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    Sudden death in year old pullet

    I would highly doubt the weather had anything to do with her sudden death, as winters in Kuwait are basically summers as cool as summer in any of the northern United States. The temperature only got down to around 14 deg C, which is about 57 deg f. Besides much of her body was still quiet warm...
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    Sudden death in year old pullet

    I was under the impression that SDS was only common in certain "factory" breeds that grow too fast?
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    Sudden death in year old pullet

    Unfortunately not possible. I thought it would have been too graphic and didn't do it at the time, she is now buried in the garden. I'll keep that in mind if it ever happens again though, especially considering I have no experience in autopsies outside of a few college science classes it would...
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    Sudden death in year old pullet

    That was the second thing I had checked for upon finding her, all her vertebrae were aligned =/
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    Sudden death in year old pullet

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.): - Sussex mix, less than a year, appropriate weight for a chicken her size. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. - N/A. No odd behavior was showing before death. 3) How long has the bird been...
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    Another one!

    Here are some shots of the second pullet that hatched out of a marans egg, not too easy to get a shot of her as she’s always been the most skiddish of the lot
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    Another one!

    Calling on the pro’s to offer their 2cents on the following pullets and roo’s. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I had ordered some hatching eggs from a breeder in Turkey. Originally ordered 30 eggs, 10 of which hatched, so numbers weren’t great to begin with. One of the “Legbar” marked eggs...
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    Mystery pullet

    Hello, so I had ordered hatching eggs from a breeder in Turkey a few months ago. One of the eggs labeled as Cream Legbar ended up hatching as the following pullet, which doesn’t look anything like pictures of Legbar hens. Any idea’s?
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    My mystery araucana

    Looks like a pullet to me :)
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    Anyone want to play sex that chick?

    Limited experience here, but like above, they seem like pullets to me
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    Emergency - Pullet found with severe toe injury

    Update: I had originally cleaned and dressed the wound with what I had available at the time. A bit of rubbing alcohol (done before reading the second post) to clean the wound dabbed on with a cotton ball. I then smeared the wound with some calendula paste (which I've personally used growing...
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    Emergency - Pullet found with severe toe injury

    Hello everyone, 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Lavender Ameraucana, 9 weeks, healthy weight in comparison to her flock. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lethargic at the moment, shivering, aware of surroundings but...
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    4 Brahma’s and a mystery chick

    Absolutely 5/5. The cochin and brahma’s all started crowing within a week of each other, the Boom is as quiet as ever.
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    Any educated guesses on what breed / gender this chick is?

    Update: Henrietta has laid her first egg! Along with another 2 by the time I fixed my phone to post this, for a total of 3 so far. So thats around one very small cream white egg every third day or so.
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    Ktown Hatch

    Thanks :D Yea I'm keeping a watchful eye on them checking on them every few hours, I have the luxury of being able to work from home and the chicks are literally on the other side of the wall from me. Already had to "help" one of the little ones today because they are at the point of where they...
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    Ktown Hatch

    Thank you, I actually ended up with the number of chicks I had originally wanted before I ordered! Although the numbers of each breed and sex admittedly aren't.
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    Ktown Hatch

    Thank you! I never realised how rewarding it would feel to hatch out your own eggs, it reminded me of a game I use to play as a child called Tamagotchi back in the 90’s, where you’d raise a digital egg to hatch
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    Preparing for 100+ degrees

    As a previous poster mentioned, access to dirt / sand that is moist, not wet or muddy. One thing I notice my birds do other than seeking shade or a drink now and again is that they dig a little crater around them in garden soil that is moist and flatten the breasts on it to cool off and within...
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    Ktown Hatch

    Forgot to mention the last picture in my previous post is the most recent from earlier today, so I’ll try to keep this thread updated on a weekly basis with their progression. The chicks only pant during the hottest times of the day, otherwise they seem very comfortable and full of energy!
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    Ktown Hatch

    Day 18 I bumped the humidity up to 60%, day 19 had the first pip and on day 20 was the first hatch, which was closely followed by another few hatches that same night. I had to assist hatch the first pipped egg as it had not broken free for over 36 hours. After a candling I found that it had...
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