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    Chick is bully and hurting the other

    I have two chicks that hatched about 5 and 4 days ago. The first one hatched well and is quite strong. The second got shrink wrapped and 30 hours after it piped was given a little help hatching then took an extra day to be strong enough to stand. I have them together now and the first one is...
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    Turkey has strange pine cone shaped lump in chest

    My 8 month old turkey, Tiny Tom has a strange pinecone shaped lump growing out of the middle of his chest. We just noticed it today so it's fairly new. It's the same color as his skin. Sorry about the pictures, it's a little hard to keep him still. He is the first turkey I've ever had so I don't...
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    How cold is too cold for hens?

    i have about a dozen hens outside. It’s 15°F they are all huddled in a corner of the run. When is it too cold? They have water and food but 3 are molting and I worry they may be to cold,
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    Can a silkie keep chicks warm in 30°F weather?

    I have a silkie on 4 chicks right now. She had been broody since her last group of chicks grew up. We were having to force her out of the nest box serval times a day. We ended up just giving her chicks because we needed her to eat. Winter does not usually come around here till way after...
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    Will a broody Silkie adopt a turkey?

    i have a broody silkie sitting for about a month now. We gave her 3 two week old chicks a few months ago and she did terrific. The 3 still sleep with her quite often. I now have 3 chicks and a turkey hatchling the chicks are a week old and the turkey 3 days. I snuck then under her last night...
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    Help turkey hatchling with bent toes

    this is my first time hatching a turkey and I did some reasearch about them but this little guy hatched with its largest toe on both feet bent. The hatchling can stand and walk and looks happy but can’t seem to straighten its toes. Is this normal? Will it get better?
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    At what day does a turkey hatch

    i have a turkey egg in the incubator. It’s been turning for 26 days. When should I take out the turning tray and when will it hatch? I’ve been candling it and it looks really healthy, like better than all of the chicken eggs and I have 3 of em hatch out of 5.
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    3 mystery chicks

    Hi, I was given some eggs to hatch and low and behold they hatched. I now have 3 chicks. 2 are 3 days old the other is 1 day old. The third small one I don’t have a pic of by itself but I think it is half Ayam cemani and half Cochin. It has fuzzy feet and a white dot on its head.
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    Hi! New Here

    hi everyone. I’m new here. I quite a few chickens this is our third year with chickens. I have 2 Olive eggers, 3 Easter eggers, 1 Ayam cemani, 1 silkie, 2 bantams, 3 mystery chicks, 1 Ayam Silkie cross and 1 Drak Cornish.
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    Chick keeps crawling

    i had a chick hatch today, it was two days later than the others and it seems totally fine, eating, drinking, following the other older chicks around. It hatched in around 3 hours. But it crawls. It will stand up a little than crawl where it wants to go. It’s legs are right under it and looking...
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