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    Why are my Buff Orphingtons dropping dead?

    I have had these Buffs since they were about a week old, born at Easter. They were hatched from a friend's eggs at her house. They have been healthy and thriving... until recently. I have a mixed flock that free ranges. I lost a girl Buff and thought it was worms. So I dewormed them with...
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    Have you ever moved eggs from the incubator to under a broody and had a successful hatch?

    I only have one incubator. I have two hens who are broody right now and are proven moms. I have two batches of shipped eggs in my incubator. The oldest batch has four viable eggs going into lockdown on Wednesday. I paid a lot for these eggs and out of 24 only four made it so I really want them...
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    Chicken with massive swollen eye, possibly spreading through flock?

    So I recently was hospitalized for a bad kidney infection. My kids and husband did the bare minimum of flock care and didn't notice something was wrong with one of my white rocks. When I finally was well enough to take over their care, I noticed her eye was huge and swollen shut. She was also a...
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    NOT COCCI!!! Having a bad couple of weeks with two deaths, help me prevent another. UPDATE!!! suspec

    I have three 2 month old chicks in a brooder in the garage. They are still under a light and just went off medicated feed a few weeks ago. I have not noticed any blood in the stools. When I went to clean out their brooder today I noticed the pullet looking ruffled and her head was hanging...
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    Sick hen vomiting bile when I tilt her...

    I have a hen that has been looking a little subdued for the past few days and yesterday when I let the chickens out she got knocked over in the rush to exit the coop. When she looked a little dazed I pulled her out and she is in a kennel in the garage. She was eating and drinking yesterday...
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    Any other disease that presents as coccidiosis but isn't? Urgent help needed!

    I had my first outbreak of cocci ever in my indoor chicks a few weeks ago. I lost 5 total, one a full week after finishing treating them with Corid. Now it "appears" I have two four week olds affected with it in the grow out pen. I treated everyone but no one else showed symptoms. I lost the...
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    Is there a Coccidiosis prevention cheat sheet?

    I am having bad luck the past month with two batches of chicks and coccidiosis. I need to come up with a plan to avoid it in future batches. I lost a young roo in the grow out pen in May. Had no clue why but now suspect coccidiosis. Then I had an outbreak among indoor chicks and I lost five. I...
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    Can you explain the difference between Wheaten and Blue Wheaten to me?

    I have some Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas I hatched last week. Looking at pictures, I can see the difference between the roosters but not the hens. What the heck am I missing?
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    Lumps in chicks chest from Coccidiosis or something else?

    I am having the worst luck with this bunch of chicks! I lost four chicks in about 24 hours time and when posting on here last night it was pointed out to me that they had coccidiosis. So I went to the feed store this morning and got them Corid and medicated chick food. I started them on it...
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    Preventing chick death OR why do they die?

    I am curious about the normal percentage of unpreventable chick death vs preventable chick death. How much is avoidable and how much of it is out of control? I know that losing chicks is normal but I would like to minimize it as much as possible. I lost a 6 week old a week ago (just keeled...
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    WTB - Blue or Splash Silkie hen with a HUGE poof/crest!

    We have a blue Silkie rooster who is gorgeous in many ways but his comb is pushing back his crest. We are looking for a mate for him who is SQ but maybe her poof/crest is too large for you. We live in the WV/MD/VA tristate area. Something local or a person willing to ship an adult bird would...
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    Ameraucana - Leghorn cross Anyone have pics of grown up birds?

    Stanley, my Ameraucana roo, recently fathered some babies from my hens (which currently consists of some white rocks, leghorns and an EE). I got three chicks with chipmunk coloring, one dark grey brown chick and then four white chicks with black spots, like a paint Silkie. Three white ones...
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    How do you put down a bird?

    I am trying to decide whether to treat my bird with water belly or put her down. It looks really painful. This is the second time that she has gotten this in the two months that I have owned her. She has never laid me an egg. It went away on its own the first time because I didn't know what...
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    Difference between Ascites and Eggbound - What is wrong with my hen?

    I have a hen I bought about two months ago. She got picked on by the other hens in the kennel from the farm to my house. I separated her and nursed her back to health. She spend a good amount of time with a huge swollen abdomen and waddling like a penguin. I thought the swelling was from her...
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    Ducks for slug control in the garden - yay or nay?

    I have a lot of slugs. A lot. We had a lot of ticks so I got guineas. Now we don't have any ticks. I was wondering if I got 2-3 ducks if they would do the same thing to my slug population. They are destroying my garden and I can't pick them off fast enough. My beer traps aren't working. I...
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    Anyone use the Egg-O-Meter?

    I just got mine today. My digital thermometer has been saying it is 100 degrees and right now the egg-o-meter is saying it is 104! Has the egg-o-meter helped your hatches?
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    Please help me: Every chick dying during lockdown

    I am on hatch #4 and thought I was doing everything right but it looks as though they are all dead so obviously I am doing something wrong. I went into lockdown Monday afternoon with 25 alive eggs and 4 questionable ones. I am using a cheap LG still air incubator and hand turning everything (the...
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    Do you pull out dead chicks during lockdown?

    I am on Day 21 and all I have to show for it is a hatched chick on Day 18 that died after I pulled it out and a pipped egg on Day 19/20 that now looks dead (no peeping or movement, I can see the beak and it hasn't moved at all). Should I remove it? I have a really bad feeling about this hatch...
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    I don't think I am cut out for incubating! Nervous wreck on Day 20!

    So this is my 4th hatch and the one where I was hoping I would finally get everything right. I went into lockdown with 25 live embryos and 4 questionable ones. I had an egg hatch at the end of day 18. It was so early, I let her dry and fluff up and then took her out and she died almost right...
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    Will a rooster take off the wing feathers of a hen?

    I have a new hen that I had to separate because she got picked on in the crate while bringing her home. After she healed up I slipped her into the coop and the next day when I checked on her, a good chunk of her top feathers on her left wing were sheared right off. It made her a little off...
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