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    Pecking injury

    A tail feather must have been broken or pulled that started to bleed and unfortunately the others noticed the blood. She isn’t in shock which is a good sign. I found her pretty quickly I think, the injury appeared very fresh. I observed her and noticed her walking around and preening a bit. I...
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    Eggs pipping in wrong spot and dry membranes

    Help! My eggs are pipping in the wrong end, from what I understand they can still successfully hatch but it can go either way. I’m worried about the membranes looking too dry though for hatch day 20, no hatches yet but 6 or so external pips and all 4 of my pipped silkie eggs pipped in the wrong...
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    Foamy poop Normal or coccidiosis

    Is this foamy poop normal or indicate coccidiosis? My dad says he sees these often but it is the first I’m noticing. It doesn’t look like cecal poop or diarrhea because it’s firm but the foamy-ness is concerning to me. I lost 3 chickens in the last year and the necropsies were all clear, and...
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    Poop pic after worming

    My poor lavender Orpington hen Iris was/is in rough shape. I caught it somewhat early I guess because she hasn’t stopped eating or drinking but she lost a lot of feathers and stopped laying and had horrible diarrhea with some blood in it, minor Ascites and super red bald belly. I took her to the...
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    Ameraucana pullet puffed up empty crop abnormal poop

    I need help with my Splash Ameraucana pullet, she is light as a feather but I’m wondering if she might be a bantam because I got a free pullet from Meyers and I already identified a different splash ameraucana in my order.. and that one seems standard size. Anyway I found her standing in the...
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    BCM Roo?

    I purchased a sexed BCM pullet from Meyer Hatchery that hatched 10/7, so 8 weeks 1 day. That BCM is pictured. They are already getting the copper coloring and their comb is growing and starting to turn red. By comb alone I would say this is actually a cockerel. I hatched a BCM in my incubator...
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    Shed ventilation

    If I leave these rafters open (forgoing the trim) and close with hardware cloth to predator proof the opening, would that be sufficient ventilation on a 12x18 coop? It’s the two 18 foot sides that are open. If we also need ventilation on the 12 foot sides we can cut squares or rectangles and...
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    Bullied pullet with bare back

    My bottom of the pecking order pullet has a bare back that I just noticed. It seems like it’s old and healing and feathers are starting to grow back now. she has been integrated into the flock for several weeks with 2 friends, after spending 1 1/2 weeks separated in a dog crate with the 2...
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    Cry with me - I bought the wrong breed

    A few months back I bought day old baby chicks from the feed store. They had Easter Eggers and Barnevelders in the same stock tank, and Barnevelder was on my MUST HAVE list so I was so excited.. turns out I grabbed an Easter Egger on accident 😂😭 (gray and white pullet in the crate, the others...
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    Bugs in feed - thoughts and comments?

    Give me all your thoughts and comments on these bugs in my organic chick starter, I called the feed store and complained because I do not have a truck and now there’s bugs crawling everywhere in my car, and they’re all over me, and there’s 100 more in the feed bag. Do these bugs eat the...
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    Move outdoors early

    If you had 6 Orpington pullets, 3 barnevelders, and 1 BCM that hatched 8/28 to 8/30 and you were going to be out of town for a week unexpectedly when you planned to move them outside, which you move them a week early or a week late? The brooder is tight and I am considered they will be too...
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    Slipped tendon baby chick - confirm diagnosis

    Can someone please tell me if this looks like my chick experienced a leg injury, I’m thinking slipped tendon? Was perfectly fine this afternoon, noticed it walking like this in the evening and gave it a few hours (dinner and bedtime) and it’s noticeably worse. It was getting around better...
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    Deformed Chick? Can I Help Them?

    Hi, if you would be so kind can someone please watch this video I uploaded to my Google Drive of my chick in the incubator that appears to have some grave issues? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TWk_-jwpSNSDPg6lJQc4tWk9swNgZv1T/view?usp=drivesdk I needed to assist his hatch after he tried to...
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    What do you think about this poop? 3 day chick

    I saw some weird looking poops that I was certain were cecal earlier in my brooder with 3 day old orpingtons. This poop is giving me pause. When zoomed in it doesn’t look right.. is that worms? intestinal shedding? Something else that would warrant medicating their water? They have clean...
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    Help! First Chick Hatched — What is that in shell?!

    What is that in the shell after my chick was born?! Is it supposed to be there or did he or she come out too quick? They keep trying to stand but so far haven’t been able to. It’s only been a few minutes. Thanks!!!
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    2 day old listless chick with dried blood on butt?

    I have been syringe feeding electrolyte water and egg yolk, as well as keeping the chick on the heating pad while removing from brooder to do so. The chick is still listless, doesn’t really open its eyes, can’t walk when it tries to walk.. collapses when it takes a step. I am pretty certain the...
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    Lockdown Checkin - Humidity

    Hi, I am doing my second incubation (first = 0% viable shipped eggs, so no lockdown period), but my first time making it to lock down. I had 2 yolkers and 1 suspected quitter but it’s a Maran egg and really hard to see. So I left it in just in case. I am confused because I tracked humidity...
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    “Pullet” TSC Barred Rocks, Roo behavior

    Hey there, I got 4 barred rock pullets from TSC, I was cautious of accidental roos and tried to pick pullet looking chicks based on head spot but then noticed a lot of the baby chicks had gray looking down instead of dark black and I’ve been nervous of Roos ever since. They’re almost 5 weeks now...
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    what is wrong with my chicken

    She lost her feathers from suspected feather picking and they haven’t come back yet, I suppose they won’t until she molts? But I’ve given her baths and cleaned her up several times, dewormed, used ivermectin pour on…. And her butt still looks like this. She seems to itch and scratch too with her...
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    Still viable to leave in incubator?

    Today is hatch day, day 21. I’ve been lacking confidence in the viability of these shipped hatching eggs for the last several weeks. I had 1 egg I had hopes for out of the 12, but left most of them in just in case I was missing something (hard to see through the dark shells). I have heard NO...
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