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    Wry neck - anyone know how to treat it?

    Hi Guys I have a newly hatch chick who seems to have spomething called wry neck? Its not something i have come across before and i have no idea what to do. All i can find on internet searches is to feed through a syringe for upto a week - but what would i feed a newly hatched chick? the...
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    Curveing neck on baby chick - HELP! Please

    A newley hatched chick has a neck that curves upwards slightly - well quiet a lot really - does anyone know if there is anything i can do to straighten it - as it makes him fall over backwards - and i know i should probably dispatch him - but would rather have a go at sorting the problem first -...
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    HELP - Backwards falling chick

    Hi Experts! Can anyone help???? I am hatching today and have a sweet pekin bantam , who is very wobbly - not spraddle leg. She leans her head backwards al the time, and then falls on her back doing it. Anyone got any ideas? As i hate to give up on her!
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    Tennis Ball sized Lump on chickens brest

    Hi Guys Don't know if anyone can help - a friend has a hen that has a large tennis ball sized lump on its chest, that he noticed for the first time a few days ago, he says its soft and easy to move and isn't causing the hen any pain. Does anyone have any ideas on what it might be and what hge...
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    Young cockrell being hen pecked

    Hi Guys I am after a bit of advise for a friend. He reciently introduced a young cockrell to his hens. he followed bhy advise and introduced him at night - when he and the hens all snuggled together. During the day he kept them seperate - but so they could all see each other. they all seemed...
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    Feeling like giving up on hatching

    i'm having a low day today - I really just try and hatch a few runs, for a bit of fun and 'pocket' money, and did two small runs between September and October that were great fun, and i loved every minute of it - including the point they all went to new homes. I was really excited to be doing...
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    New hatched chicks have green poo - is that normal?

    Hi I have some new chicks - 2 days old - and their poo is slightly green and watery, rather than like real chicken poo. Is that normal? They aren't really eating yet - but i keep sprinkling it in front of them to encourage them - and if anyone has any better ways to encourage them i would love...
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    How do I humanely dispatch a chick?

    I have a chick with an 'afterbirth' type attatchment from its bottom -= it hatched 24 hrs ago and shows no signs of improvement. I don't want to dispatch it - but we think that might be the kindest thing - do you agree? Does anyone know the best and most humane way to do this - as i don't want...
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    Help with newly hatched chicks

    Sorry I am new to this hatching business and need a bit of hand holding! As all i seem to do is ask advise! I have a couple of chicks that when they hatched yesterday evening - still had a bit fo the membrane attatched to their feathers - its still there today - but has gone 'crunchy' under...
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    Help with Orpington Hatch

    Hi I have been hatching some fab orpingtons today and yesterday - but need a bit of help from someone more experienced!!!! I have a chick that hatched in the last hour - who has a growth? attatched coming from his bottom. It liiks a bit like a round sack, with an unbilacle like piece hanging...
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    Ill lethargic young cockrell

    Hi Can anyone help??????? I have a 16 week cockrell who has become lethargic in the last hour and has been sitting in the middle of his field, fluffed up asleep. I have moved him inside and put him under a heat lamp - but don' know what else to do. Other hens seem ok. Thanks for all and any ideas
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    I'm new to this and need help!

    Hi Can anyone help? I am new to this and have a very ill boy. I have a 16 week pekin cockrell, who went very quiet and still about an hour ago in their field, he has been sitting still, and is fluffed up, and if you go up to him he doesn't move and has his eyes closes, as if he is asleep. I...
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