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    Zebra Finch Nestling

    He was doing well, so I decided to wait a night before going to the animal shelter. He’s started mouth breathing and it was shallow breaths. I was getting ready to take him to the local animal shelter but he passed before I got there. Poor little guy 💔. sorry, I was replying to your message...
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    Zebra Finch Nestling

    No, the mass is not hard. It has gone down a small amount today. I haven’t seen any poop. The nestling is in a small box, so I would see poop if there was any. It’s in a nice warm kitchen. I have just fed it a tiny bit of hard-boiled egg watered down. Try again in an hour and a half, but I...
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    Zebra Finch Nestling

    I found a nestling huddled in the corner of my cage yesterday. Its sibling is a fledgling and doing well. The Nestling has closed eyes, breathing erratically and a large protruding mass on the side of its neck. I’m wondering what the mass is, tumor, egg sac? I think the nestling is two or three...
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    Eggy McThief!

    Thank you.
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    Eggy McThief!

    I’ll try that. Thank you.
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    Eggy McThief!

    I’m actually in South Africa, so we’re coming into our summer now and the days are long and hot.
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    Eggy McThief!

    She’s always hanging around when other hens are laying and she’ll go straight in there when the hens move away from their eggs, she break the eggs and eat them.
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    Eggy McThief!

    Hello, I’ve noticed that I’m not getting as many eggs lately and I caught one of my hens eating the eggs after being laid. She also often mounts the lowest ranking hen. How can I get her to stop eating the eggs? All the hens have vitamins including calcium in their water. Should I be giving...
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    Strange Neck Bob

    Thank you! 🙏
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    Strange Neck Bob

    I’ve put a message with a link to a video of my hen bobbing her head.
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    Strange Neck Bob

    I don’t think I can post a video, I have tried but I can’t see how to do it, so I put a link below. I’ve only noticed my hen doing it today. I’ve not seen it before and it just freaked me out a bit. https://share.icloud.com/photos/037y9D-H6L0vdj1mToAO7PVJg
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    Strange Neck Bob

    Hi All, I was checking on my chickens just now and found one of them was doing a strange neck bob. She’s the lowest rank of all my chickens. Does anyone know why she’s doing this please? Gigi
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    Help! Mites killing my girl or egg bound?

    Here’s an update… It’s water belly. I gave her a warm bath with some Epson salts and then with the help of my Gardener I drained as much fluid as I could. The hole without the syringe seems to be dripping nicely but with water belly you just never know how long they have. She did a big poop...
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    Help! Mites killing my girl or egg bound?

    Im in South Africa. I’m using Efekto Malasol. On the packet it says the dip them in 20 L of water 20 ml of solution. I dipped them a month ago and it said on the packet if it’s a bad case of mites, which it is, then after one month dip again, so they were dipped again last week. The last time I...
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    Help! Mites killing my girl or egg bound?

    In the last day one of my hens is showing she’s very ill. She is the most affected by mites that I have been treating all my girls for. Inherited the girls four months ago and they were in a bad way. I realise the mites were in the coop and outside area and on the hens. I have been bathing the...
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    What breed are my chickens?

    Thank you. This is Princess Layalot, she seems to be my best layer giving good sized eggs.
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    What breed are my chickens?

    Morning, Are you able to tell me what breed of chickens I have please? I inherited 9 chickens 4 months ago from the previous owner of my new home. I have no experience in looking after chickens but I’m doing the best I can with the minimal knowledge I have. Thank you.
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    New chicken owner!

    What a warm welcome, thank you. I will get photos on tomorrow 🐓 I am 2 hours ahead of the UK and 6 hours ahead of NYC, so I may post at odd hours, I hope this doesn’t offend anyone.
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    New chicken owner!

    Hi Everyone, I inherited my 9 chickens when I moved into my new home 4 months ago. I have no idea what breeds my chickens are I know there’s a mixture! I’m originally from the UK but have recently settled in South Africa. I chose to join because of the wealth of information that is available to...
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