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    CHICK WON'T STOP CHIRPING!

    Please help y'all, I'm gonna tear my hair out. I have this one chick who WOULD NOT STOP CHIRPING IN DISTRESS. From sunrise to sundown it would NOT STOP. The most annoying thing is there's no reason for it to be distressed. It has proper heating, fellow chicks to play and snuggle with...
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    Permethrin Recommendations

    For ya'll that ever used liquid permethrin how's your experience with it? Any recommended brand? I was considering on treating my backyard premises with permethrin. There's a slight fly problem and this weird unidentifiable bug that likes to camp under the nest box (comes in black & red, size...
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    Vaccinated Chicken with Unvaccinated Flock?

    Is it alright to have vaccinated chickens with unvaccinated ones? My flock of 4 are all unvaccinated. I was thinking of purchasing some pullets from a breeder online. The breeder is NPIP/AI/PT certified and vaccinates everything. I'm afraid that purchasing a vaccinated chicken might introduce...
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    How to cope with the death of my favorite chicken

    How do you guys cope when you lose your favorite chicken suddenly? I had a 3-month old Silver D'uccle chick that died this morning either from a predator or a self-inflicted wound I'm unsure. She was the only one that survived in her batch of 6 (4 were infertile/1 failed to thrive after 3...
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    How to cope with the death of my favorite chicken

    How do you guys cope when you lose your favorite chicken suddenly? I had a 3-month old Silver D'uccle chick that died this morning either from a predator or a self-inflicted wound I'm unsure. She was the only one that survived in her batch of 6 (4 were infertile/1 failed to thrive after 3...
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    Help identify cause of death

    My precious 3-month old D'uccle chick died today in the morning. She was the only one that hatched in her batch. Based on my mom's account, the chick had a bleeding wound on her neck and a bunch of feathers in her playpen. Whatever happened occurred in the morning at 7-8AM. The chick was...
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    Zipping Issue

    Hey guys, I'm at a lost on what to do. I have a batch of 2/6 eggs hatching. One hatched yesterday while the other one is in the middle of zipping. The thing is the zipping started around 6-7hrs ago. There has been no progress for the past 3-4hrs. I noticed is it has not one, but TWO holes...
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    How to care for a single chick?

    I got a half-dozen batch of shipped bantam eggs, but only 2/6 were fertile. Today is Day 20 and one of them hatched and is currently drying off in the incubator while the other egg shows no sign of moving or pipping. Assuming the worst case scenario where the other one doesn't hatch, I'm worried...
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    BCM laying eggs while roosting

    I have a Black Copper Maran hen that is nearly a year old. She started laying early once she hit around 6 months of age. A big issue with her is that she lays her eggs while roosting and it would shatter on the ground. We lost around a 2 dozen eggs. She lays infrequently too. I thought since she...
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    What's wrong with my hen? Is it old age?

    I have a old White Leghorn hen that has been looking pretty unwell. About a month ago, she contracted a respiratory illness where she sneezed and gasped often. It didn't seem infectious as none in the flock got it. I treated her with VetRx and Nutridrench and hoped that with time it will get...
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    Do I need to help this egg hatch out?

    I have an egg that I thought would come out last night since it looked like it started zipping, but it only zipped about a quarter way. It has been 12 hours+ and it hasn't changed much since then. What should I do? Should I leave it and hope it comes out or do I need to assist it? I never...
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    Standard Salmon Faverolle vs Bantam Salmon Faverolle?

    What is the difference between a standard Salmon Faverolle and a bantam Salmon Faverolle? Recently bought and incubated some bantam SF eggs and the weight range of the dozen eggs was 39g-50g. This made me suspicious if these were even bantam eggs to begin with because I have a 1yr old SF hen...
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    Staggered Hatching, One Incubator

    Hey guys, I have a dilemma. I'm planning to hatch bantam Salmon Faverolle eggs and Black Copper Maran eggs that I bought from Ebay, but unfortunately they didn't arrive at the same time. My SF eggs arrived yesterday morning and are currently resting while my BCM eggs are coming on Monday. My...
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    Salmon Faverolle lost beard fluff

    I have a Salmon Faverolle hen that I absolutely adore, but she has one issue and that is her beard has practically disappeared and her neck/chin is exposed! There's no bleeding or bruising to indicate bullying or mites. My small mixed flock of 4 hens are generally friendly with one another with...
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    Swollen, watery eye

    One of my 3.5 month old chick has a swollen eye while the other side looks fine. The area around her eyes look swollen and her eyeball is watery. There are no bubbles or cloudiness nor any pus. I did not introduce any new members into my flock either as of recently. I did notice the feathers...
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    Black comb. Is this fowlpox?

    I have a 3 month old mille fleur duccle chick that has something wrong with his comb, but is otherwise acting as he normally does. What's wrong with his comb? I noticed it starting to slowly blacken the past couple days and I thought it was due to genes, but now I'm sure its some kind of...
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    Integrating 4 week old bantam chicks

    I have 6 4-week old bantam chicks that moved out to the run with my 4 standard sized hens today. My hens live inside a large covered run while the chicks are in a smaller run/cage that I placed inside the larger run. The chicks are protected from the hens and they can all see each other. How...
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    Feather lice/mites

    I recently got back from the vet with one of my hens to treat bumblefoot. I noticed in the papers I got afterwards that they did detect feather mites/lice during examination, but the vet didn't bring it up. It made me wonder do chickens need to be 100% free from lice/mites? I feel its inevitable...
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    How to treat Bumblefoot?

    One of my hens have a case of bumblefoot. I noticed she was very slightly limping weeks ago, but at the time there wasn't much of a bump nor scab and it didn't interfere with her daily activities so I left her alone and hoped it would fix itself. Unfortunately, it seems to have advanced and...
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    Should I raise chicks alone to make them more friendly?

    I just hatched out 6 chicks D'uccles for the first time after always ordering shipped chicks and I was wondering if it would be cruel to raise them alone or in groups of 2 in separate brooders? My goal is to have the chicks to be super friendly towards the family and become like my MF D'uccle...
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