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    Still losing chicks - breastbone exposed? What disease is this?

    I am still losing chicks. At least two a day. I have added TF-15 to their feed, added corid to their water, added albon to their water They become lethargic, fluff their feathers, and when they die their breast bone is no longer covered with any skin...SOme of them have closed eyes and labored...
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    Eyes sealing shut !!!

    I am having a problem with eyes closing shut on chicks up to about three months old...they are fine one day, the next day one or both eyes are shut. I am treating with Vetricyn spray and if I catch them early enough, it seems to help...but I would like to find out what is causing this? The...
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    Predator in the barn, what could it be and what to do?

    I have three separate coop areas, a 10 x 12 raised hen house that was built on poles like a pole barn, completely enclosed and shut up at night, a stall in a lean to shed attached to the barn, and a 12 x 12 stall in the horse barn. After finding a skunk in the stall in the lean to shed one...
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    Broody hens ??

    I have a question for those of you who have used broody hens to incubate eggs. My black copper maran has gone broody, for over a month now. Of course she is not laying eggs. I have taken her off the nest multiple times but she keeps going back. I would very much like for her to start laying...
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    Hatched this chick and wondering what it is?

    This chick hatched yesterday and I am wondering if anyone knows what it is? The body is black but it has this adorable little yellow face and belly.
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    Two bantam pullets...came in an assortment from Ideal last October.

    These two little pullets came in an assortment from Ideal last fall. I would like to find out what breed they are to get them a rooster. They are very gentle girls, not at all flighty, and the black mottled one seeks me out when I enter the coop every morning. I did not raise them as pets, so...
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    Dead hen, head left beside body..no blood....any ideas?

    I have 30 acres in the middle of nothing...no trees, no cover of any kind for predators to hide in. I have been very fortunate for three years having lost only one hen in all that time. Yesterday, I found one of my pullets out in the middleof the pasture...the magpies were picking at her...
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    Incubator lost power temp down to 70 any chance these will hatch?

    I came home today and went to move the eggs to the hatcher. The incubator had failed and the temperature inside the bator is down to 70..the eggs feel cool to the touch. They are three days away from hatching. I tried searching the forums but could not find this topic. Is there any chance...
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    Small banty from Ideal poultry - ??? is she a game hen?

    I got a .99 cent assortment from Ideal Poultry last fall. This little bird is one of that bunch. She is VERY small compared to the rest. She is a little flighty, but settles right down and is gentle once I catch her. I like her A LOT and would like to know what she is (I think it is a little...
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    Shipped eggs arrived - several smashed and covered the others in yolk...what to do? Oxine??

    I received four dozen eggs today and six of them were smashed...really really smashed...and egg yolk got all over the rest of them, and dried. What is the best way to wash these eggs before putting them in the incubator? I know it is best to wash an egg with very hot water...I do have oxine...
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    Umbilical cord stuck and chick pulls insides (guts) out

    My friend is hatching tonight. He has had very good luck previously, using gqf cabinet incubators. He has had some chicks that fail to pip or fail to hatch, but he just called me in a panic. He had three chicks that just hatched, they pipped, got out of the egg, but their umbillical cords were...
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    SKUNK ! Has anyone used nite eyes and do they work?

    I fell asleep and so was late in locking the chicken coop stall tonight. I always go in to do a head count. One-two- three---oops, whats that black and white one on the floor? SKUNK !! I was probably only about 5 feet from it in the dark with a flashlight. It was snooping around the feed and...
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    White Ameracauna Rooster attached and blinded by another roo

    Is there anything I can do? My beautiful white ameracauna roo was attacked by a mongrel naked neck rooster today. He did not return to the coop and when I went looking for him I found him lying on the ground. When I went to pick him up he ran into the car tire. One eye is gone for sure, the...
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    Frizzle bantam frizzled ??

    Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong with this poor little chick? None of the other chicks have any problems. This chick's feathers pull out if I pick it up wrong. It is about five months old. It seems to have lost most of the feathers around it's head. It has bald spots on it's neck...
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    Posted on wrong forum, please ignore.

    I am sorry, I posted this on the wrong forum.
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    Pullets just starting to lay and pecking eggs - egg eater?

    There are so many threads on egg eating, I hope no one minds my posting this question here. I sold my entire floc k of hens last fall and just wintered some silkie chicks, some assorted bantams from Ideal and three black copper marans, a rooster and two hens. I just bought 31 pullets that...
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    Ameracauna Chick Hatched this morning

    I have a white Ameracauna Rooster and Two White Ameracauna Hens. I hatched my first chick from this trio this morning, but it does not appear to be able to stand. The other chicks hatching (Orphington, Black Australorp, etc) are having no trouble. THis is a really pretty little chick, almost a...
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    One hen died four days ago, now another one not doing well ?

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. Hens, unknown breed and age, purchased this summer for grasshopper control 2) What is the behavior, exactly. One hen came out of coop one day with her one leg knuckled over, she was walking on her knuckle (do chickens have knuckles?) when I put my finger...
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