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  1. kinardmommy

    Hen with messy vent and bad odor coming from mouth

    I have a hen that is about 3 years old. I have noticed the past few days she has a messy vent when she has never had this problem befor. Today when I let the chickens out I noticed that she had layed down in the grass in the yard. This is very uncharacteristic of her. When I approached her to...
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    I lost track of time!!! Momma & Baby pic

    So I have two hens that are siting on 12 eggs apiece. I thought they had been sitting for about 2 weeks now. Well I go out today and two of the eggs that I got a look at are pipped!! I am sooo eggcited. This is such a pleasant surprise and it really made my day. I do have a question. Their nest...
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    Lots of pictures of my chicken family

    Well, first I would like to introduce my rooster. He is a Black Australop and is 22 wks old. He is such an excellent roo. The hens always get to eat first and he always looks out for them and comes running when they call. Here are my four Black Astralop hens. They are also 22 weeks. These...
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    Worms under skin..what are they?

    I have four black Australorp hens that are 20 wks. Over the past two weeks two of them have developed a sneeze with alot of caked up snot on the beak. I was positioning one of them in my arms to give an injection of Tylan and while searching for a good spot to give the shot in the breast I saw a...
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    Now dealing with WET POX!!Thank You BYC!!

    Can someone please help me! I just noticed these lesions/sores on my cockrel Spot. From everything that I have been able to find researching, I think it may be fowl pox. Can anyone help or give me any useful info? Thank you
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    Hen Diagnosed (long)

    I bought six hens about four weeks ago. I have many pullets but wanted hens that were already laying. When I bought them I noticed one of them was wheezing and sneezing. I tried to treat her with OTC antibiotic and it did not work. Long story short it had been four weeks just since I got her and...
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    BARE NAKED HINEY

    I recently purchased 6 laying hens that are about 18 months old. One of them has no feathers on her hiney. All around is just bare. I have checked for mites and there are none. She is not being pecked by other chickens. What could be the cause??
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    hypochondriac or not

    I recently bought 6 hens that are already laying. They are about 1 1/2 yrs. They came from an older couple who kept them in good living conditions with a lot of space. They looked all around healthy and I checked them for mites/lice and found none. When i brought them home I kept them seperate...
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    Please Help Me!!!

    My chick is about 5 days old and has suddenly started acting strange. It just stands with its eyes closed and eventually will drop it's head to the floor. It is shaking somewhat and when I watch it closely there is some type of Oh I don't know pulsating (for lack of a better word) going on in...
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    Sticky Chick!!!!

    When this chick hatched I had to help iy. The fluid inside he shell was like glue. Now it is dry and hard. What can I use to get it off??? Please help!!!!
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    Liquid Filled Bubbles on neck area

    My chick just hatched about 30 min ago. It has an area on it's neck that looks like a liquid filled pocket or bubble. Can anyone tell me what this is and is it fatal?? Thank You, Nikki
  12. kinardmommy

    My First Pip

    I am a few hours away from day 21 and I have my first pip!!! Never done this before and I am sooo excited. Nikki:clap
  13. kinardmommy

    STARTING DAY 20

    Well I have a few that are shaking and I can't sem to take my eyes away from the bator. This is my first time and my stomach is in knots. My humidity is at 69% and my temp is good so I am hoping for the best. I also have eggs in there that are on day 19 some of them are shaking. If they come out...
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    LG Still Air vents?

    This is my first hatch and I am a few hours away from starting day 20. I have kept one of the top vents open on the LG still air throughout the incubation but now I am having trouble keeping my humidity up. I have the reservoir full,sponges, a dish of water(with small pebbles in it) and wet...
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    OOOPS!!

    On day 14 I candled my eggs again and all looked good. However, when I placed one of the eggs back into the incubator I apparently put it in small end up. They are bantam eggs and some of them are very hard to ditinguish which is the small and big end. Did I kill my chicken it was like that for...
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    First Time Incubation

    This is my first incubation and I have a Little Giant still air incubator. I am on day 17 and everything has gone well so far. I amm a concerned about a few things though: -how can I tell how high the humidity is to prepare for the hatch? -any suggestions to raise humidity? -Should I open...
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    Will my chicks run away?

    I am new to raising chickens. I have three chicks tat are about 5 weeks old. It is wrm enough dudring the day to let them outside so I have been letting them out in a small pen. I am scared to let them run free because at the end of the ay I will need to catch them. Please Help!!
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