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    Chick with broken leg

    I noticed my 8 week old pullet was limping today. Her right leg hyper extends forward, seems like a joint on her thigh is injured. I’m not sure if it’s a deformity or an injury from earlier. She still gets around and eats but is there anything I can do? I’m not sure isolating her will do much...
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    Chick found dead, CPR miracle, will it recover?

    I went out to the coop this morning to check on the broody hen and her single chick and there I saw the little chick dead not breathing in the dust bathe. Not sure if she got suffocated under mama while she was bathing or if she got too cold. I took her inside and immediately started warming her...
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    Mites won’t go away.

    Hello, I have a mite infestation in my coop. I cleaned it out sprayed with permethrin and also sprinkled permethrin powder afterward. But I still see a few mites here and there but definitely not as many. As for the chickens I applied ivermectin pour on. How long does that take to kill mites...
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    Silkie barred rock mix boy or girl?

    I have an 18 week old chicken that I hatched and I cannot tell if it’s a boy or girl. It hasn’t crowed and it’s not aggressive towards other hens but it hasnt squatted either. Any input is appreciated!
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    Chick taken out of hatching egg. Need help

    So I posted this on another forum https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/urgent-assisted-hatching-chick-is-out.1396902/ Basically the chick was late to hatch from the others, I pipped it, it was alive and then the next morning there was no movement and I opened the membrane. The chick was...
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Hey y’all, I had 6 out of 7 eggs hatch under a broody and it is day 24 and the one still hasn’t hatched. I decided to create a piphole since I didn’t hear or see movement while candling and the chick is still alive but has not internally peeped. What should I do?! I moistened the inner...
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