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  1. K

    Is this bumblefoot? Or another foot injury?

    I noticed one of my ducks limping around and has a swollen foot. Also looks like the nail is missing? What should I do?
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    Ducks off heat at 4 days?

    I have 4 ducklings that hatched in our incubator 4-5 days ago. I have a heat plate in their brooder box and I often see them cuddling up on top of it instead of underneath. They look content- not chirping or anything. They can all get in/out by themselves. Does it mean it’s too low/hot? When...
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    Breed help!

    I was told (it’s my first time buying hatching eggs off eBay) that these were cayuga ducks. They don’t look like the photos I see online- with the yellow chest. What do you think? They’re cute nonetheless, but my kids were excited about cayugas.
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    Can/should I help more?

    My duckling eggs has been pipped for more than 30 hours- I helped a little but maybe it’s shrink wrapped? 2 of the 4 hatched sometime over the night. I helped this one (which was also the one furthest along yesterday- photo 1). It’s chirping and moving- but not really progressing. Should I...
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    Egg laying after winter

    We live in the northeast (VT). When should my almost 2 year old hens start laying again? We still have a ton of snow and it’s still chilly during the days, but there is more sunlight. I’m definitely getting more eggs now than I was, but they’re all not laying yet.
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    Feeding during molting

    Hi! I have a multi age flock and some of my hens have started their 1st adult molt (hatched may 2021) I read to change their food to a high protein feed- but what about my younger layers (april 2022)? Is that ok for them to eat? Thanks!
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    Help!!! Broken legs/hip?

    Hi! I’m hoping someone can help me! We’re novices when it comes to chicken injuries. Friday I found my cream legbar (bantam I think) on the floor with the back of her head pecked raw. Not sure if she fell and was then attacked as a weakling, or if it was a rooster or bigger hen. She couldn’t...
  8. K

    Barnyard mix hen or roo

    We hatched our own eggs for the first time this spring. Having trouble sexing this one… thoughts?
  9. K

    Thoughts and tips on allowing hens to mother together?

    So I seem to have a infestation of broody in my flock. 3 hens and 1 duck! I only have 1 “maternity” crate that has been in use by another hen who hatched chicks about 3 weeks ago. She still uses it at night and takes her chicks out and about during the day. I’ve been moving the other hens daily...
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    Help!First time duck incubation- do I assist?

    This duckling pipped the wrong end! It’s still made quite a hole and I see the beak moving around- but do I assist? It’s slowly been getting bigger over the course of the past 48 hours, but it was the first to pip and 3 others have piped, zipped and hatched in that time. How long do I let it try?
  11. K

    Preparing for broody hatch newbie!

    Hi! We’re in lockdown for my blue ameraucana who made it to the end! She’s sitting on 3 eggs. We’re so excited. Do I really not move her at all- I don’t think she’s gotten up for food or water for a day or so. What should I do to prepare her area for hatch? This is our first time doing this...
  12. K

    Help! Chick Illness newbie!

    Help! I had a 5w old chick die yesterday morning- still haven’t been able to figure out what happened. But now I’m being hyper watchful and I noticed one of my BCM acting a bit slow and lethargic. While all the others are eating and moving around, she is laying on the ground or roost. No panting...
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    Reason for chick death?

    Hi! This morning I found one of my 5 week chicks dead. There was no blood and the other 19 seem fine. When I checked the coop last night around 9:30 everyone was fine. Thoughts? Probably a fluke but I want to do my research to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Could she have eaten something...
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    Putting chicks under broody hen 1.5 weeks

    Hi! I have a hen that has been sitting on eggs for 10-11 days. Sometime yesterday late afternoon/evening or this morning she must have gotten up and someone took her spot to lay an egg. She took another spot, so I think most of her eggs are no longer viable. I candled them and 3/6 are...
  15. K

    What bug is this? Help!

    Hi! I’m a total newbie when it comes to bugs/worms etc in chickens. My buff Orpington always has a poopy butt. We bathed her indoors a few months ago but it got bad again last week. Today I went to trim some of it out and her vent area was all red, swollen and bare. I saw a few little red/brown...
  16. K

    Severe pasty butt!

    Hi! Im no pasty butt novice, but my sons new australorp pullet has the worst case I’ve ever seen! I used warm water, q tips and coconut oil and was able to remove most of it- and the vent is clear now- but some feathers did get entangled in the poop. Anything I should do for her?
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    Combining young flocks

    Hi! We have 2 three week old chicks and 14 two week olds. We’re getting 6 or so more tomorrow. Is it better to start them in their own area and then combine later, or is it safe to put the newbies in with the 2-3 week olds?
  18. K

    Speckled Sussex or cream legbar!!!??

    I ordered 2 cream legbar and 2 speckled Sussex chicks with my 15 assorted chicks 2 weeks ago. I can’t figure which is which!? Any experts weigh in?
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    Distinguishing black copper maran chicks

    Hi! I got a big order of 15 chicks in various breeds 2 weeks ago. It’s been fun and challenging trying to figure out which one is which! I ordered 2 black copper marans, but I have 3 almost identical all black chicks. I’ve never had this breed before. What should I look for in them as they grow...
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    Extra small chick?

    Hi! I have what’s seems like a perfectly healthy- eating, drinking, pooping, moving around- just really small chick. She is either a speckled Sussex or cream legbar- can’t tell yet! She’s 2 weeks old and still much smaller than the others I got the same day.
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