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    9 1/2 week old chick with sore bum

    Hey everyone. I have chick whos about 9 and a half weeks old and she(?) has a very sore bum (I'll attach a picture) atm I've put cetrigen spray on it but what is caused it, how do I treat it and how do I prevent it from happening again?
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    Boy or girl?

    Hey guys, my hen hatched this little one, then hubby and I found it wedged and tangled between iron and mesh almost a meter off the ground (with absolutely no idea how it got there); it was almost gone, but we fixed it up and we're now brooding it inside with some other babies. It's roughly 4...
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    Niacin for goslings

    Hey guys, I have two approx 8wk old goslings who I believe have a Niacin deficiency (they were eating chook food not duck\goose starter - this problem is fixed now and they're eating the correct feed) but I still need to boost their Niacin a bit; I have brewers yeast, my question is how much do...
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    Assisted hatching

    So I have two chicks that hatched and one well on its way, but there are still 4 more eggs to go and it is now 22 days since incubation and they're showing no signs or pips. Candling before lock down showed what it should. How long do I leave them before they need help and what do I do?
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    Different stages in the incubator

    So after having success incubating goose eggs, I've put a dozen chicken eggs (from ISA's - not sure what rooster) into my incubator. I've weeded them down to 7, although I didn't chuck any viable ones because I've just candled them to put them in lockdown (due to hatch in 4 days ( and they all...
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    Bad foot on a gosling.

    So in my previous post, I had to help my female gosling hatch as she was stuck... She's since had a bath and a swim, been blow-dried off and are doing well. But we've noticed she's got bad feet, bad balance and her toes are all bent up; I'll attach a picture. She is moving around, walking...
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    Hatching geese

    Hi everyone, I'm completely new here and after some advice. So I was recently given some goose eggs, pilgrims I believe, and of them two hatched. They had pipped when we got up yesterday morning and one had hatched before I got back from taking my child to daycare. The other however, made...
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