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    Duck bumblefoot or cut?!

    Hi all!!! My 12 week old boy has this on the bottom of both feet in the exact same spots! He's not limping or anything. I just noticed it this morning and have applied rubbing alcohol anti septic spray on them. Does it look like bumblefoot or just cuts? Thanks!!
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    Duckling crinkling noise when breathing

    Hi all, I was under the impression ducks need to be able to submerge their nostrils underwater so they can flush them out so I dipped my ducklings bills into their waterer past their nostrils to make sure it was deep enough. Anyway after that I freaked myself out I might of harmed them so I...
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    Duckling flipping onto back and can’t get back up

    Hi everyone, My baby duckling is only just about 24 hrs old. It occasionally flips onto its back and flails around unable to right itself! It does have minor splay leg which im planning to treat tomorrow when I can supervise. Anyway is this normal? It might be a bit weaker because I had to...
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    Duck can’t push through membrane?!

    Hi everyone, Duckling externally pipped around 2:00 yesterday, it’s now 10:30am. The membrane around the pip is brownish yellow and I can see the duckling pushing on it, the duckling is also at the wrong end of the egg. I’ve been rubbing coconut oil on it every few hours with a diy long cotton...
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    Duck eggs rocking at day 20?!

    Hi everyone, I have some Khaki Campbell duck eggs in the incubator and today is day 20. Tonight when I got them out for their nightly cooling and misting I noticed they were rocking back and forth!! Its only day 20..?! is this normal? I took the automatic egg turner out and im thinking of going...
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    Hen has waterbelly - what should I do?!

    Hi all, my beautiful 4 1/2 year old leghorn has waterbelly. She hasn't been well for awhile now but has seemed to get worse over the last few days. I put her on OxyMav B (A broad spectrum anti biotic) hoping it might help but after my research and learning about waterbelly, and examining her I...
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    Oxymav B dosage help!

    Hi all. I have an unwell hen who I have separated from the the flock and started treating with oxymav b. I am unsure on what amount she needs to get. It says 5g to 50ml of water for 3-5 days and 50ml will treat two parrots. So my question is do I just give her the 50ml and when she’s finished...
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    Baby chick with bent toe

    Hi all, I have a roughly four day old chick with a bent toe! The chick is eating and drinking well and doesn’t seem to be in pain, it keeps up with mumma hen but the toe is pretty badly bent to the side. It doesn’t always sit flush on the ground and sometimes almost curls up underneath as baby...
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    Male or female chicks?

    Hi all, Three days ago all four of our incubated chicks hatched 😍 Three of them are silkie/New Hampshire. Their not feathering that quickly however all three of them have long feathers with shorter ones in between on their wings. One of the chicks have longer and shorter but the shorter ones...
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    Day 20 incubation - rocking but no peeping!

    Hi all, Today is day 20 of our chicken egg incubation. The eggs have been in lockdown since day 18. This morning all the eggs were rocking however in the last few hours they’ve stopped. Is this normal? I can’t hear any peeping at all either which slightly worries me as they were rocking so...
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    Rooster won’t return to the coop at night!

    Hi all, New member here! We have two hens, a gorgeous New Hampshire and a lovely little leghorn. They’re the sweetest hens and always come home to their coop at night. Now, about 2 months ago our neighbours rooster started visiting us, And of course, our hens and the rooster now adore each...
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