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    Beak growth after injury

    So Jazz here is a found chicken. No idea on age or breed just that she's been here 3 to 4 months now. When I found her her to beak was clearly clipped very short. It has grown some but not a ton. She's eating well and all that but still has moments of frustration with the lack of it. Any...
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    2nd sick chicken-wobbly, swollen comb and legs and feet

    Okay. So a few weeks ago a little found bird I had started favoring a leg. Eventually couldn't walk. Then couldn't pass poop and died. We believed a tumor. But the day after she died one of my 2 year old birds that I got as a chick started being slightly wobbly. So I dewormed the flock...
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    Breed guesses for a found chicken

    Good evening. This is Jazz. She (I am pretty sure) was picked up outside the studio I assist teach dance at. She's severely under weight and probably molting (or at some point many of her feathers were removed). She's had her break clipped as well I'm hoping to identify possible breeds to...
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    Help identifying breed and sex of found chicken

    Hi! So I found this chicken. So I can't tell you how old it might be. Things I know. It clucks and sings the danger song like a champ. It's VERY flighty. It's very much bantam sized. I'm not sure it's ever been cooped up a day on it's life. And this thing has great vertical.... And was at one...
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    Is this lavender orphinton a pullet?

    Acquired on Sept 13th. Definitely had some sort of respiratory illness so is a little slow growing. I'm very confused by the tail.... I've never owned a lavender Orphington.... I mean the comb and wattles aren't much bigger than the buff's I. But we have this very upright tail that is getting...
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    How long will a chick look for mom (broody hen died)

    On saturday we gave my broody 1 year old hen a single day old chick as we legally could only pen 1 more. Today sometime between 830am and noon she very suddenly passed away suddenly. I know the chick can't be alone so I ran out and got a second chick. Before I brought the other baby home there...
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    Broody hen attacking chick (but only if she sees her)

    So I have a hen that's been broody for a good while. Breaking her want working so I found a pretty young baby for $1 at tractor supply and figured if she was that desperate it would be great. Well last night in the middle of dark I went out. Now she initially freaked out but once baby was under...
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    Cece or Cecil? Big attitude small silkie

    So I think this little one is about 12 weeks old.... It's recovering from a major injury but I was hoping to get some guesses. It's a feed store silkie not from a breeder It has a HUGE attitude it did walk right up to one of my hens and start pecking. So I'm leaning towards boy. But so the...
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    Silkie Missing LOTS of skin AND sour crop help please? *cw Graphic photo of wound*

    Okay so I am being the hospital wing for a friend. A little silkie ended up with a large injury we aren't entirely sure how but I'm guessing it was probably chickens think chicken is delicous. She gave me a solution of bleach, baking soda and water to rinse it with and some neosporin when I...
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    Help me with my temporary duckie

    So I'm a chicken mom. I have no ducks. However yesterday someone in my very urban neighborhood posted that someone's duck was loose. Being that I know there are dogs foxes coyotes and cars/people about I couldn't just leave it wander. So Esmeralda came to my house. I'm not equipped for a duck...
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    Is this chick okay in there? (1 loud peep and rock then nothing)

    I had 7 Bantam mix in blue eggs make it to day 18. I put them in lockdown at 100.3 and 63% humidity. 1 chick hatched sometime around 11pm Tuesday (day 19). This morning while observing a pip in a different egg. Egg #6 make the loudest peep from in an egg I've ever heard. Rocked hard enough to...
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    Small air cell and hatching mat questions

    So I am not a very experienced or a very successful chicken hatcher, but this hasn't stopped me from trying for a 3rd time. I currently have 8 eggs that managed to develop (the others I need to discuss with the seller, they weren't shipped but probably cold damaged). They are bantam eggs on...
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    Speculate: who is the mommy? (for my kids)

    Okay so this little lovey hatched on April 4th. And I know it doesn't really matter who was her mom... but I have an 8 year old girl and a 6 year old girl and they INSIST that I be able to tell them which one of the older hens laid the egg that hatched this one... We believe its a pullet (11...
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    Chick with yolk sac/white material hanging

    I will say 100% this was assisted (my 16 month old got the incubator opened). This chick was on day 23. It only pipped last night but this morning my toddler lifted the top of the incubator and shrink wrapped it. So about 10am I made sure the chick was able to breath and that the membranes...
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    Severe Cross Beak... feeding question

    Hi all: A little month old Salmon Faverolle pullet landed on my doorstep. My children and I love her little self a lot and have named her Beaky. Beaky does okay drinking on her own, but we are struggling with food. I have tried a deep dish with wet food. a deep dish with dry food. I don't...
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    Crowing hen

    I need help. Okay. I have a 2 year old salmon faverolle hen. She's definitely a girl she's laid many eggs. Well about 3 months ago... She just stopped. Not another egg. At first she was molting. Okay that's fine chicken. Then it was HOT. Okay that's fine chicken. But lately here it's not...
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    Behavior changes after rehoming part of flock?

    So I live in a no rooster permitted area. So all roosters that we end up with must find new places to live. So this week I had to rehome part of my flock. Below was the flock before I rehomed any. So the birds remaining are the silkies and the Salmon Faverolle. As you can see the little...
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    What bantam breeds have this type of comb

    So I have narrowed down what my other little baby probably is (mostly cochin). The woman that sold me the eggs listed silkies, bantam cochin, old English game birds, and the unidentifiable breed with a silkie mix rooster as the potential parents. I know that could be a mostly silkie comb, but...
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    Bantam mixes....

    So I know silkies take forever to Get an idea of hen or rooster. But how long for mixes. These two cuties came from a bantam flock that's is all mixed together. The rooster were stated to be silkie mixes. The hens were silkies bantam cochin old English game birds and the unidentifiable breeds...
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    Is it already dead....?

    So in my incubator 2 of my 3 hatched. one monday the other early yesterday The last egg in my incubator is not doing anything. I candle it because it's not pipped and I had to remove my chicks. It appears mal-positioned. As I see a wing pointing towards the air cell not down... *see photo...
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