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I checked her crop, it is empty. I checked her vent and there does not seem to be an egg impacted. I felt all around the vent area. She is approx 3 yrs old. No injuries and up toll today has been active and laying regularly. I went to put them up this evening and she was alone far away in the...

First this chick could not stand, but after two days of the teather between the legs it was standing and hobbling on its crooked deformed feet. Though it was very wobbly, we spent the next two days with shoes fitted to its feet. It did strengthen her legs and feet considerably and after 5 days...

I have double bagged my whole chickens in a pinch. The first bag, squeeze out as much air as possible and then put into a second ziplock bag and again get air out. I have used a straw slipped into the corner of the second bag and sucked out as much air as poss and then quick seal it. Being...

I have had this very thing happen to one of my girls this last week. She was limping, tail feathers down and was unable to get on even a low roost. We locked her in tight so no one could get her. She is one of my older girls so the others did not mess with her. A few days later she was able...

Now I am in now way an expert, but was looking into ways to cut my feed costs and discovered Planting your scratch feed in your free range area. An old farmer told me to section off an area at a time and throw your scratch feed out along with melon, pumpkin, bean and various other seeds. I am...

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If the chick recovers, can it still pass what ever it had on to the others? I guess that would be my question.

Thank you so much. I was wondering: I recently lost the entire bator of eggs and from all advice, it was contamination of bator that actually took over during lockdown and killed them all but one. This one had a rough time of it but is now almost 2 weeks old and is strong. Feeling sorry for...

I recently lost an entire bator of eggs and from all advice, it was contamination of bator that actually took over during lockdown and killed them all but one. This one had a rough time of it but is now almost 2 weeks old and is strong. Feeling sorry for it, I went to a friend who had chicks...

Does anyone know about contamination? Can you have live bodies then be wiped out?

I have used this still air incubator before, Three times I have two thermometers in it, 101 and 50-60 humidity. Purchase a doz fertile eggs for a breeder where I have bought before ( I also get chicks from him) and a doz or so of my own eggs. Candled twice, once on day 7 and again on day 12...

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Can you post your feed recipe again? I could not find it in the threads and do you feed scratch also when they are not free ranging, say in winter? Thank you so muccccch.