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    1 year old hen suddenly stopped laying

    Hello, I am based in Australia (so summer here). I have a welsummer hen who is 12 months old, who I got as a day old chick. Since she started laying in July, she has been consistently laying 6-7 eggs a week which is very frequent. However, just recently, 2 weeks ago, she laid only 4 eggs that...
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    Chicken necropsy (graphic images) - liver failure / internal bleeding - what is the cause?

    Hi there, my 10 month old French marans hen died two days ago. I found her dead when I went to check on my flock in the afternoon. I got her as a day old chick and she had a bit of a case of failure to thrive - she didn't grow much at all in the first month but later had a growth spurt and...
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    Pullet laying 1 egg a week

    Hi there, I have a pullet that just started laying early July. The first month or so she was laying 4-5 eggs a week, but it's slowly dropped down and the past 4 weeks she's laying one egg a week. I wanted to check if there might be something wrong with her healthwise? or if this is normal...
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    Mareks? Botulism? Or? Both legs paralysed pointing straight back, gasping for air, sudden onset.

    Last night my favourite hen was euthanised at the vet, but I wanted to post here to hear your opinions on what was going on, so I know what to do in the future in case any other flock members show similar symptoms. ** My hen was a 10 months old araucana, who just started laying approx 2...
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    yellow poo

    I have a 9 month old hen who today I noticed her comb is a little more pale than usual. I also observed her do two poops today where there's yellow in the urates and it's a bit bubbly. I have attached two photos of Poo #1. The second image is me breaking it apart with a stick. I have also...
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    Warning: Chickens got squashed/died by treadle feeder

    Hi all, first time chicken mama here who has been trying really hard and being overcautious about everything while raising chicks. I had two 14 week old chickens die yesterday after my treadle feeder fell on its side and squashed them flat. It was so very sad. They were small for their age (the...
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    is it coccidiosis if chick had symptoms for 2.5 weeks?

    Hi, I had an 7 week old araucana chick who was vaccinated against coccidiosis (covering 4 strains: e. acervulina, tenella, necatrix, maxima), recently pass away from suspected coccidiosis. Unfortunately I did not decide to do a necropsy or fecal float at the time as I assumed it was coccidiosis...
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    Recurring impacted crop in 8 week old chick - advice please

    I have an 8 week old chick whose crop does not empty in the mornings. I would say if it was 100% full in the evening, it empties about 30% overnight, so around 70% is still left in the mornings. I have withdrawn food overnight a few times to confirm this is what is happening. In the mornings...
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    5 week old chick with impacted crop

    I have a 5 week old araucana chick (different to the other one I've asked for help with) who is growing slow for its age and breed. I've been keeping an eye out to see what's wrong, and have noticed its crop is full in the mornings. Hence, I withdrew food from the brooder overnight for a few...
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    5 week old chick flew off hand & hurt its leg - help please

    Hi, I have a 5 week old araucana chick who is very small for its age. About 4 days ago I was holding it less than a foot above the brooder and it flew off my hand, hit the brooder plate and landed on its side and hurt its leg. I know it hurt its leg because it didn't get up - I put it back on...
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    Doughy crop on 5 week old chick - help please!

    Hi all! I'm raising 16 chicks for the first time and have a very small 5 week old cuckoo marans chick, less than half the size of its hatchmates. I've been keeping an extra eye on it and over the past few days I've withdrawn food from the brooder overnight to double check its crop in the...
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    How to measure vitamins and electrolytes for chicks? (Vetsense Avi-Vital and Avi-Lyte)

    Hi all, I have a couple of chicks who are growing very slow. I want to feed them some poultry vitamins and electrolytes in their water just in case it helps. I have purchased Vetsense Avi-Vital and Vetsense Avi-Lyte...
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    4 week old araucana chicks - growing slow / very small?

    Hi there, new to raising chicks. I have 3 araucana chicks who are 4 weeks old, and they're growing and feathering a lot slower compared to other 4 week old araucana chick photos I see online. They seem healthy to me, however compared to my other chicks of the same age (I have 16 total), they...
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    4 week old cuckoo marans - help please with gender!

    Hi I have three cuckoo marans chicks, 4 weeks old. I'm wondering if it's possible to tell who's who now? I'm guessing #1 & #2 might be cockerels based on the lighter wing colouring, and #3 is a pullet? Also, #3 is growing so slowly compared to the others. Is it doing okay? Thank you 🙏🏼
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    3 week old wyandotte chick randomly died

    Hello - new to raising chicks. I have (had) 17 chicks in a brooder which I got as day old/few days old chicks. I didn't have any issues that I was aware of - they were all growing well and also vaccinated against cocci. A few days ago, I sadly found one dead in the brooder. It was a wyandotte...
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    4 week old chicks growing at different speeds (also what gender?)

    Hello - new to raising chicks. I have 3 cuckoo marans chicks hatched November 29, making them 4 weeks old in these pictures attached. They've been growing at different speeds and one is very large, one is medium sized and one has barely grown. Due to their age I am keen to start transitioning...
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    Is this a welsummer? And if it is.. is it a pullet?

    Hi, I've been told this is a 1 week old welsummer pullet chick but it doesn't look like the welsummer images on Google. Can someone please confirm what breed and gender this chick is? Thank you :)
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