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    6 week old chick can’t walk—wobbles and sits on hocks

    One of my chicks has been unable to walk for a couple weeks now. I first noticed it when she started sitting on her hocks more than usual, and a couple days later she could hardly walk at all. I isolated her. I’d been giving her vitamin E and B-complex and she’d improved enough to be able to...
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    Is my turkey hen going to start laying soon?

    Hi everybody, this is my first time raising turkeys so I don’t really know what physical signs or behavioral cues I should be looking for when it comes to hens beginning to lay eggs. I have four females and one male. They are all Royal Palms and are 9 months old now. My jake has begun to mate...
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    Pheasant Can’t Walk… updated thread

    I recently posted on an old thread about my 14 week old pheasant that is having trouble standing and walking. Here’s the link to the thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-my-pheasant-isnt-doing-anything-cant-walk.469846/page-2#post-28064627 I’ve been giving him a quarter tablet...
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    Very thin hen, abnormal poop

    One of my favorite hens has been acting a little less active lately, but I didn’t think much of it until last night. I noticed that she has goopy cream-colored poop, and it gets stuck in her bum feathers a lot. Her comb is also pale, and she walks with her head tucked in. This morning when I...
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    How do I help my weak, starving turkey poult?

    I hatched 6 turkey poults this past week. One is much smaller than the others, and I haven’t seen it eat on its own. It was the last one to hatch, the day after all the others except one, which hatched earlier the same day. I’ve tried giving it electrolytes with a syringe, and it did take some...
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    My poult’s navel has a bubble under the skin. What do I do?

    One of my turkey poults just hatched but its navel was not completely closed. I’m not too concerned about this because most or all of its siblings hatched that way too. But on the navel there is a small bubble underneath the skin. It’s hard to see in the picture, but I don’t know what it is or...
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    Question about Black Shoulder Peafowl genetics

    I have an almost-two-year-old peacock that I hatched from an egg which my neighbor gave me. He appears to be a black shoulder peacock, and he was white when he hatched. His mom is a black shoulder. I don’t know who or where my neighbor got this female or any of her other peafowl from, but I do...
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    White Frizzle Bantams… What Breed?

    I just got these two bantams today. I know that they are frizzles but I’m not sure what breed. Any ideas?
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    Eye injury—swollen shut, lethargic

    My Guinea fowl’s right eye is messed up, and I just noticed it about two days ago. I was giving it some time to try and heal, hoping that it was just a temporary problem, but it’s not getting any better. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but I do know that my two peacocks like to pick on him...
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    Interested in getting some Coturnix and/or Button quail—any advice is appreciated!

    Hello everybody, I have known about and been interested in keeping quail for quite a while now, but I think I am almost ready to get some. I have a lot of questions though, so I’m sorry in advance. I’ve done a small bit of research, but I figured getting answers to my questions from real people...
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    My Hen is Limping and Rarely Moves… I’m Worried About Her

    One of my (favorite) hens recently started limping one morning, and I’m not sure why. I think it was Saturday morning that it started and she wouldn’t even come out of the coop on her own to eat. She puts little to no weight on the hurt foot/leg and walks around as little as possible, which...
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    Help! What’s the Best and Fastest Way to Rehome My 6-Month-Old Cockerels?

    Hello! This isn’t exactly an emergency, but I really need to find new home for my cockerels ASAP, like, sometime today or this week at the latest. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can quickly give these boys away to people who will love and take care of them? They are about six months old...
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    Extra Small Peafowl Egg! Is This Normal?

    Hello! I am watching my neighbors’ animals while they’re out of town, and today is the first day. This morning, I went over to feed their peafowl and found an egg in the pen. At first I thought it was a chicken egg because it was so small, but when I picked it up, I found that it was in fact a...
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    Mites and Lice! How to Exterminate?

    Hello! Yesterday, I noticed a couple of my chicks that seemed to have less fluff/feathers on the neck and head, so I went to investigate them. I found lots of nits (eggs) near the base of the feather shafts on the neck and it looked like it had been scratching its neck and broken some feathers...
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    What Is the Best Brand of Cabinet Incubator?

    Hello! I am wondering what everyone’s preferences are on their favorite cabinet incubator, as I am considering getting one eventually and would like to start looking into it now. Which is your choice brand and model of cabinet incubator, and why?
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    Auto-Sexing vs. Sex Linking

    Hello! I am a little but confused about something… I don’t understand the difference between auto-sexing and sex-linking, since both would show you exactly which chicks are males or females as soon as they hatch. Is the difference simply that sex-links are hybrids and auto-sexing chicks are a...
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    Who’s Your Friendliest Bird?

    Hello! I wanted to start a thread for people to share about some of their friendliest and favorite birds… hens, roosters, or any other species! What advice would you give to other people so that they can raise very friendly birds as well? I have a hen named Frieda. She’s super sweet and...
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    Numigalls!! (Guinea Fowl - Chicken Hybrids)

    Hello! Today I saw my Guinea fowl mating one of my (chicken) hens! I’ve been told and have always heard and read that this is a rare sighting, and that it usually only happens when there aren’t any Guinea hens, or they are constantly in close contact with chickens…both of which are true in my...
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    Will Hens Go (Or Stay) Broody After June 21st?

    Hello! I have been looking forward to incubating some peafowl eggs this summer. Currently I am unable to use my incubator, as my neighbor has it at the moment. I do not want to assume that I will get it back in time before the breeding season is over, so my plan was to use a broody (chicken)...
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    Would A Silverudd’s Blue Rooster’s And Buff Orpington Hen’s Chicks Be Sex-Linked?

    Hello! I am looking for somebody who has a Silverudd’s Blue rooster and a Buff Orpington hen. I am trying to find out what the offspring would look like…whether it’s consistent in every chick or varied for individuals. A few months ago, I hatched three chicks that are from my Silverudd’s Blue...
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