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    Eye issue

    My beautiful speckled Sussex girl has either got her head into something or had fowl pox and scratched the spots. I've cleaned it with salty water and put some betadine on the spots and got antibiotics drops today. I'm very concerned is there anything else I can do here? It did have a few...
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    Chicks with mild CRD or bronchitis keep or cull?

    I got 5x day olds almost a month ago within a week one started sneezing constantly I thought it was the bedding. I culled one that was a roo and the worst of them, and took the rest to the vet with the occasional sneeze no other symptoms. The vet said very mild CRD and put the remaining chicks...
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    2 week old chicks wheezing and sneezing

    I have 5 two week old chicks I got from a hatchery and breeder. One is sneezing and I can here her wheezing when I hold her close to my ear. The brooder is well ventilated during the day and I cover them of a night. I have put then outside three times in the past week for a short period of...
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    Big wings on day olds speckled Sussex chicks?

    I picked up some day olds today, the lavender Sussex had been sexed and the two speckled not sexed. The wings are huge on the tiny speckled Sussex chicks, I know it's to early to tell but I have been after speckled Sussex chicks for over 2 years and these big wings sticking out are worrying me I...
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    When to euthanize please help

    I have been treating my favorite hen for sour crop for over 8 days and no improvement. She now has pendulous crop, still has runny poop. The thing is she is full of life and colour doesn't seem unwell. I have tried every remedy out there and after 7 days and no improvement I let her out to the...
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    Sour crop assistance please and thank you

    My buff has sour crop and water poop. I have confined her to the garage and withheld food for over 24 hours almost 36 now,she is still drinking. I have given regular crop massages, given nilstat and her crop has gone down somewhat and she has passed some grass. When is it safe to give her some...
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    Respiratory sickness, advice appreciated.

    I have a beautiful lavender sussex I hatched and I adore, who appears to have a respiratory issue, heavy noisy/breathing and a cough. It's a Sunday here so no vets are open and the one that was said no to a chicken. I have been to the stockfeed and got the antibiotics (oxytetracycline...
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    Blue Australorps difficulty sexing

    Hi I have 2 four week old blue Australorps and Im having difficulty sexing them, I have not had this breed beforehand. I'm positive one is a boy he has hardly any feathers and waddles quite pink yet a darker comb and the other one is almost fully feathered up yet has a bigger pink comb. They...
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    Hatch success with 2 week old eggs?

    I ordered heritage breed speckled Sussex from interstate. The post company stuffed up and my eggs are delayed instead of 2-3 days they have taken 7 days, they apologised and refunded me the cost. The eggs were collected 3-4 days prior to post the breeder has said, So they are roughly about 2...
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    Deformed chicks I need to cull.

    I have to cull my chicks I recently hatched, their wings are deformed some worse than others and I can't on sell them obviously. I have spent a few days reaserching and trying to tape the wings to no avail only distressing them and me further. Whats the most humane way they are a week old now.
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    Droop wing, Angel wing or split wing in 1week old chicks. Please help!

    Hi, I'm getting quite distressed here ATM I have 6x 1 week old Sussex chicks. I have spoke to another breeder this morning who definitely said this isn't normal and on her instructions I got them some vitamins for the water. Do I tape them all up? I want to help them so they can go to their...
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    Something not right with these chicks wings?

    These babies are almost a week old and I have 6. So far two of them have excelrated wing growth but they stick out to the side quite a bit. Is there something wrong with them? I haven't seen this before yet never hatched this breed either,( lavender Sussex) Advice appreciated.
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    Lavender Sussex babies

    Hi, So I had my first successful incubator babies hatch over the weekend it's now Thursday. 2 had lighter markings and 4 are much darker and the darker chicks have already started getting wing feathers 😳 I also have the last to hatch who is ever so tiny and I do notice she breathes alot faster...
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    Returning a week chick back to the incubator.

    Hi first time incubator here, I have had 4 hatch a few days ago and two more hatch overnight a few hours ago I took the last 2 out and put them in the brooder both dry. The last one to hatch and possibly early hours of this morning is struggling a little, looks like it's breathing a little...
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    Day 21 no pipping or chirping

    First time incubating eggs here 🐣 It's 21 days since I placed my lavender Sussex eggs in. Initially I had the temp at 36.8 and the humidity was quite high around 70% I managed to get the humidity correct at day 10 and upped the temp to 37.5. I have candled at 7/14 and day 18 and all had...
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    High humidity, will the chicks survive? Or drown

    Hi first time incubator here. I have 8 out of 12 lavender sussex eggs left in my incubator, and the incubator has no humidity gauge. Today i bought one and said humidity is at 70%,, i have taken out the water and put some rice in paper towel in there to try draw out some humidity. They have...
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    Ready to give up on my chooks, help please.

    I have had so many issues with raising chickens, I have had mites and coccidiosis and had to lay a few to rest, whilst some just died. They are now 8 weeks old and outside the past 2 weeks. They are becoming way more work than I anticipated. The smell, the flies and the poo everywhere is getting...
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    Transition to outside

    Hi my chicks are about to be 4 and 5 weeks old this week. They have been outside in the chicken tractor all day on sunny days and I bring them in around 5pm we have highs of 26 degrees and lows of 16 overnight ATM. It's been raining alot though and more rain forecast. I won't put them out on wet...
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    Advice appreciated

    My 4 week old chick has a little bald patch on the back of her neck where her feather's are coming through also. A few weeks ago she had a lump I cleaned and put Betadine on it and now it seems like there are more little bumps, is this from her feather's coming through? What can I do or any...
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    Lavender Sussex chicks sex?

    Picked up these babies yesterday almost 3 weeks old. I picked 2 that looked like pullets and I didn't want a third as I was sure it was a roo and sure enough been attacking and fighting with my girls. The breeder doesn't live far so I can take him back no issues just wanted to ask what you all...
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