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    Newly hatched chick with yolk sack hanging out..what do I do?

    Hello- I have a newly hatched chick with the yolk sack hanging out. I've read to just leave it alone and it will absorb back in, and I have read to cauterize it. I read a post where the sack burst. So considering the size...what would be the best route to save the chickee? thx so much- juleeque
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    Deformed legs

    Hello, I have a little RIR that had deformed legs. I think he had splay(?) legs, but I didn't notice it til it was too late. His one leg sticks out to the side and a little to the back. The knee (?) bone is large, and thick and his little toes just kinda jiggle. His other leg is kinda...
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    Lockdown and eggs getting bumped...

    Hello all, as we are into another batch of hatching I keep coming up with the same questions, but always forget to ask. Today I remembered!:wee 1- When I take the eggs out of the turner, I have to take the lid off. Will the cooler temps kill the chicks? Especially when its full of eggs, it...
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    The girls are eating like no tomorrow!!

    I don't understand why my hens (approx 35) are eating so much! My girls free range and get laying pellets. But I'm going through at least 2-3x as much food as I was. They have full crops and are still looking for more food. I don't want to overfeed them, but could this be a sign of worms? I have...
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    What is this?!?!

    Wasn't sure how to post this title in this forum. This is one of my Delaware's and she has this growth?? just below her vent towards her stomach. It is very soft and spongy/jelly, like a soft squishy baggie. It has 3 ???...looks like fat globules(pic 1,3)??? on the side, and there is one small...
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    Bathing Chicks?

    Well I am sending in more questions asking for advice for my "kiddies"..... Can I bathe my chickens? Like, put them in a tub and wash them sort of like I bathe my dog? I have some white hens that look very dirty, and a couple hens that have poopy bottoms. Can I trim their nails too? For the...
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    breeding question

    Hello all, I have a question on breeding. I have a roo that I like his coloring and a hen I Ilke her laying and personality and I have them in a coop to breed. But as far as I can see (which isn't all the time) they have not bred. I'd like to use the coop now for other birds, is there anyway to...
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    how to tell what chicks will look like????

    If I have a solid black hen (which is a cross between an EE roo and barred rock hen) and a roo (which is a cross between an EE roo and Delaware), what would the chicks look like?
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    could someone answer a question on breeding?

    I have two roosters, and I wanted to breed one of my hens to roo #2, but roo #1 got loose and got to her before I could isolate roo #2 & the hen. So I've read that the hens are fertile for approx 3 weeks. If I put this hen with roo #2 now and they do their business, will the offspring be from...
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    True Breeding Ameraucanas ....or are they Easter Eggers???

    Hello, I bought a couple chicks a couple years ago and am now learning about true breeding. But after reading about all the genes and all, am still confused. Lemme throw out my question... I bought a couple unrelated Ameraucana chicks a couple years ago. And have just started breeding the hen...
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    Need advice ASAP!- Roo tore comb 1/2 way off hen and...

    it won't stop bleeding. The comb is flapping in her face, but still attached. She keeps shaking her head and making it bleed alot. I currently have her isolated in a box in house. I don't know if I should cut it off (ewww) or ??? I would say there is approx 1/2" torn of the base of her head...
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    Is this caused by mites/lice?

    chick is 3 weeks old, none of the other chicks have this. Is this lice?mites? or ???
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    New Chicks and one has a crooked neck....

    I had some chicks hatch out almost a week ago and one of them has a crooked neck. She started out with a crooked neck and a bum leg that stood straight out. But she has since strengthened the leg most of the way and gets around ok. But the neck is in an S shape. She looks over her left...
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    eggs hatching past 21 days

    Hello, I am still a new bee, but my hen went broody and hatched some eggs. But she stayed on nest. From what I've read here, some have dismissed eggs past 21 days as duds....well she kept sitting, so I let her....she ended up hatching eggs (which I was absolutely positive of the dates) around...
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    Hen's Abdomen Like a Giant Water Balloon Ready to Pop....

    My Ameraucana hen's abdomen is like a giant water balloon ready to pop. It is soft, but at the same time hard. (she is hard to catch so I don't know how long she's been like this. She and my other Ameraucana hen stopped laying eggs about 5-6 months ago. I may get one on a rare occasion....that...
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    Need Realistic and Educated Answers to Coop Expansion....

    Hello all. I am still a bit new to keeping chickens but have jumped in "full body!!"...a bit of a background is that we currently have 10 hens and 2 young roos. Currently I have 2 broody hens (Delawares) sitting on a bunch of fertile eggs from my niece. We have just hatched 5 and 1 more should...
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    Looking for learning advice on eggs, broody, mating and such....

    Hello all....If I could ask some more questions on the subject of eggs/hatching/mating and such...I looked at many other posts, but still have questions.... I have my second broody hen, the first hatched eggs that were given to me. Of those eggs that hatched, I got two roosters, and they are...
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    Hens turn 24 weeks this mo

    so will they start laying this month or will they wait till spring? I live in SW arkansas, so it's not a frigid cold winter...
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    RIP my beautiful Eenee--but can anyone shed any light as to why????

    My golden ameraucana Eenee (part of Eenee meenee minee mo) died tonight...if anyone could shed any light on what it might have been, or maybe what I could have done???? She laid an egg this am, nothing out of the norm there Her crop wasn't overly full or soft Her feet, comb, eyes, nose, vent...
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    I have baby chicks....now what should I expect?.....

    My buff was broody for a couple months, and no matter what I did (from ideas on this site) she would not break, so I had a friend give me 5 fertile eggs, all 5 hatched, but 1 died. So now they are 2 weeks old. Mama is a very good mama, and makes sure the other hens keep away. I have the mama...
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