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  1. starkarama

    Possible infection or just moulting

    Thanks for your suggestions! Good news, she is roosting so she is no longer sitting in soiled bedding. She is the bottom of the pecking order (only have 3 girls) but her legs and feet seem fine. I sprayed her with might spray but unfortunately I live remote on Christmas Island so no vet or...
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    Possible infection or just moulting

    Hi guys, My 3yr old hy-line brown hen is eating, moving around and business as usual EXCEPT I just noticed this hardend rash /area underneath on her stomach and no feathers. The Feathers that are coming through it looks like the the feather ducts are a bit swollen.. She has moulted on her neck...
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    3 very sick hens, can I give them human antibiotics?

    Hi there, I am hoping someone out there in the chicken cosmos can help me. I live extremely remotely on an island off the coast of Australia. There is no Vet or animal supply shop here at all. I have 3 EXTREMELY ill Hi-line Brown hens 18 months old. They are all very lethargic, diarrhoea, no...
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    External Pipped, chirping, moving beak but nothing else

    Hi All, Great success, ended up with 7 out of the 8 eggs hatching and am now the proud mummy of 7 very active 4 day old chicks. Unfortunately 1 didn't make it. It was one of the first ones to pip but it hadn't pierced the membrane. After 24 hours I could still see it moving and more shell had...
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    External Pipped, chirping, moving beak but nothing else

    I did it!! And in the nick of time by the looks of things. It has survived me escaping it, and is now back in the bator trying desperately to rest but the other chicks are all over it. It looks pretty good, no blood but that membrane was tough as old boots. I had to use a knife to cut it. I took...
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    External Pipped, chirping, moving beak but nothing else

    Well, I have absolutely no idea about humidity. I do live in the tropics though so I know it is VERY humid here anyway. I have no idea what a hygrometer is and am feeling like a very bad mummy that I don't have one! The only measure I have is loads of condensation on the walls of the bator...
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    External Pipped, chirping, moving beak but nothing else

    Hi All, 1st attempt at hatching chicks using an incubator. I have 8 eggs, 6 are 'pipping'. According to my dates, today is day 19 / 20 so I only stopped turning them last night. Not thinking any would be hatching today I took the lid off the bator and had a good nosey around... To my shock...
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