny cage with water...
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    New Babies in the Chicken yard-HELP

    I have a Muscovy whose eggs started hatching today. She laid them in the lower part (on the ground) inside my Catabwa Chicken coop. Some of my hens roost in the upper part at night and use the nesting boxes during the day. Should I close the Muscovy in and expect the chickens to lay and roost...
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    Duck Posturing very strange

    I have a Khaki Campbell female, about 9-10 months old. She was displaying some really strange posturing today and I thought perhaps she was egg bound. I soaked her in a warm water bath, lubed up a finger and went in. I didn't feel an egg, and there was no evidence of yolk that would indicate...
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    Need advise ASAP!!! Losing a guinea a night to something!

    We have something taking out our guineas, one each night. I have a trap set below the tree they roost in, but have not caught anything. They always roost in the same tree so I'm wondering if removing that tree would force them to another roosting area, and thus, hopefully spare the few that are...
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    IT"S NOT WRY NECK!

    I have a chicken, cockerel to be exact. He's 10 weeks old now. I got him from well intended neighbors that tried to incubate for the first time but didn't turn the egg. He has a neck that is "S" shaped. It curves down, to the left and then right. He tries to hold his head up but cannot get it up...
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    Did not want Roosters

    So, my neighbor tried incubating a few eggs and didn't take the time to rotate them as needed for proper development. One hatched and she asked me to take care of it while they were on vacation.He was deformed in the shell and has a crooked neck. Think of Igor and he walks like him too. HE is...
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    Hens laying eggs in woods

    We recently upgraded the area our chickens are allowed to roam and some of it includes a wooded area. The problem is, they have taken up laying eggs under thick brush out in the woods. The worst part is, we are inundated with poison ivy and I'm highly allergic. I'm treating outbreak number 5...
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    Prednisilone

    I got some prednisolone from the vet for one of my cats. It was doing nothing to improve his condition. Can I use this on my wry neck chick? Chick is 7 days old. Been doing polyvisol, vit e, selenium, hand feeding and watering. If I can use the prednisilone, what doseage?
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    Crooked neck Chick

    My neighbor deiced to try incubating her chicken eggs and first time out they have a crooked neck chick. She said the apparently didn't turn them like they were supposed to. So, I'm chick sitting while they're out of town. I've had this little sweetie since last Thursday, the 20th. It hatched on...
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    Fermented Feed

    I just started fermenting my chicken feed. I had to stop the free feeding because every critter within a 10 mile radius thought we had a free buffet going and invited all their friends, and relatives. Anyway, I have 10 hens, 5 in each of two coop/runs. They DO NOT get along. So, how much feed...
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    Blind chick?

    I purchased 5 Americaunas from a friend that hatches them. Four of them are active, growing and seem to be just fine. I have one from this group that has not grown a bit. They are currently 2 weeks old. The bigger ones are feathering nicely. This poor little one is not only about 1/2 their size...
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    Sick little keet

    Need some advice...One of my keets (6 weeks old) was sitting in the bottom of the coop all alone last night in a little ball. I took it out and put it in a tote with a light, food, electrolyte enhanced water and a towel to sleep on. Very lethargic last night. More active today and ate a few...
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    When to give keets greens

    I have keets that are about 5 weeks old and already in their coop for the past week. They are able to get to the grassy areas and I'm sure they're eating the greenery. I have kale, collards and spinach in my garden. Since they have pretty much destroyed the grassy area they are in is it okay to...
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    Composting Issues

    So I've had my girls for about 11 weeks now. I had started a compost bin recently when we moved out to the country but it was pretty new so it didn't look like much. Since getting the chickens (and now some guinea hens) I have been putting their bedding of pine shavings and newspaper (all...
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    I call it "The Triple C Ranch"

    Hi everyone. I've been reading so much great stuff on BYC that I had to join! I'm from the great state of Wisconsin but currently live in North Carolina, near Raleigh, on a little two acre spread we just bought in the country about eight months ago. I got my first small group of chickens about...
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