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  1. mamaj323

    chicken mystery death. *graphic pics*

    This morning Lumpy was acting normal. About1:30 pm she was laying on the coop floor. She got up when I came in, but I scooped her up anyways. I could tell something was off. She wasn't fluffed up but seemed tired. I checked her vent and it was normal. Felt her abdomen and it was normal. Checked...
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    Broody mama tried to ditch her 5 week old babies.

    It didn't work! LOL! They used the nesting boxes as a step to jump to the highest roost to join her! I have a few older girls a bit miffed that their spot is occupied!
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    support needed. :(

    I have a 5 week old severely hooked beak baby. I have trimmed weekly and filed it. I have pavers and rocks out for her to file on her own too. I have tried hand feeding and syringe feeding. But the deformity is just too great and she is starving. Her eyes are closing and her wings are drooping...
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    Day old can't walk and mom sucks.

    My broody's hatch day is tomorrow but one of her two eggs hatched this morning. I came home just now and saw mom out in the run with the other hens. I checked the coop and found this little one under the nesting boxes buried in straw. I grabbed her and snuggled her to warm her up. I notice now...
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    Adding babies... kind of...

    So I have 21 three week olds in a brooder coop in a sectioned off part of my run. I have a mama hen with 6 one week olds. The one week old have been out with mama for 5 days and the three week olds ventured outside two days ago. Both are small enough to run back and forth between sections and...
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    Can I process?

    I had a girl get trapped under a shallow tub that I was using as a foot bath for them. She could only have been under there for 15 min tops since that is how long it was in the run. She didn't make it. Is it safe for me to process her so that her life wasn't wasted?
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    broody question

    My BO has been on eggs for 10 days. Today she broke the last and only viable egg. Can I give her new eggs today or has she been sitting too long to complete a hatch?
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    Lonely egg?

    Hi guys! I have 2 broodys. Gloria went first and I set her up with 8 eggs in a large dog crate in the coop. She's a happy chicken on day 12. A couple days later Lexi joined her in broodiness. I have tried to move her multiple times and ways to a more sectioned off space and she houdinis her way...
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    corid question

    I know that there is a strain of cocci around as last time I got chick's we had an outbreak. I currently have 21 new chicks in the brooder. My question is, should I do preventative dosing when I move them to the yard or do I just do full treatment right away? I don't want to wait for symptoms to...
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    Hubby freaked me out!!!

    We had a dusting of snow this morning when I let our girls out. I went out a bit later to check for eggs and noticed that there was lots of "bloody" poop on that fresh snow! I flipped! I was checking everyone's bums and scouring the house for the Corid! I was out in the storm staring at them for...
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    Hiding eggs?

    My ladies have been laying for a few weeks now. For the past week I've noticed that one of my EEs jumps out the the run in the mornings. Today I saw she was missing and discovered her in some vines. When I went to put her back with her sisters I saw that she had a stash of six eggs! Is there a...
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    Limping :(

    Today I have noticed that my 24week Cuckoo Marans, Capt. Megasus (son named her), has a slight limp. It's not drastic, but its definitely a limp. I've checked her feet and there's no sign of bumble foot. Her joints aren't swollen and there is no heat. She laid today. Her crop feels like she's...
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    Rubber egg question

    My ladies are 23+ weeks. Two of my Cuckoo Marans are laying for sure. One dark brown egg, one light. Any day that I don't get a dark egg I find two soft rubber eggs, usually broken out of the boxes. My question is, is it possible for one hen to lay two rubber eggs at a time?
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    Will this be a problem?

    We got our first egg ever on last Wed. from one of our Cuckoo Marans. Pretty little dark egg. She laid four days in a row but the last two days nothing. I thought maybe I'd spruce up the nesting boxes for her as encouragement. :) When I went in the coop I discovered we have a new layer! Under...
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    Layer feed question.

    We ran out of our normal All-Flock feed yesterday so DH picked up a bag on his way home and fed the birds when he got home. Most of the ladies are 16 weeks old, the others 18 weeks. We also have a couple cockerels. Well, when I went out today to check on them I discovered that he had bought a...
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    12 weeks old and 20 degree temps

    My flock of 19 are now 12 weeks old. They have been without a heat lamp for a couple weeks now with lows in the 40 degree range. Tonight we have a cold front coming in that's supposed to drop temps into the low 20s. Will they be okay or should I turn the light back on for them?
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    First taste of freedom!

    Opened the pop door for our 3 week old babies today. After much trepidation fun was had by all! Thought I'd share.
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    Ameracauna or Easter Egger?

    I don't mind either way. The breeder said Ameracana but I know a lot call their EEs by that name. They were so pretty I couldn't resist. What do you think? [/IMG][/IMG]
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    Isolate?

    We have 13 chicks that are two weeks old. A local breeder had some hatch on the same day. We are considering getting a few from her and wondered if we should isolate them or put them in with the others. I know when you bring in a new adult chicken home that you do but wasn't sure on babies so...
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    Mellow baby or sick baby?

    Last night I went to check on my chicks before bed. I always talk when approaching the brooder but they usually scatter anyways. Well one of my BO just layed there. And let me pick her up! I put some crumbles in my hand and she ate and when I put her by the waterer she drank, but otherwise she...
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