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I had 8 chicks from a fall hatch. I was easily able to determine which ones were cockerels and rehomed them. I kept the 3 pullets and what I thought was one cockerel, hoping to rehome him in the future. I say cockerel because it was one of the larger chicks, with a bigger comb and legs when...

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I write a chicken blog and do collaborations with other chicken keepers about chicken health issues case studies. I wonder if you'd allow me to use your material? Of course, I would give you credit. Thanks

Here's one from a cockerel that came from my hatching eggs.

I can only hope

I have a hatch of six chicks: one frizzle and three smooth feathered. It's clear that I've got 2 cockerels and 3 pullets, but I'm unsure about this one. 5.5 wks old. Pullet or cockerel? And why?

I think you and I are on the same page. I really fight hard to help the ones that might have a chance, but when it's clear they don't euthanasia is the best option. Her leg joint is swollen and hot and she's quite subdued. Things are only going to get more difficult so I've made the decision to...

I think I got to it too late - I've tried pushing - its not easy and I couldn't get the tendon back into place. I tried splinting yesterday to prevent further rotation and it must have been too tight because her foot was swollen by the end of the day. Today no splint and her knee is swollen and...

How hard was it to get the tendon back into place? The chick is approaching 3 wks - I don't know how long she's had the slipped tendon. I'm doing physio with her nightly and I'm able to get the leg to straighten more. I'm trying to build her muscles and stretch the tendon. I can feel the...

The only way to fix her leg is to correct the slipped tendon, otherwise her leg will be permanently rotated.

She's not a broiler or heavy breed, just two weeks old. I can feel the tendon slipped off to the side which is causing her lower leg to rotate from the knee joint.

I have a 2 wk old chick with a slipped tendon - I don't know how long it's been that way. She holds her leg up in a bent position and the lower leg, from the knee down, is rotated outward. She can't grasp with her toes and hops on the outside of her foot. I started doing physio with her today...

To further answer your questions: My birds are currently in a 1200 square feet pen - no free ranging. Broody hens and chicks are in another pen. I don't ever ship eggs over concerns of decreased viability. I handle the eggs carefully and nothing has changed in that regard over the past 4...

To answer you questions: I count hatch rate as eggs in, live chicks out. Always had high fertility and viability. Last summer had the same rooster and @25 hens and had many 100% hatches (or close to). When the hatch rate was lower I cracked open eggs and found some early and late quitters...

I've had a couple of different roosters and have had high fertility rates. My current rooster's fertility was good last year. He's just turned two and most of my hatches this year are crap - lots of unfertilized eggs and hatch rates of 50-70%. He's in with 20-25 hens which is high but that's...

I've been using witch hazel which is also an astringent.

A distended vent leaves them vulnerable to infections like Salpingitis or flystrike in the summer. I had one like that and it was awful (dripping poop which was really hard to clean).

I have a medical question that I'm hoping someone can advise me on. This is Corazon, who experienced a major prolapsed vent on Sunday. I managed to get most of it back in at the time. She's crated on her own, eating, drinking and in good spirits. I'm given her calcium rich foods, clipped the...

Update: I sent these necropsy photos to an Avian Pathologist who told me that she had Ovarian Adenocarcinoma (Ovarian Cancer).

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