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    Hawk attacked 7 week old chick

    I woke up to a the worst, a hawk killed my favorite baby chick and injured another 😭 (why do the most friendly sweethearts always die) anyway, the survivor is not in good shape im not even sure how she survived as she’s in worse shape then the one who died. What can I do I’m afraid one of the...
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    Does this look like slipped tendon?

    Hi I already made one post about this but I’m just really upset for this chick :( look at these pictures and please tell me if it looks like slipped tendon or splay leg to you. I have no experience with slipped tendon so I can’t tell, it looks fine to me? I don’t even know, I can convince myself...
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    Crooked foot and splayed leg

    Hi everyone I just rescued a chick from a farm store that they weren’t selling because of crooked toe and splayed leg, they gave her to me for free!! But this is a little more extensive then my previous experience— let me just say I’ve hatched chicks with this and they recovered well but I also...
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    I don’t even know anymore

    Help this chicken has been sick for a while now and I’m very lost with what to do it makes me so sad I can’t help her.. she originally stopped walking I brought her in, found fleas, treated her, nothing changed, soaked her, then a large lump appeared so I thought omg egg bound, no improvement at...
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    Mites and not walking

    Can mites cause a chicken to have leg paralysis? Not scaly mites just your average nasty pest mites.. I discovered a bunch of mites on a chicken that hasn’t been able to walk… this happened months ago to a chicken that ultimately died but is this because of mites all this time?! Or is it...
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    Hatching guineas

    Hi does anyone have any candeling pictures of their Guinea eggs from a hatch? I have 16 eggs I am hatching for my dad and would like to see some development in other eggs to compare to mine. It’s day 21 and all the keets are very tiny inside the egg compared to when I hatched chicks. I’m nervous...
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    Help please! Rooster can’t walk well

    Hi so I have these 2 roosters they are amazing sweet boys, they have stayed together because they actually really are like best friends, the healthy one is the boss and established his role early on after they had a little dominance fight. It didn’t cause any injuries but the lower rank rooster...
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    Water belly??? Sos

    Hey I have a chicken who is not able to walk this came on suddenly she’s still active squawking and eating but cannot move, she can’t be stood up either. I felt around and there’s no egg or anything stuck her vent seems pretty normal too but her stomach is super squishy I can push it all around...
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    Help pt.2

    Hello again, this is still about my first hatch.. so the second egg hatched but this guy is tired and needs to relax, the other dude is coming out today he hatched 24 hours ago.. my concern is will he be ok in the brooder all alone for however long it takes the other guy to get his energy up...
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    Help me calm down!!!

    Hi guys so my first hatch is going how I was hoping it wasn’t going to go.. nothing too bad just I had one chick hatch on hatch day (day21) and the others still haven’t pipped (day 22- 18 hours after first dude hatched).. I’m waiting patiently however I am just worried about the little guy in...
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    Hatch day!

    Hi everyone, I have been attempting to hatch eggs for the first time! I only am hatching 5 since this is my first time I don’t want to compromise a big hatch. It’s day 21 and the eggs are about to hatch one is pipping currently I just wanted to ask and get any and all advice for this, how long...
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    Silkie

    Hi, I know silkies can be more difficult so I was hoping you guys could help me out on this one I’m stumped. He/she is about 5 months old super sweet and shy. Gets along with everyone, thank you!
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    Weird stuff on egg

    Hi so this is not necessarily an emergency just didn’t know where else to discuss this. One of my eggs has the WEIRDEST little things on them, I’m hoping it’s just a new style of calcium deposits lol but they also strangely look like small little eggs…. I wasn’t able to find anything about eggs...
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    No heat?

    Hi so my friends chicks are about 6 weeks but because 2 are silkies she’s wondering if she should keep heat on them still. I can get pictures of them if needed but they are pretty feathered besides the silkies being puff balls lol.
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    Breed?

    My friend got some baby chicks recently and got a few from tsc, these are the chicks from tsc but she’s not sure on breed they were just in bin randomly, any ideas?
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    Best feed

    Hi guys, haven’t been on here in a while because I had such a bad struggle with my chickens a little bit ago.. well everything’s looking up and things are starting to be ok. I need a new feed and I can’t tell what’s the best. Everyone has different opinions so I just figured I would come here...
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    Done :(

    Hi guys… I have lost all hope and am bawling while I write this… my chickens have been dying one by one since I have got them… I am now suspecting mareks but I don’t know enough about it, i honestly am hoping anyone can help me figure this out. Some have shown symptoms of declining, others not...
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    Elector PSP

    Hi so I used elector PSP on my chickens after finding a stupid little mite on a couple chickens, I’ve been meaning to clean the coop and have been trying to brainstorm what is going on with one of my chickens so I felt this was the best route as mites have probably been my problem this entire...
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    What is going on

    Hi guys so one of my amerucanas has always been different, she’s very shy and keeps to herself and has always slept like she was dead. She always makes me worried because she looks dead from inside lol, I have always told myself she’s fine because of this but now after really looking at her I’m...
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    Not meat birds but culled

    Hi so I had the nerve wracking experience of culling some young roosters for the first time. I am a 21 year old girl for reference so this was very hard on all aspects. I think I did good but I cried a lot it was very hard and it was so sad to do especially because I am the sole caretaker it...
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