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    Help! Chick with wonky legs

    I have a chick that hatched last night, he hasn’t walked yet and he can’t seem to get his legs under him. He just kicks them straight out in front of him. When he does try and move the legs just kind of kick like he’s trying to scoot back. Any idea on how I can help him?
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    English orps for meat?

    So I have a flock of pure English Orpingtons and I’m planning to hatch a couple batches. I’d like to keep them until they’re sexable, sell the pullets and butcher the cockerels. I’ve only kept silkies and layers until now so any pointers would be great! I’m Interested in finding a way to grow...
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    Staggered hatch question

    I started a batch of eggs about a week ago, they are silkie and silkie mixes. With winter my roosters fertility has dropped quite a bit so out of 20 eggs I only ended up with 9 developing. The rest didn’t even start. I was hoping for a bigger hatch than that so my question is could I add more...
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    Frizzled NN hen or roo?

    I have the gorgeous little frizzled naked neck baby and I’m struggling to sex it. It was hatched first week of may. I was pretty sure it was a pullet due to lack of wattles but the reddening is throwing me off. lmk what you think!
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    Tylosin Question

    What is the difference between doxycycline tylosin and regular tylosin? Like what situation would call for doxycycline tylosin instead of the tylosin alone?
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    Chick with leg issue

    I have this satin silkie chick that hatched under a broody hen yesterday and it’s unable to walk or stand. I brought it inside and gave it egg yolk as it clearly hadn’t eaten yet. It lays on its side or its belly with its legs fully stretched out in front of it. When it does try to move it...
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    Chick with eyes stuck shut?

    I’ve got a chocolate Orpington chick that been getting its eyes stuck shut a lot. It started happening a couple weeks ago and I just thought it might be a cold or too dusty in the brooder. So I tried changing the substrate from shaving to a stringy hay with very little dust and added vitamins...
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    Bantam hen, standard chicks

    How many standard size chicks can I safely give to my bantam size hen? She’s been doing great so far with the 8 she has but I’m worried they won’t fit so well underneath her in a few weeks to be able to keep warm. She’s a bantam cochin for size reference and this is her first hatch. I do also...
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    Newborn bottle kitten

    I have a bottle baby about 5 days old. I’ve been feeding him lightly warmed kmr (as much as he will willingly eat) around 4-6ml every 2-4 hours. He’s been pooping regularly with stimulation, however today I noticed small streaks of diluted blood on the wet wipe used to stimulate. I’ve read this...
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    English Orpington huge crop

    I have a silver laced English Orpington that has an absolutely ginormous crop. It’s empty every morning but she just refills it by the evening with an astronomical amount of food. It’s roughly the size of a softball. My question is, is it unhealthy for her to do this? Is this breed more prone to...
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    Meat rabbit cross

    So I currently keep standard Rex and breed for confirmation for show. I send less than exceptional kits to freezer camp. A dual purpose program. So far I’ve only had one litter. My program is in the ‘garage’ phase. My question is, is there a breed I could cross with my standard Rex buck to...
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    English Orpington color cross

    So I’m buying some lavender cuckoo English Orpington hatching eggs, I’m very excited about it. However at the moment I only have a muave rooster. I understand the colors would most likely be split. But I was wondering what colors to expect from muave over lavender cuckoos? Also have a silver...
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    Conure incubation

    So my moms friend has a mated pair of sun conures. She recently asked me if I would incubate some eggs. I know nothing about incubating conure eggs, is there anyone that could give me the ins and outs of trying this? I have a NR360. I haven’t given her a yes or no answer yet as I don’t even know...
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    New rooster

    I’m getting a new rooster for my flock, what I want to know is how long should I wait for the new rooster to have definitively fertilized all the hens, before I try incubating. I currently have a gamefowl rooster as a protector but he recently became aggressive, so we’re rehoming. I definitely...
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    Roundworm treatment

    So I went out to my coop this morning and found this in some poop. I know it’s a roundworm and that I need to treat the whole flock then. Are there any methods someone could recommend for treatment? There isn’t really anything available for chickens at my local feed stores and I really want to...
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    Silkie X chick color?

    Any ideas on what color this satin silkie is? Mom was my buff silkie hen and I’m guessing dad is my red calico Cochin. This is the only one that came out this color.
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    Mottled Cochin baby?

    I just hatched this bantam cochin baby this morning. my question is, is she black or mottled? I know typically mottleds have a lot more white, but she has a lot more white than the other solid black babies I hatched. She has white tipped wings and a little white on her legs. As well as really...
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    Lav and choc Orpingtons

    Anyone know what I would get from my lavender Orpington roo over chocolate hens? Thank you!
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    Muave marans?

    So I’m starting an olive egger project and am considering using a blue copper maran roo to cover Americanas and whiting true blue hens. My question is, I will also have chocolate Orpingtons as well and was curious if I had the blue copper maran roo cover the chocolate Orp girls, wouldn’t the...
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    Olive egger thread

    Hi y’all! I’m working on starting an olive/ Easter egger project. Would love to see photos of everyone’s blue or green layers and the crosses used create these wonderful birds!! Definitely most interested in trying to find a balance in variety of physical color as well as egg color.
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