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    What kind of worm is THAT?!?! (warning: poop pic)

    I noticed this little pullet was under the weather and brought her in. I found THIS in her poop. Holy wow, is that a worm? And if so, what kind?! It's so big it looks like she swallowed and pooped out an earthworm whole! I treat my flock regularly for worms and have never seen any actual...
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    Straw Bales Gardens and Pests

    I'd like to try a straw bale garden this year, and was wondering if you guys know of an organic method of handling one of my biggest enemies... the dastardly shield bug... without destroying the bacterial growth in the composting straw. Would cedar mulch help any?
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    Wry Neck - Best Braces

    I just picked up a special needs chick with wryneck. Before anybody goes down that road, I believe in culling only as a last resort, when the bird gives up the fight and stops eating and drinking and trying to insure its own survival. This, however, is not a discussion for culling preferences...
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    Wing Feathering

    I've been haching some eggs from a Cream Legbar hen, who is currently dating a pure Cream Legbar, a white Ameraucana (probably EE, but breeder said Ameraucana, and has Ameraucana traits), and a pure Swedish Flower Hen. Every once in a blue moon I get a chick with these wonky wing feathers...
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    Chick Vent Badly Swollen, Graphic Pic - Please Help

    This Minorca chick is a couple of weeks old, and I noticed this swelling of her vent. That whitish cap on the top won't wash off, and the skin around this swelling is red and raw, almost like the skin ruptured and the cap is the actual skin while beneath that is the underlying tissue. Her...
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    Hatchling Bloody Umbilical - Help Please

    I'm worried about this hatchling. She hatched on her own, but left a puddle of blood and has more bloody tissue than I'm used to seeing. Should I just keep her in the bator until it falls off, or does this look like something more serious? Thank you in advance for your help.
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    New Brinsea Octagon 20 - Turner Help Please

    I just received my new Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance with the automatic turner, and I'm totally boggled by how these connecting rods are supposed to work. I slid them into place and started tightening the screws, but the screws won't tighten all the way and they do absolutely NOTHING to cause the...
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    EE Gender Help Please!

    I have four that I'm unsure of. The first white one is around 16 weeks, and the same day I groaned when I saw what look like pointed saddle feathers I also found a blue egg in the nesting boxes. I have NO other colored egglayers in that pen at point of lay, so I'm really confused. The other...
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    Ongoing Hatchling Deaths, Please Help

    I received a beautiful pair of Buff Brahma Bantam, but got them out of bad circumstances, and illness was involved when I received them. Theyre both very healthy now, but I've been trying to hatch their chicks, and it's been a nightmare. I have no problems like this with the other eggs I...
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    Eye Wounded, Please Help

    My sweet Isbar got a scratch on her eye. I separated her and the EE she was confined with, but the EE got out of her tub and into the Isbar's tub, and this is the result. I believe that black mass is the swelling and scab that had been forming on her original scratch, but it's possible actual...
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    Thermometer - Wide Range, Tracking - Advice Pleeeeeease!

    For hobbyists who work with thermometers in non-incubator situations, I need a thermometer that tracks both the temperature inside a water environment through a sensor, as well as the room temperature where the unit is hanging, and will record a limited history of temperatures at intervals. The...
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    Auctioneer Said Araucana - But is it?

    This gorgeous boy was last bird up at a local poultry auction. The auctioneer said he's Araucana, but I wouldn't have a clue. I just know he's beautiful and nobody wanted him, so I got him for $4.50. I know the pose won't make it easy, but I wasn't expecting to bring home another roo, so I have...
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    please help - Hatchling can't stand

    The yellow Isbar chick in this pic hatched 18 hours ago. I just got home from work and transferred it from the incubator to the brooder box. The problem is, it can't seem to stand. It does this thing where it pedals its feet rapidly and scoots around a bit, then rests. The chick was from a...
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    23rd Day Detached Air Cell

    I'm trying to hatch some SGD and Isbar eggs. I knew chance of hatch was low, especially on the Isbars, since they were shipped and every air cell was completely detached. I have one SGD with no action at all from the others on the 23rd day, and I was convinced I had lost all the rest, so I...
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    7 wk Bar Rock and Buff Orp

    I thought they were girls, but I'm starting to worry they're boys. The Barred Rock had a very defined white thumbprint on its head as a hatchling. What do you guys think?
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    Reducing Humidity

    I'm incubating in a Little Giant, and I can't get the early humidity below 50%. Shouldn't it be somewhere around 30%? I know it needs to be higher at lockdown, but I'm worried that the air cells won't grow enough. We're raining here right now, so it may be a futile attempt. Are there tips to...
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    Organic Resources on BYC?

    This forum is the most amazingly helpful resource, and I have read hundreds of pages since I joined just a few weeks ago. I've been picking up fantastic tips on care and have been trying to keep a list, but it grows and grows, and I have them scattered in multiple formats on different devices...
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