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    Could my flock had Marek's and have no symptoms?

    I sold a young rooster to someone in February. They recently texted me to let me know that he died and the vet who did the necropsy said it was Marek's (No PCR test). Their flock is small and was vaccinated, so it's assumed by the vet the Marek's originated in my flock. I was shocked because I...
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    Can trauma cause crossbeak?

    Two months ago I has a chick that was attacked by her mother as soon as she hatched. Below's a picture of Frankenchick's injuries on one side of her head a couple days after the attack. When I rescued her from her mother, she had blood coming out of her nostrils along with pretty much being...
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    3rd day of lethargy, now with diarrhea

    Thursday I noticed Ducky, a blue Marans hen, was not feeling herself. She's doesn't stand hunched up, but she's less active than usual and doesn't seem as interested in eating. She is eating and drinking, but I she doesn't gobble up scratch feed like usual. It's not unusual for her to not be...
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    8 week old Blue Laced Red Wyandottes gender guesses?

    I have three Wyandottes left after getting rid of one that was obviously a rooster. That guy had serious wattles and comb at three weeks, and was pretty full of himself. That leaves me with three, one I'm pretty sure is a girl and two I'm hoping are. They're now eight weeks. Chick 1 Chick...
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    Marans and Marans/Game gender guesses?

    We have one full Marans and three Marans/Game crosses who are just shy of five weeks old now, and I was wondering if anyone could help up out with gender guesses. The mothers of three were given to us as "Game hens," so I don't really know what they are. The Marans--loves fighting with...
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    Chick with swollen hock and a limp.

    The 16th-18th we had some chicks hatch early in the incubator. Two came out with what we assumed were splay leg, though one only had trouble walking after being put on newspaper for a few minutes (lesson learned). So we braced their legs and prayed a lot. St. Patrick the Chick is, as far as I...
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    One Cold Chicken

    In a flock of nine, I have one hen that doesn't seem to tolerate the cold as well as the others. I'm in central Alabama, which means we're getting the rare night in the upper teens and not getting above forty during the day, but most the weather has been twenties and thirties as a low with a...
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    Newbie from Ala!

    First off, Backyard Chickens has been my go to place for chicken advice since before we got chickens this summer, and it was an awesome place for answers during our first hatch. We had eggs in the incubator and a few under a broody hen. All I knew about chickens was from when I was a kid...
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