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    Unhatched chicks holds on for days, piped early?

    So, my first time silkie mom hatched some chicks. She hatched two, then left the nest. I assumed she was done, so waited a day and cleaned out the nest (she had layed on one of them, and another looked like it had broken late term 😖😥) (her other two are very good though) well, I heard peeping. I...
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    1.5 month old with wry neck

    Hello, I have a friend who hatched out chicks earlier this spring, and she had one that has symptoms of wry neck/ stargazing. She says it can eat and drink by it’s self, and it isn’t super contorted like others I’ve seen. I wanted to know what products you’d recommend to give it some vitamin e...
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    Treating Ascites with Lasix/ water pills?

    Hello, I’ve had issues with ascites in my hens for several years, I’ve had good success with draining in the past but wanting to try something less invasive if possible, want to know your experiences with using water pills, the regimen and dosages you used, etc. thanks in advance!
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    Sour crop?

    Hello, I have a hen who is having some digestive issues. Last night I noticed she had a dirty butt and white stuff around her vent. I figured it was gleet, so I washed her up really well for the night. I gave her rosin salts the next morning, but I noticed her crop was squishy, like a deflated...
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    Big laceration on back

    hello, so I’ve got way to many roosters, and I was able to catch a particular hen of mine that is very wild, so I haven’t been able to get a good look at her till now. To my horror I found this huge laceration that has cut her skin, when she moves I can see the muscle underneath. It appears...
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    Attempting to treat bumblefoot

    Hello there, I have an older hen with what appears to be bumble foot between her toes. She has had two growing lumps (one on each foot, and both are between the toes)one of them has developed a dark crusty scab in the past week, she's been well, but being the top hen, has fallen quite a few pegs...
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    Baby chick strange eye problem and limping

    Hello! I have recently hatched, took them from a hen so they development was staggered. First four chicks are perfect, but the ones I've gotten in this next set are having awful trouble The first in this next age group hatched fine, though it did seem to have breathing trouble. It ended up hock...
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    Baby chicks limp leg is bleeding, weird defeciancy?

    Hello, I just woke up to some very loud peeping, and it appears this little one is having some trouble. He was born without help, though I did open the egg a bit where he was trying to push through, I was worried he'd drown due to a smaller air sac. Unfortunately, he is unable to use one leg, he...
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    Wry neck in newborn chick

    Long story short, I saved some eggs from a hoarder hen, one pipped last evening, started strong, got stuck, I zipped the shell and it hatched ok. But now I have a case of wry neck on my hands, something I've never treated. We are out in the middle of no where, and I was wondering if someone...
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    Seems a bit stuck, membrane is drying?

    hello, it appears my chick is having some trouble hatching, however, it only started this evening. The membrane I can see is growing yellow and leathery, do I need to moisten it? My humidity is hovering around 69 -70 any advice would be appreciated! Also, he's not really zipping like I've seen...
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    Took eggs from hoarder hen, some on day 18 and some way earlier!

    So I have this silkie. She's notorious for brooding in the favored nest box, and if I try to relocate her she will abandon the nest. She had so many eggs under her that I wasn't getting hardly any for eating, since she would half incubate them by the time I collected the next day. So here's the...
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    Lame rooster, coccidiosis or diet issue?

    Hey guys, one of my silkie roosters, around two years, no longer has control of his legs. It started with trouble balancing on the roost, then soon he started to fall off and roost on the ground, laying on his side no less, and now today he sits on his hocks and when he stands he careens in...
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    Wild bird with no use in legs! What should I do?

    Hello, yesterday I found a bird on the ground near the highway. He was using his wings to propel himself along the ground, squaking and very much alive. His legs are splayed out and useless behind him. I put him in a box with holes in it, gave him some water and put him in a dark room. I called...
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    Having mini strokes

    My six year old hen is having mini strokes. She wrenches her head back and tenses up, then relaxes. She's been quite the past few weeks and roosting lower. She's very thin except for her abdomen. What should I do?
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    Wild baby bunny rescued from cat, how should I care for it?

    Hello! My neighbor rescued a baby bunny from his cats, they found a nest of them and killed them all :( but I have one, it's eyes are open and it has a full coat of fur. I put it in a bin with a towel and a crumpled up t shirt, and it burrowed down in as soon as I moved away. The question is...
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    Eye injury, blood in lense?

    Hello, today, when I put my girls to bed, I noticed one of them was roosting in a different place than usual. When I checked her I realized her eye was injured. There is no visible sign of the lense being broken, but there does seem to be some blood in it. I'm guessing she got pecked. Im not...
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    Strange bits in egg white?

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    Out of the blue, panting, strange mucous.

    hello, I just went out to lock up the girls and I found one of my amercaunas laying on the roost, panting. She was trembling when I got her down, but it seems to have subsided, I'm noticing a brown mucous in her mouth, like she puked it up? She is walking around stiffly and panting, more like...
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    Chicken tricks!

    Hello! Have any neat tricks or funny things your feathered friends do? Please post them here! Let's reveal the hidden genius of chickens for all the world to see! ;)
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    Information on Ascites thread.

    Hello, I've had several experiences with ascites in my hens. I could be wrong but it seems like this is common problem for a lot of people. so, I'm starting this thread to compile as much information on the subject as possible. I hope this will be helpful to any others who are going through this...
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