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    11 wk old having foot and walking problems

    I have a chicken that is about 11 weeks old having troubles with its feet and walking. I don't know what kind of bird it is or if it is male or female yet - I'm thinking based on the irridescent tail feathers coming in that it is a boy. We hatched it from a mixed batch of eggs from a neighbor...
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    Help! yolk sack or guts out of my chickies belly!

    What do I do for my little chickie? I'm not sure if is an unabsorbed yolk sack or it's little guts? Either way, what shall I do? Right now its still in the incubator and I have cleared out most of the other chickies (there was one other not ready to come out yet). Its quite active and...
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    freshly hatched chicks sitting and laying on damp sponge - ok??

    My chicks are just starting to hatch, (my first batch ever so exciting!!!). I had put a damp sponge in the incubator to up the humidity and now the little babies are flopped on top of the sponge. I'm worried about them being on the sponge but I don't want to open up the bator to take it out...
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    Momma chickens feeding baby chicks layer feed

    Hi All, I'm new to this forum and new to raising baby chicks. We got some day old chicks and slipped them under a broody hen. We keep them all free range so have not separated them off from the rest of the flock. The chicks are now about a week old and I've noticed the mother taking the layer...
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