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  1. Dancingbirder

    Pullet toenail red and shrunken

    Hi BYC: My 21 week old Buff Orpington was hiding out in the coop this morning with her left foot in the air. I picked her up and her middle left toe is all red and shrunken. I brought her inside, the very tip of it looked brown and rotted. When I lightly jiggled the tip of the toenail, it bled...
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    Does my pullet need medication? Yellow, watery poop + black spots on comb

    Hi everyone, This morning I found my 18-week-old Dominique with her cape/neck feathers caked in a light brown, sewage-smelling color. I brought her inside to wipe off her feathers with damp towels, and while she was there she made a strange looking poop. A number of my pullets including this one...
  3. Dancingbirder

    Garden Loft Coop - finally completed!

    After a long month of building, preceded by a month of finding and ordering supplies, we just finished building the Garden Loft coop (from The Garden Coop) on Sunday! Until now, the chickens were spending the day in an enclosure rigged out of dog e-pens, deer netting and shade cloth connected to...
  4. Dancingbirder

    Odd behavior from runty bantam?

    I have a 15-day-old serama (Noodle) in the same brooder as week-old standards. The Serama was the sole survivor of eggs that we had in an incubator. The standards were mail ordered. They have been living together since the standards came home last Wednesday. Today, I moved the stuffed toy to...
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    How to help baby chicks in a brooder during heat wave?

    Hi all! We are expecting over 100 degree Temps this coming week. I have five <1 week old standard chicks and one 12-day old bantam in a brooder together. It is 87 in the coolest part tonight and they are already spread out around the brooder and barely using the 2 Brinsea ecoglows. They were...
  6. Dancingbirder

    <1 day old chick won't open eyes much - how to help?

    hi everyone! I got such great help yesterday, I am back for more. We had to assist this little one to hatch yesterday around 6pm. It had a lot of membrane on it and didn't want to open its eyes. We did wipe them gently with lukewarm water yesterday before popping the chick back into the...
  7. Dancingbirder

    Serama chick stopped zipping - assist?

    Hi all! I've read a lot of threads as well as the post about assisting a hatch. I know it says not to intervene for 24 hours but others say to help if the chick stopped zipping. This is our first hatch so we are nervous :( This chick pipped yesterday at 3pm, then started zipping by 1am...
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