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    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Hatching Eggs

    High quality fertile Blue Laced Red Wyandotte hatching eggs. Marked, dated, and turned daily. Eggs ship weekly (eggs are 1-7 days old). Great layers, good in cold and warm climate, dual-purpose breed for meat and eggs. Friendly and personable hens make great lawn ornaments because they are so...
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    Hen with large squishy abscess(?) on her abdomen

    3 year old Welsummer has a large bulge on her abdomen below her vent. It almost looks egg shaped and sized, but it is very soft when I press on it. There are no feathers left on it and it's big, so I think she must have had it for a while and I feel awful about that! The featherless skin is...
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    Pine pole peelings as coop flooring in muddy PacNW

    We have the opportunity to get a truckload of pine wood pole peelings, which are large wood chips shaved off trees to form telephone poles. They are untreated free scraps. I'm curious if anyone has done this before, and what potential problems might come from using this as flooring in the coop...
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    Turkey poults dying

    I ordered midget white turkey poults from Mcmurray hatchery. They were shipped on Tuesday and supposed to arrive Thursday, but they didn't. After talking to the hatchery on Thursday and Friday, it was determined that they were shipped to the wrong place. They went from Idaho to Florida, and...
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    Baby chick with eyelid problem

    This Faverolles chick is 1.5 weeks old and has some kind of problem with one of it's eyelids. None of the other chicks have this. I am wondering if it is genetic, or possibly an injury - maybe it got pecked by a bigger hen? After these photos, I tried to gently apply some triple...
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    Newcastle-Bronchitis Vaccine questions

    I am planning to vaccinate my current batch of chicks with the Newcastle-Bronchitis Vaccine, in addition to Marek's vaccine which all my poultry have received. I recently had a chick die of repertory issues (see symptoms in thread here) and most of the symptoms match with infectious bronchitis...
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    Squeaking with each breath

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) 3 Wyandotte chicks, 6 weeks old, I haven't weighed them but they feel similar in weight. 1 is more feathered than the others making it look larger. 2 of 3 chicks are affected. 2) What is...
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    Egg eater

    alright, I need some help because I think I may have to cull this egg eater. I don't know what else to do. I have 2 fake ceramic eggs in each nest box. I have a black copper Marans who REALLY enjoys eating eggs. She initially ate 2 or 3 that I knew of, but it makes me wonder if it was going on...
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    Power supply for cooler incubator

    I am starting to put the pieces together to build a cooler incubator! I have a question about the power supply / converter / inverter I should use. I see from this wonderful article that I should be using a 120v input 12v DC output inverter. I have 2 possible choices, but neither of them say...
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    Question about genetics, deformities & line breeding

    Looking for a knowledgeable genetic / breeding expert to give me some advice! A couple of chicks I have are showing slight deformities of the skull. The beak starts to turn towards the right around the nostril area. So far, the top and bottom beaks are growing together and not apart (scissor...
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    Chick straining & crying when pooping, had pasty but, maybe slight prolapse?

    I have a chick who was shipped to me with pasty butt. She is 1 week old, and I have had her for 6 days now. There was a pasty blockage, but I cleaned it and opened the vent area straight away. She continued to strain when pooping, barely anything would come out (small diameter). She also cries...
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    Welsummer Cockerels (Oregon) 14wks

    Hello BYC! I have two 3.5 month old cockerels for sale near Forest Grove, Oregon. If you are relatively close I can drive to meet you, or I can also ship within the US (you pay shipping costs). They are both Welsummers from Channing Grisham / Lowell Barber lines originally. They are not from a...
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    Is this a slipped tendon?

    The first Faverolle to hatch had really messed up toes. I put chicken sandals on her when she was about 18 hours old. After that I started noticing she would lean to one side (left leg). I did the straight-leg and push on the tendon to try and see if she has a slipped tendon (right leg). For...
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    Blood or lining?

    I have 5 week old chicks on medicated feed. First photo is from 2 days ago, second photo is from today, I think from different chicks but same age. Is this enough to be concerned about? I know they can shed intestinal lining, but not sure what normal looks like. help?
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    Strange Poop - Disentegrated?

    Can anyone help identify the cause of this poop?
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    Panting, tail down, lethargic - not egg bound. Help!

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Black Australorp, 7 mos, weight seems average 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Sunday: somewhat lethargic, but still getting around free ranging. Sometimes sleeping standing up. Tail...
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    Sluggish Chicken

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    Bullying, Bathing, Runts, and Handling Hens

    Hello all, I am brand new to chicken farming and have several noob questions, I hope you don't mind! First, here are the girls: Left to right: Rosé, dark beaked Barred Rock. friendly girl (the late) Beyonce, my beautiful Black Australorp who sadly passed away :( Rick Ross (Barred Rock), the...
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