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  1. Donna in Montana

    How to proceed with lame chick

    A week ago last Friday I caught a little 6 week old chick that was limping and have been keeping him in a birdcage in the house. We can't see what's wrong but it seems to be in the leg/body joint . The leg would be extended behind him until he 'hopped' and brought it back under him again. We...
  2. Donna in Montana

    What causes yoke to 'melt'?

    At this time we are down to one chicken laying. Two are sitting on eggs and the rest are too young. "Oreo" is around 4-5 years old. She's a Cochin and my favorite bird. Her last 8 eggs, regardless if put into a hot pan or a bowl, will look fine for a few seconds then the yoke will 'melt'...
  3. Donna in Montana

    Is it ok to take 2 chicks from hen that has 6 to give to hen...

    ... that has none? Let me explain. Jill laid seven eggs in our lean-to the end of June. I had told hubby I really wanted to see her babies so I took her eggs and put them into my incubator. She didn't lay any more eggs in the lean-to or anywhere else I know of. She wasn't sitting on them...
  4. Donna in Montana

    Crested Polish - ? about 'covers' around bottom of crest feathers

    I hope I picked the right place to post this. It isn't a disease... just something I need to know if I should deal with it or if it's natural. In April I bought 4 White Crested Black Polish chicks to get some new blood into the group (although I have since read they aren't really that inclined...
  5. Donna in Montana

    HOW do you move chickens at night into another coop?

    Our last "chicks" (a hen and rooster) have been sleeping in the 'small' coop they grew up in although their mom went on back to the big coop with the rest of the foul. We now need these two to join the rest so we can put our new chicks out in the small coop (with a red heat light). These two...
  6. Donna in Montana

    Greetings from Montana..

    Good Morning! So glad to have come across this site while Googling for how to care for a new chick with splayed legs. (Masking tape around legs making a "H" for 36 hours took care of the problem). We (Philip, my husband of 31 years and I) had 5 of 7 eggs hatch two weeks ago in an incubator...
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