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    Hen has huge crack in beak

    my rir hen got a split in her beak it was bleeding ans pretty nasty looking but it healed up on its own pretty fast she was shaking her head and making noises because the blood was getting in her mouth i just picked her up cause she came running over to me and rinsed it off with the hose and she...
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    baby roo w/ broken leg?16weeks old and now another with the same leg

    ok i am gonna try to splint their leg i just hope i do it right and dont cause them any more harm again anyone living in the concord/pembroke area that has ever done this before please help
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    baby roo w/ broken leg?16weeks old and now another with the same leg

    ANY ONE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA WITH EXPERIANCE IN SPLINTING CHICKEN LEGS PLEASE HELP I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO THIS A PICTURE WOULD BE GREAT IF ANYONE HAS ONE A PIC WITH A SPLINT ON OR SOMEONE WILLLING TO COME HELP ME DO IT IF YOU LIVE NEARBY NOW 2 CHICKS HAVE BROKEN LEGS THE CAUSE HAS BEEN...
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    baby roo w/ broken leg?16weeks old and now another with the same leg

    well i dont know where the break is my husband seems to think it is at the bend part of the leg im sorry im not sure what this area is called but when you are holding him his leg is just hanging down and he can not walk on it at all i thought it was the foot because he seemed to try and walk on...
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    baby roo w/ broken leg?16weeks old and now another with the same leg

    when i seperate him he just yells for lack of a better word for the others and they do the same for him today he was laying outside in his pen and nobody was picking on him at all acually they seemed to take turns laying next to him i would love to be able to let him stay with the other little...
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    baby roo w/ broken leg?16weeks old and now another with the same leg

    i will try that but wear do i put it should i straighten his leg and tape it to the stick? or how????? ive never splinted a chicken before should i tape it to the back or front of his leg??
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    baby roo w/ broken leg?16weeks old and now another with the same leg

    this morning when i went out to feed i noticed one of my roosters could not walk he was fine yesterday and was crowing this morning when i opened the door everyone ran out except for him he just sat there and tried to hobble around to get outside in the pen with the others he tried to go down...
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    help my little chick has dried poo on his bum and cant poop

    thanks everyone i have been cleaning it off all day and there is none there at the moment but his bum is defenatly not fluffy like the others but he is eating and drinking and hopefuuly pooping he is the runt of the batch much smaller than the rest and just wants to stay under his mom no matter...
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    help my little chick has dried poo on his bum and cant poop

    if i smear mineral oil around his vent will the others start pecking at him or will he be fine? i have also heard on thei site to give them a drop of mineral oil orally is this true and safe to do? im going to store soon to get mineral oil
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    help my little chick has dried poo on his bum and cant poop

    ok im not sure if there is a plug how would i go abouy checking? i far as i could tell it is just pasty when i cleaned it off a little wet poo came out but i few hours later its got dried poo on it again and i again cleaned it off
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    Pasty butt? help how do i treat this

    ok thanks i have been cleaning it off im just concerned there might be some stuck inside the chick was not shipped he hatched under his mom a almost a week ago has anyone tried mineral oil? if so how much? if i put molasis in his water will it be safe for the other 5 babies???? and i dont want...
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    help my little chick has dried poo on his bum and cant poop

    hi thank you for your help but it was not shipped the chicks hatched right here under their mom and she is taking great care of them i have been cleaning it off but not sure if there is any stuck inside any suggestions? is mineral oil safe to give it
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    Pasty butt? help how do i treat this

    how should i treat this i have been going out and gently wiping its bottom with a warm wet paper towel and trying to pick it off much to his dismay baby has dried poo around his bum i beleive from what i learned here this is called pasty butt i think he cannot poo because it is blocked what can...
  14. missfitfarm

    help my little chick has dried poo on his bum and cant poop

    how should i treat this i have been going out and gently wiping its bottom with a warm wet paper towel and trying to pick it off much to his dismay baby has dried poo around his bum i beleive from what i learned here this is called pasty butt i think he cannot poo because it is blocked what can...
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    still two eggs in the nest what to do?

    my banty has been sitting on her eggs and 6 of the eight have hatched last weekend 5 babies made it and are fine four hatched on saturday and one on sunday and one on monday thre ae still 2 eggs in the nest that the mom will still sit on though not all day like she was will these last two hatch...
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    i want to keep them all

    thats good to know because the pair really do like to be together i just wanted to make sure it wouldnt be hurting her to keep them paired up as i said my 2 free range hens do not like the rooster one bit the banty used to free range with the big girls because they were raised together but when...
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    i want to keep them all

    i was thinking i would seperate them accordinly anyway i just wanted to make sure i could keep them all right now my silkie rooster is penned with my bantam hen because the free ranging hens do not like him one bit and my banty loves him it seemed that the two were happy together but i guess he...
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    i want to keep them all

    i have 5 new silkie chicks and id like to keep them all i do not know who is a hen and who is a rooster but i want them all is it possible to raise them together and keep them all or will i have to seperate the boys from the girls? and if i have multiple roosters can they live together if i...
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    AAAAAAGH! I hate fly traps! You'll die laughing when you hear this...

    i have also walked by a sticky fly trap that i hang in my barn and got it stuck in my hair as i stood on the porch yelling for help since i really hate bugs i was really yelling not to mention the buzzing sound comin from the back of my head because a few flies had just recently got stuck...
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    leg bands on babies

    is it safe to put leg bands on baby chicks? i have a 2 black silkies who look identical and 4 grey silkies who also look alike and we want to name them and know who is who i saw plastic legg bands at the feed store and was wondering if it was safe to use i have also heard of people polishing a...
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