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    New born chic injured

    Hey BYC. I’m trying to see what, if anything, can I do to help new born baby chic to survive. Today, when we went to the barn to do our daily routine of checking, cleaning, etc., we found a new born chic under our spectacled Sussex (“Spectacles/Specs”). Specs has been in her nesting box for...
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    Meaning of my rooster’s vocalization

    Hi BYC family! Macho, our rooster, makes this weird ‘guttural’ sound. Sometimes, he makes it while hiding behind something at other times he is simply standing out in the chicken yard. He lives with 15 girls in a barn within a fenced-in area of about 1/3 to 1/2 acres. Fencing is over 6ft tall...
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    Hatching assistance

    Hi everyone. This is our first time hatching; we’re using eggs from our flock and the Little Giant incubator with heater & automatic tuner. Two chics popped since Memorial Day. We’re concerned that one egg in the process of hatching is having difficulty. The chic is (loudly) chirping but seems...
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    Unexplained loss of feathers

    Hello everyone! I could use some advice…one of the girls is losing her feathers. It started as a small spot and now it has grown. At first, thinking she was molting we increased the amount of protein we were giving, but, this is not working. Then, my husband reminded me that they molted back in...
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    Rooster has exposed bone where once there was a toe

    Good evening everyone. I'm hoping for some advice on what to do about our rooster's foot. We were gifted Macho, our rooster, over the Christmas holidays. However, we quickly discovered that he was suffering with what appeared to be frostbite (he previously lived in the mountains in...
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    Greetings from the Chesapeake Bay!

    Greetings everyone! I am Lillian and my family lives in Southern Maryland about 5 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay. We have about 19 cluckers. About a couple of years ago we started with 10 (we lost a couple, not sure what happened!) and last year we bought a hobby farm and inherited 15 girls (of...
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