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  1. ValerieLovesChickens

    Yup, we have Bumblefoot!!

    This is NOT a good day here. We have Bumblefoot, on multiple chickens. Here is what we have done so far (2 chooks down, many more to go): 5 minute soak in warm water with antibacterial soap. Gently rubbed away all debris with a soft tshirt rag. 15 minute soak in warm water with Epsom salt. 1...
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    7 Cockerels, Alvarado TX, need new homes asap!

    I have 7 cockerels, various ages, breeds and colors in need of new homes asap. 1 Blue Production, purchased as chick first week of March. 1 Welsummer, purchased as chick in mid-March. 5 Easter Egger (father)/ Barnyard Mix (mothers) that were hatched August 11th thru the 14th. Willing to...
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    Is this normal or infected??

    So 5 days ago, my 7 & 8 month old pullets attacked the roo of the same age, that they grew up with and we had to remove him indefinitely. (He won't go back probably until this is 100% healed up or in the Spring.) His skin around the eye was bleeding profusely, almost swollen shut, and they got...
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    10 week old chicks, fluctuating temps....

    I have a question, about these upcoming fluctuating temperatures and rain we will be having. This last batch of chicks are 10 weeks old. Will they be okay in the chicken tractor, or should I keep them in their coop? The normal routine has been tractor during the day, 1 hour supervised free...
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    Gender Guessing Game: my EE/Barnyard mix hatch....

    Hatched August 11-14, 2020 CHIP: white & black, and a couple new reddish brown small feathers. Roo?? or Pullet?? I hate to think roo, but I'm afraid he is?? Very sweet disposition. Runs right to me, loves to be held and even naps in my arms.
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    What would I get......

    In the spring, we are thinking about breeding our Golden Laced Wyandotte Rooster with our Black Sexlinked Hen? They are our two favorites of them all. Very sweet, great personalities, just everything we could want in a chicken. Just wondering what type of results we might get??
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    4 week old chicks, splayed legs

    Where to start... this wholeraising chickens thing has turned into a nightmare the past month.... 1. My outdoor flock came down with fowlpox, within a few days of my incubated eggs hatching. 2. We had incubator issues with high humidity on dry incubation, still air, lowest it went was 48%. 3...
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    Hot, hot, water: how much ice??

    As you can see by the picture, we are cooking again here today! My ice blocks are melting in 1 to 2 hours and water is hot within an hour again! Just got home with a 20lb bag of ice, for my 5.5 month old pullets and roosters. How much ice is safe to use in their drinking water? They are all...
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    Humane chick euthanasia help please?

    Please see my thread / post here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/3-day-old-chick-panting-need-info-please.1407308/post-23114273 Hope I'm posting this correctly....
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    3 day old chick panting, need info please.

    Woke up this morning (7 hours ago) to one of my 3 day old chicks that we incubated and hatched, panting really hard. 1. Immediately removed from brooder. Nobody else is panting and we triple checked the temp of the brooder with hubby's temp gun. 2. Dipped baby's beak in water very carefully...
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    Egg Pipped/Cracked in middle.....

    Okay so we are 13 hours into day 20 now, and when we woke up this morning one of our eggs has tried to pip (actually looks like more of a u shaped crack) on the side/middle of the egg, nowhere near the air sac we pencilled. It has been trying to push out for 6 hours now that we have been awake...
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    Questions, lockdown tonight....

    We go into lockdown tonight, I have 2 quick questions. #1 - I know humidity needs to go up to 50-60%, but what about the temperature? Does it need to stay the same? 99-100 is where its been hanging at and 46-48% humidity with dry incubation, all vents open. Air sacs sizes all look good. #2 -...
  13. ValerieLovesChickens

    Smelly Incubator still....

    We are on day 8 here, started with 25 eggs, had to remove 6 after candling. One was so smelly it stunk up the kitchen when I set it aside to dispose of. Luckily none blew up before they went to the garbage. The other 5 had no signs of life and looked like light bulbs. I'm happy though that 19...
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    Hurricane Season in Texas, power outages....

    So I have 25 eggs in the incubator that were gifted to me, going on into day 5 now. One already has a paper mache type bandaid on it, doggone arthritis hands. Hurricane Hannah has made land here in Texas. What do I do if the power goes out?? We already had a storm whip through here at 8pm...
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    1st Incubation questions....

    I feel silly asking, but I am nervous. I have 25 eggs that were gifted to me, to hatch out. Most are Easter Egger, EE/cross and a few mystery eggs. We bought the Little Giant 9300 still air incubator. The eggs are on the floor of incubator in a "U" shape around but not touching a damp clean...
  16. ValerieLovesChickens

    Educational: Alpha vs Queen

    So we have been schooled so to speak, after losing a pullet last night, after removing a roo. If your roo has a female buddy, that is called a "Queen" in the flock. She may not necessarily be the alpha female. Watch and see, is there another female that asserts herself as the alpha, does your...
  17. ValerieLovesChickens

    1st death here and scared girls, feedback please?

    So we've managed to keep them alive thru the heat. Went out to do bedtime check, and my favorite female was dead and stiff. She was just fine 4 hours ago. We did remove the Roo today, as the girls are still not even laying eggs and he had been trying to mount them. However, this Roo has also...
  18. ValerieLovesChickens

    Questions, first chicken death here....

    So we've managed to keep them alive thru the heat. Went out to do bedtime check, and my favorite female was dead and stiff. She was just fine 4 hours ago. We did remove the Roo today, as the girls are still not even laying eggs and he had been trying to mount them. However, this Roo has also...
  19. ValerieLovesChickens

    CURE: beat the heat!! 2 great ideas!!

    While trying to figure out ways to keep my flock cool this year in this awful heat, I decided to search on youtube. Here are 2 great ideas that I found, you can search also, watch the videos and design a system to meet your needs and budget. 1. Misting System 2. Evaporative Air Cooler We went...
  20. ValerieLovesChickens

    How much panting is too much??

    Please advise... we have been trying for 2 weeks to get our 10 week old chicks outside on a permanent basis. It's been in the 90s with heat index in the 100s. We have them in their open air run, but have been bringing them inside at dusk to sleep. I'm scared to lock them up in their coop. My...
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