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    Rainforest plants theme 🌱🌳 frizzle bantam hatch along

    So this is my second proper hatch along, my one a few months ago didn’t go well as the fertility was very low, so this time I took some extra precautions (trimming fluffy butts) and fertility is looking much better. I’m collecting eggs mostly from my frizzle bantams and also my lavender Pekin...
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    Confused by feathers.. hidden silkie genes?

    So I have this rooster, he has half silky looking feathers and half normal feathers (split down the middle) I hatched some chicks recently from my other two roosters, I thought I separated the half silked rooster for long enough but apparently not, and I hatched a white chick (silkie roo is dom...
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    Day old chick with slightly prolapsed vent after mild pasty butt

    My chick had a tiny bit of pasty butt however it was directly over her vent so I think pressure built up, I wiped off the poop, revealing a very tiny prolapse, she did a big poop when I sat her down What should I do? Tricky to get a good photo
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    Sort of an emergency, nurture right 360 is not heating up properly

    My Nurture right 360 is not heating up to the right temperature, when I put the eggs and water in the temp didn’t get higher than 96.2, I’m measuring it on a Govee thermometer, the eggs have been in for a few hours, lid is sealed fine, house is warm, I can’t find any reason why it’s not heating...
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    Finally having my first proper hatch along! Astronomy theme 🪐✨

    It’s spring here and most of my hens are laying, so it’s time for a hatch along! I’m hatching Pekin bantams of a wide variety of colours, mostly for fun, most of the chicks will be given to neighbours or sold but I might keep a few I’ll be setting around 12 eggs but we’ll see how the hens are...
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    Rooster eye issues

    My rooster Boris keeps shutting one of his eyes, it is slightly red and watery, he’s acting normal, keeps that eye open when he wants, no other chickens have any issues, I suspect one of my other roosters got into a tussle with him and pecked his eye No discharge in nose mouth or eyes, his other...
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    Fertile or not?

    My first time layer pullet layed her first two eggs and they looked very nice outwardly, so I wondered if they were fertile Only have the second egg but they were layed within two days so if the second is fertile I’m guessing the first one was likely also
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    Does anyone else have chickens that like belly rubs??

    My runty chicken likes belly rubs and will stand next to me until she gets them The other chickens get jealous and peck her and then jump on my lap for attention Usually chickens don’t seem to like getting petted but she seems to like it
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    Severe balance problems in 8 week cockerel

    Recently my neighbours adopted two of my young cockerels, one previously had wry neck, now resolved, now the other one has developed severe balance issues over the past week, the bird keels over in one direction, can still walk and stand Legs are visibly uninjured, seems to be neurological His...
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    Did I get lucky? Cockerel behaviour

    I’ve been surprised at how relaxed my cockerels are, I was expecting them to chase the pullets and fight with each other on occasion, also expected some signs of aggression from at least one of them I have three cockerels that are five months old, and they all get along really well, with each...
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    Cartoony chicken drawings 😁

    Trying out a new art style of cute goofy lil chickens I’ve drawn a few of mine but I’d love to draw some other people’s chooks if anyone wants 😁 Let me know what you think of them
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    Which rooster might be best to keep for breeding

    I have a dominant white rooster, pekin bantam, I really like this colour and the combos it makes but the rooster is very flawed, body shape is all wrong and he has a messed up wing, I hatched two chicks from him to test if the white was recessive or dominant, and I hatched two roosters, one had...
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    Considering hatching chicks to sell, advice?

    By no means am I definitely doing this, I’m curious about it though, what I should advertise towards with my birds, and what the costs and what I should sell birds for Curious if this would be worth doing or not My goals would be maybe to make a little bit of money (not enough for a job or...
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    Wheezing chick with crackling lungs - emergency ASAP

    4 week bantam chick was completely fine yesterday, now crackling in throat and gasping Nothing I can see in the throat and no discharge anywhere
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    How do you guys treat mites and lice in highly feathered chickens

    My chickens have a mild case of lice, and I’ve been trying to treat it with various powders and a spray but they don’t go away, I’ve also treated the pen and deep cleaned I just can’t reach all their feathers And if I drip them in something their feathers suction and they don’t get wet
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    Rooster with respiratory symptoms

    Got home and noticed all the feeders were empty, when I filled them up chickens were gorging themselves And I noticed one of the boys was frothing from the mouth a bit and panting He wears a collar which I instantly took off when this happened, but he’s been wearing it for several months with no...
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    Any idea on 6 week polish genders?

    Raising some Polish for a friend, any ideas on the genders? They are roughly six weeks old I suspect 2 and 4 are cockrels but I don’t really know
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    Emergency- wry neck please help asap

    She was fine yesterday but she sits like this and can’t move her neck, what do I do!! 😭😭
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    Ear infection in rooster?

    I have a cockerel who has ear feathers matted with some kind of discharge, from what I can see it doesn’t look too bad, some brown gunk around the ear hole but no viable swelling or complete blockage, he otherwise acts normal but he’s kinda a goofy bird so hard to tell Advice for treatment? If...
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    How close do you think she is to laying?

    Her comb and wattles are bigger than my adult laying hens if the same breed now so I’m wondering if she’s close to laying, she’s also been inspecting nesting boxes
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