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    beak problems

    It recently occurred to me that I seem to be having many chicken related problems this year, but these things happen. I was just wondering if there was a cause for cross beaks? Like maybe a mineral deficiency or something? And the same for undershot beaks ( both birds are healthy otherwise)...
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    Chick not feathering out

    It's 35 mins till midnight here so I'll get photos posted tomorrow. I have a chick who looks the same now as it did 2 weeks ago, its barely grown or feathered out, it still has baby fuzz however its very thin baby fuzz and there isn't much of it, in fact my 2 day old chicks have more and better...
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    Help please. Chick folding its head underitself, running backwards

    Hi guys so I have a bit of a problem. I have one chick who was perfectly healthy yesterday, but now is tucking its head underneath itself, when it moves it runs backwards and falls over. It also seems to sleep a lot, well it looks like its sleeping. My other 63 chicks are fine, and not...
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    Chick walking on hocks

    Hi all, I have 19 chicks who are about 8 days old ( give or take due to delayed hatching) and all but one are doing fine. This one chick is quite large for a Silkie chick and originally it was up and moving about fine but in the last 2-3 days its started walking on its hocks and using its wings...
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    Brooder box with light and heat pad?

    I currently have a 112 litre plastic roller draw/bin for my brooder, and a 75 watt bulb above to warm the chicks, however It is to close to their heads for my liking and I am thinking of getting a small heat pad to put under the light just to boost the warmth up a bit. They are in the garage...
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    replacement rooster

    Were at the start of the breeding season and I have my first eggs in the incubator from my previous silkie boy however I recently replaced my black silkie boy for a new white one of different genetics to add more variation and new blood into my line. My black boy had a patched history with the...
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    How to nip egg eating in the bud

    Hi everyone, Although I have owned and bred chickens for over 14 years I have never had to deal with egg eaters before so I wouldn't have a clue, any suggestions? Background story About 2 weeks ago I was given/ I rescued a nice white Frizzle pullet from going to the curry farm, she isn't...
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    Buying an incubator

    Since moving out of my mothers I have lost both the use of the tunnel house ( my Silkies winter home, though I am about to start their new home which will replace the tunnel house) and the use of her many incubators of varying ages and qualities. While she has said she may lend me one of her 4...
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    Chicken Play ground

    Hi all, I am in the planning stages of a new coop ( a winter one to replace the I lost since moving house) and I am also planning on building a playground of sorts for my girls. Other than the usual perches/ ladders I am also thinking of semi buried tyres ( they love sitting on the tyres in...
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