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    The amazing fainting Sally

    The short story is I have a young chicken named Sally who I constantly find passed out on her back. Sometimes she is somewhat dazed and other times she is just looking at me. Has anyone ever had a chicken act this way? It is as if something happens that startles her and she basically plays dead...
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    Suggestions on rehab of extreme curled toes/ splayed legs 6-8 week old chick

    Hello all so I went to someone’s house to see piglets and in the next paddock were about 60-80 meat/ barnyard mixed chicks. I immediately noticed one flapping about on the floor grabbed it and was like this one can’t walk! The guy must’ve heard the panic and was like well u can just have it if...
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    Restricting food

    Hello everyone, I have a very large mixed flock probably around 100 chickens and roosters, 5 turkeys, 9 geese, 12 ducks. They are offered free choice in garbage can pvc feeders that I uncap in the morning. They have access to a fenced 1.5-2 acre area to free range in all the time and they get...
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    Chicken with thick, bloody saliva sick for a month- treatment help?

    Hi everyone I’m looking for ideas on what is wrong with my hen. We’ve had a strange winter temperatures rising and dropping and many of my hens got sick this winter. One in particular has not been able to kick this. She has been sick maybe 2 months now we’ve tried cycles of tylan orally...
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    3 day old chick neck severely twisted- vitamin regimen advice please!

    I have a 3 day old silkie whose neck is severely twisted. My question is about what vitamins to give. I am giving vitamin e capsules 400iu about 2 capsules per day. A few drops of straight poultry cell undiluted. And a liquidy mash of her food, water, and a little of the above vitamins (...
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    Emergency- Severely twisted wry neck 2 day old chick (*update* Recovered from Aspirating)

    I made a day old chick aspirate while giving vitamins. I was not careful enough is their any possibly she can survive or do I now have to watch her slowly die. She is gasping there is crackling and she’s shaking her head she’s definitely aspirating. I only gave her a drop of liquid it’s been...
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    What the heck is my new gander doing?

    We just got a new gander at our rescue. The lady who had him only had him two days so I don't know his story but he was alone with turkeys and trying to mate the hens/ fighting with the Tom. He's a Toulouse and we have a female dewlap Toulouse who he seemed to bond with right away. He was...
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    Rehabbing severely pecked rooster- suggestions?

    Hello everyone, I was recently searching the array of Roos on Craigslist because a friend of mine wanted one. I came across Benjamin. He’s a frizzle who was being severely pecked and abused by an extremely large rooster the people had just gotten. He actually looks really good in the picture...
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    Tom attacking and mating my rooster

    I have a Tom Carl who I didn’t raise he’s been with us about 6 months. I got him for my hen when my amazingly wonderful Tom Wilson was killed. He’s been with 4 roosters ( more at one point) for the whole time and was always fine with them. He recently decided that my one rooster Poe -who I...
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    Rooster found on his back, gasping

    Hello I'm trying to find out what happened to my cockerel. It has been insane temperatures here probably about 90 feels like 95-100 in the sun. I have a group of younger silkies. 4 girls 2 cockerels they are about 3 months old. I keep them separate from my flock because I was keeping them to...
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    6 week old chicks hurting one chick

    Hello all, I let my old English bantam hatch babies and they are about 6 weeks old now. She just recently kicked them to the curb and wants nothing to do with them anymore she pecks them to get away from her. There are 4 and I noticed they were picking on one badly. I was keeping them in my yard...
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    Help my baby chick is dying

    My baby chick was hatched two days ago. It is gasping for air and very drowsy. I feel like it is dying right now I don’t know what to do I don’t have time to research or search please help.
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    Squished chicks

    Hello all, so I have silkies and a bantam who are all broody at the moment. I have two silkie girls sitting on one nest. Yesterday I went outside and there were a few chicks hatched! I was trying to decide if I should leave them there or if they would be in danger at all because I have a mixed...
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    What am I doing wrong :( 50% hatch! ( semi- graphic pic)

    Hello all I am new to incubating eggs. I am hatching golden Sebright and silkies. I had two batches of eggs. Both hatched at only 50%. I read on here that many people have great success with a dry hatch. I believe that was my problem. After this second hatch at only 50 I had to look in an egg...
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    Hudson Valley NY In search of female goose!!

    Hello all I’m located in the Hudson valley NY and I desperately need a female goose. We rescued a lone male who was dumped on an acquaintance’s property. We have 2 ganders already. We tried getting a female for Bruce but after being assured we were being sold two females it actually ended up...
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    Rescue gander will he fit in?

    Hi all so we often rescue geese, ducks, chickens who need homes or are injured. My fear is always if the new comer will fit in. Fortunately everyone we’ve added seems to live in harmony. We have 11 chickens 2 turkeys 7 ducks 1 drake and 2 ganders. Our one gander ( Luce) aka Lucifer has his...
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    DEFINITELY scaly mites- or no?! Hmmm

    Hi all, I’ve had waterfowl a few years but this past August we finally rescued some chickens so I am fairly new to them. I got some more this past November 4 silkies, 3 bantams. Just recently I was doing research and reading about chicken parasites and I checked my crew when I went outside. I...
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    Is silkie attacking me?

    Hi all, I did a search but the thread I found was a year old so I’ll post here.. I have 4 silkies one roo. They are young only about 4 months old so I guess the boys a cockerel. I’m trying to decide if he was being aggressive with me.... So my silkie cockerel tried this with me yesterday...
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    Ducks strange toenail injury- advice please

    Hello all! I have not been on the forums for while and since then we’ve expanded our flock quite a bit! We have a little mallard named Minnie and I’m worried about her toe. Her back toe nail is basically growing in a very strange way it’s growing up and out instead of curled and down. She’s...
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    Philip is being a bully- geese attacking

    Hi everyone I’m new to this site as well as geese and ducks. I want to explain the whole thing so it’ll be long but please read! I’m so confused/ upset.... We have 3 Pekin females ( 3 months) and then found an abandoned Canadian gosling -Philip ( 2 months now) and immediately got him a friend...
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