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    Does this chick have an injury or defect?

    Does anyone know what is going on with this chick? It struggles to walk and falls down. When it falls down, it struggles to get back up. Hatched by this hen yesterday. Is there anything I can do for it? Or should I let Mama Hen continue to care for it? She is doing pretty good so far.
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    Broody Overload

    We have 26 laying hens and 2 roosters. Over the last 4 months, 11 of those 26 went broody and hatched eggs. We didn't mind this as we have started to regularly rotate our flock for meat. BUT, 4 of those 11 are trying to go broody again already! We were thinking this would be the end of this...
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    Pulsating Vent/Head Injury

    We have thirteen 5 month old Australorps with the first egg in the nesting boxes yesterday. The egg was small, but normal in every other way. We are unsure which hen laid the egg. After finding the egg, I found one of the hens in the coop with blood on the back of her head and missing feathers...
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    Australorp Cockerel?

    We purchased 15 hatchlings from hatchery and only lost one chick a few days after their arrival. They were all sexed and sent as pullets. We became suspicious one of the chicks may be a cockerel several weeks ago and feel more so as they grow. The video is at 10 weeks (I think). Do you think the...
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