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    chick with scabbed knees

    I have a baby chick that somehow managed to scab her knees. now she cant walk right and her legs pull inward like they have dried into a position that she can't walk. any idea what I can do and how to fix it? Anything I can do for her pain? I am new to chicks please help me out if if you can.
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    chick stuck inside zipped egg

    Ok question for you guys. I have a chick that was zipped for a day but couldn't get out. I tried to help it out and the yolk was dried up and acting as a glue to keep the chick in. She had sores from trying to yank away from the egg...What could have caused this? Shouldn't the yolk have been...
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    what is Goldy?

    I got her from a guy that didn't know what she is. She still has not laid an egg for me and she was supposedly hatched in February. I think She looks like an Ameracuana but not sure...she has grey feet. What do you guys think? What breed would you think? Should I be worried if she's not laying...
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    baby chicks scalped

    I was picking up eggs from a local breeder when I saw these two one day old chicks. The mother had scalped them. Do you think they will survive? I ended up taking them home....bleeding heart that I am.
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    Incubator at 109

    My fiance thought he was helping by turning up the incubator for me...It got up to 109 before I noticed. It could have been like that for an hour or only a few minutes....Do you guys think I should toss them and start over? I am so heart broken :( I paid a lot of money for some of those eggs. I...
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    little giant ...humidity

    How can you tell what the humidity is? Do you have to buy something for that?
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    incubator question

    How long does your incubator need to be on before adding the eggs? I'm a newbie to this and I want to make sure I'm doing things right. I want to ship some eggs but my incubator comes in the mail tomorrow. I can't read the directions because I don't know what brand the feed store ordered for me...
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    nesting box question

    We are in the process of building nesting boxes...will they use the nesting boxes if they are not inside the hen house? they will look like this....
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    my rooster is not crowing...

    he's around 9 months and has not crowed. He is the only rooster in the flock and is the quietest out off all my chickens. Is this normal? He is already having fun with the ladies and has been for a while so I'm a little floored by it. I like that he's not loud but never heard of this before...
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    boy or girl?

    is this a boy or a girl? We are strongly hoping this is a girl however this is my first batch of babies and I can't tell. It is 10 weeks old.
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    question about worming

    I have three RIR's that I purchased and have just realized are emaciated. I have no idea whether it's from worms or from improper feeding. I do know that they were in very tight quarters before I got them. I went to the feed store to get advice (and wrote on here as well) I want to treat them...
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    chickens too thin

    I am new to having chickens so please bare with me. I just bought 3 Hens (Rhode Island Reds) I picked one up and realized she has absolutely no meat on her chest. It's all bone. He was feeding them chicken scratch and that's all. I don't know if this is normal. Am I feeding them correctly? I...
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