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  1. aidensmomma

    How to bathe a day old chick....

    So....I have this baby....this morning, she was stuck in her shell due to a lack of humidity. Despite all the warnings I've heard, I couldn't watch her suffer, so I helped her out. After a spray bottle, some heat, and gentle tugging, I unglued her from herself and she is loud as can be and in...
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    Strange behavior from my broody, can you help explain?

    A few weeks ago I had a broody hen that left the nest so I quickly moved her eggs to the incubator. Some of the eggs were laid at different times so once the marked ones hatched, I set the rest of them under a different broody hen who was sitting on her own eggs. She was fine with that, I...
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    Not sure what to do now...

    I've just discovered a baby under my broody hen. (sooooo cute!!!) I set these under her when she first went broody because the other broody hen left the nest, so I just put them under the other momma. I'm thinking of taking the baby out and putting her in the house since the hen will be on...
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    I think I have my first broody hen!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I am SO excited! One of my adorable little brown leghorns appears to be glued to one of the nests. I noticed her in the nesting box at an odd time (for her) and crossed my fingers...that was Sunday afternoon...and she's still there! That would mean a hatch date near the 7th of June. I'm...
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    How long before rigor mortis sets in??

    I just found my beautiful FBC Maran roo dead in the run....just, dead. All the other chickens are fine, no hisotry of infections no sickness. I'm trying to figure out if he never made it into the coop last night (which would be weird because there is no obvious trauma to his body) or if it...
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    slightly graphic pic...trying to figure out if she was attacked or did it to herself...

    This is one of my 3 week old LB's who was fine last night and I found her butt like this this morning. I can see that the feathers have been plucked but the bulging concerns me....is that swelling from the plucking or could it be something else? I've consulted my chicken health book and didn't...
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    Need help with a decision

    I have a week old chick who, until yesterday, was perfectly fine along with her 6 friends. The babies stay in a "shelf brooder" in the house for now and there isn't much to get hurt on, but somehow this little thing hurt her leg. I have no idea what is wrong, other then that it might be...
  8. aidensmomma

    what should the membrane look like on day 20?

    What is the relation to the humidity? What does it look like if they are "sticky"? Thanks for any help...in the middle of hatching and I have a problem child who is stressing me out!
  9. aidensmomma

    sick chick

    I had chicks hatch on Wednesday; they were for a friend. she's just called and said that one of the babies has labored breathing and isn't really moving around a lot. I searched the forums but didn't really find any help. They are on medicated feed, they are in a brooder outside (I'm in No...
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    injured baby

    This week old baby hurt this leg during hatching then it got infected. I've been putting vetericyn on it to help it heal but she "walks" on the elbow so it fills with crud and I can't tell what is scab and what's not. I put a warm cloth on it to gently remove the crud and this is what it looked...
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    What is this and can I help her????

    This baby was knocked around by some other chicks and she was suffocating from what I could tell...I tried to help her but I'm pretty sure I did more harm then good....I just couldn't stand by and do nothing (maybe I should have) She's out, breathing, but what is that on her hind end and is...
  12. aidensmomma

    What I learned the second time around;

    1. you CAN read too much information and stress yourself out 2. if you feel in your gut that everything is okay and you've done everything correct during incubation then just RELAX! FOR THE LOVE! 3. Since the humidity level in the hatching room matches or exceeds the humidity in the incubator...
  13. aidensmomma

    Holy Brain Fart Batman

    Ever have those days??? I am in the process of lockdown for my second hatch ever...and since my first one was successful (due to the rock star advice from this forum) i did everything the same but couldn't shake the feeling that I was forgetting something...needless to say, when the humidity...
  14. aidensmomma

    How do I keep fresh hathclings from knocking other eggs around?

    I had my first experience with hatching last weekend...and I'm most likely hooked. :) I had 5 eggs and of them, 2 hatched. After the first one hatched, she flopped around and knocked one of the other eggs that hadn't pipped yet into another egg. It put a large hole in the egg. I wasn't sure if...
  15. aidensmomma

    help a newbie out please!

    Hi, this baby was born yesterday around 4pm. Is this the yolk sac still attached? I thought it was just leftover goop and tried to remove it and then realized it's attached. I didn't pull hard enough to hurt the baby. Will this fall off? or should I be worried about this little baby?
  16. aidensmomma

    need someone to advise.

    What am I looking at? This is one week in the incubator... TIA!
  17. aidensmomma

    Y'all Rock!

    Someone PLEASE tell me that each subsequent hatch gets less stressful!!!! I'm SO nervous about these babies it's almost silly. I'm going to guess I'm not alone...
  18. aidensmomma

    newbie...with a question

    I read these forums frequently to get answers but I don't have a lot of time right now so I'm just asking. I have a LG still air that hasn't had any temp issues at all for 2 full weeks. Yesterday I walked in to the room where it is, a laundry room (the dryer sometimes increases the humidity...
  19. aidensmomma

    I think they'll start laying again....maybe?

    I recently added 15 new babies to my flock...Original flock was 10 ladies...then I lost 5 in one day which was super sad :( So I added the new ones, and lost 3. After the guilty party finally left evidence I fixed the coop issues and haven't lost anymore. I ordered pullets and one turned out...
  20. aidensmomma

    vax question

    Do all chickens get vaccinated? Or only meat birds? Are there certain areas geographically where chickens should be vax'd for one reason or another? Do most chicks come vax'd? I looked around the forum before posting and I hope this is the right spot...thanks
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