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  1. Mama Bay

    Bumblefoot help hopefully nonsurgical

    I be watched many videos and read a lot but I really want to try not to be invasive. I got a hold of Lily when I noticed her limping and looks like she has it on both feet but the scabs do not look like the ones in videos. They look more like healed scabs and not really likeplugs you can press...
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    Sickness spreading through my 12 week olds

    One of my 12 week olds got a very puffy crop, lethargic and then died. Another is now lethargic and his vent was dirty so I washed him up and put him in a crate alone with vitamin water and scrambled eggs. Any ideas on what this might be? I initially thought capillary worms because my son...
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    Help with possible capillary worms

    What can I buy at tractor supply to treat capillary worms? One of my 12 week old's just died from it
  4. Mama Bay

    Broody with one 2.5 week old chick

    My broody hatched only One chick. I let them free range at the end of the day with the other big chickens and then usually put them back in the rabbit hutch they've been staying in. This evening when I went in to get her and the chick she had gone up to roost with the others with a little check...
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    12 week old white silkie

    This is my first silkie Cloud. Cloud is around 12 weeks old and in with 6-7 week olds. Cloud sometimes acts like a Cockeral and sometimes seems like a little mama so I'm confused. The kids have been calling him/her "mama roo" because it cries and fusses when separated from the other chicks in a...
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    Help with breed

    I bought 2 chicks that were suppose to be black Cochins and now they are both growing crests and I just noticed 1 has 5 toes on each foot... they are also turning a more mottled black and brown color. Any ideas on the mix? I'm thinking polish silkie or polish cochin mix maybe??
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    Cheapest easiest treatment for mites

    While observing my broody in the coop, I found myself covered in tiny mites! This is a first for us. This is our 4th year and the chickens free range and usually dust bathe regularly but we've had a ton of rain for the last couple of months... I have read some of the threads and a bunch of...
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    Help with a broody

    I need advice! I have a broody that has been sitting on eggs in the shed for 4 weeks now.... I don't think any chicks are hatching. I haven't tried but would like to move her to the coop and set her on some new eggs. Is that a good idea or should I leave her be until she figures out her eggs are...
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    For sale in South Jersey

    I have a number of roosters that need to go to new homes. I have too many! 1 Lavender Orpington 2 Lavender Orpington X Lavender Ameraucana 2 Lavender Ameraucanas 3 BCM X University of Arkansas Blues
  10. Mama Bay

    Swollen crop??

    Is this swollen crop? It' feels like a big water balloon. Any suggestions for helping this little one?
  11. Mama Bay

    What's wrong with this chicks foot??

    A week ago I found this 13 week old with a leg wound. So I put blue Kote on but that didn't seem to be working so I stopped and have been putting an antibiotic ointment. Any other suggestions??
  12. Mama Bay

    Urgent Help!!! How to get fluids in12 week old quick

    I just found a 12 week-old chick that disappeared a several days ago stuck behind the nest box shelf. She is very lethargic and must be very dehydrated but she is alive. I have been wetting her beak with vitamin water but she won't open her beak much and is too lethargic to get up and drink...
  13. Mama Bay

    What kind of guinea is this?

    It has blue eyes and a deep purple coming in on its chest.
  14. Mama Bay

    Is this a Guinea keet??

    Just found this baby wondering around the chicken run... I thought it was a turkey but just saw pics of guineas... Now I'm not sure.
  15. Mama Bay

    Lone Wild turkey chick

    I just found a wild turkey chick wandering around my chicken coop without it's mama... I fear a coyote or fox must've gotten her because I haven't ever seen the chick without the mama. I have it in a dog crate in the run does anyone know if I can raise it with my chicks? It will not last alone...
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    How to keep roosters

    I currently have 34 chickens all together in 1 coop and run. 10 are roosters but only 1 is an adult (and 7 adult hens)... The others are 11 and 10 weeks. Introducing the chicks to the coop went great however I am wondering how many roosters do I need to rehome? My big chickens free range and I...
  17. Mama Bay

    How many chickens can fit in my coop?

    My coops about 9'x9' and 12' tall with 3 roost bars and 9 nesting boxes. I have 8 adults in there now but I just bought 12 chicks and hatched 20. I am trying to decide on how many to keep or building another small coop... We have a nice sized run but they free range most of the time unless we...
  18. Mama Bay

    Homemade Incubator?

    Hi We just join the big "hatch along" and this will be our first attempt. My 16 year old wants to make a homemade incubator and he found some directions online. Has anyone had good luck with homemade or should I just buy one?
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    Is this 10 week old hen a rooster? It looks different from her sisters...

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