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  1. Rivers

    2nd chick dead this AM! 1st 1 was different w/ hiccups, all limp, not eating (crop empty), can she

    I think by gizzard you mean crop, as the gizzard is deep inside the bird.
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    Fox broke my roosters neck...

    Had a fox attack last night when I forgot to lock up the birds about 3 hours after dark. Heard a rawkus and ran out to find my two hens cowering near my house door and a pile of white rooster feathers next to the coop! Thought it had been nobbled for sure. I went and found my other rooster then...
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    Hen with crusty flaky feet..

    My oldest hen, about 2 years old has developed very thickly and unevenly scaly feet. They have uneven big scaly ridges which look like they would peel off if you tried, (but they are actually pretty stiff). The feet are dry, pale and and look flaky. I looked up fungal infections of chicken...
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    First Incubator Hatched Chick, died. What went wrong?

    I didnt pull it out. I waited for it to come out by itself and it died in the process.
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    First Incubator hatched chick died, what went wrong?

    Ive made a thread in the incubation section, would appreciate some advice over there. No one has replied so far. Thanks; https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/663729/first-incubator-hatched-chick-died-what-went-wrong
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    First Incubator Hatched Chick, died. What went wrong?

    -This thread will contain pictures of dead chick- After my favourite hen got eaten by a fox a few weeks ago, I rapidly bundled together some eggs and put together a makeshift incubator in the hope of hatching some of her offspring. Things were a bit unstable at first in terms of temperature...
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    Is there a DIY method for egg incubation?

    An update on this: In the end I ordered a seed propagator online, it was supposed to come in 48hrs but due to postal delays it got here in about 4 days. So in all these eggs spent about 10 days on a TV reciever which was only about 25ºc, before they went in the propagator. Even when I got them...
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    Armadillos!?!??

    Man, I would love to have amradillo's im my back yard!
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    Murder Most Fowl

    Most of the neck was there, it seemed to have been detached near the base.
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    Murder Most Fowl

    A few days ago I couldn't find one of my hens when I was locking their coop for the night. I assumed she was sleeping in a bush somewhere which mine tend to sometimes, nothing out of the ordinary. But in the morning I couldn't find her. After lots of searching I eventually came across a most...
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    Chicken Hatches Five Duck Eggs

    Similar thing happened a my local community farm/petting zoo. They keep chickens and a couple ducks. But somehow a wild duck ended up laying some eggs but then dissappearing. Probably lost or dead. The staff put the eggs under one of their broody's and the hen hatched them and looked after them...
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