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    Roo with no doodle doo and breathing raspie

    I have a roo , called Dancer who hasn't been able to crow for the last 6 weeks , but for the last 3 weeks has been wheezing/ rasping when he breathes . None of the others are doing this, I don't know how old he is as he was given to me by someone who was given him. He is a good minder to the...
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    humidity woes

    Warm water will bring the humidity up quickley good luck
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    PLEASE CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THIS IS MITES ?

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7478_dscf0003.jpg Have already posted this before but only had one response to say maybe it is mites . Can someone tell me if this is really bad and do I treat with flea powder? Also can they kill chicks as all but one of her babies have died over...
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    Can anyone tell me what this might be ?

    how do I check for mites are they like fleas? could that kill chicks ?
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    Help day 21 no hatch yet

    BE PATIENT , they often don't hatch til day 23 and somtimes a bit longer !!
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    HELP, silkie hen with dire leg problems!

    I used to use paraffin but recently tried vicks mixed with vaseline,( that I read was effective from someone on BYC ) I had a chicken with feet exactly like that and after the first application all that crusty stuff went brown and came off. She is still not completly cured though so I am going...
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    Can anyone tell me what this might be ?

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7478_dscf0003.jpg She has lost these feathers while she was sitting on eggs (about three weeks ago ) . I thought it may be normal but am now worried as gradualy all but one of her chicks have died with no apparent cause ?, I also saw today that...
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    HELP Chick has pipped but not in air sac

    Quote: problem is I don't know as it was one that was left under a hen that had all her chicks and this one was one that another hen had laid next to her and she had scooped under. The egg has got like peeling of the brown bit woo, I think it is about the right time but am not sure.
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    HELP Chick has pipped but not in air sac

    I have a chick who has chipped off a piece of shell but doesn't seem to have pieced the inner membrane . It is deffinately not in the air sac what do I do if anything , will it be okay ?
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    What can I do for this leg ??

    tried with a plaster to do that but because the toes are curled on both feet he just kept falling over. do I have to tape his toes straight too? that will be hard to do.
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    What can I do for this leg ??

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7478_dscf0020.jpg One leg is splayed and the foot is scrunched up, the other leg is ok but foot scrunched . He is a one day old quail, I tried the tratment for spraddle leg but he just kept falling on his back. Then I cut his little leg getting the...
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    Need help with 2 babies

    I would think there is another reason that they are not eating. Chicks that come out of the bator can eat and drink almost straight away with no mummy to show them. You could try and put them back with mum too, I had a chick for three days under a heat lamp and put him with a mummy chicken who...
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    Does anyone have pictures of spraddle leg ?

    Thanks for that link it seems to be working for one, but the other one is not quite the same and I tried strapping the legs together but he just kept going on his back. I then cut his leg trying to get the plaster off and now feel mega bad about it. Don't want to mess the poor little thing about...
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    Does anyone have pictures of spraddle leg ?

    I have just hatched some quails and think that one has spraddle leg. I have another whose foot kind of folded up any body got ideas of what I can do to help or will it get better on it's own . They are one day old
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    Will quails live happily with chickens ?

    I was under the impression quails are not good flyers
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    Will quails live happily with chickens ?

    I have some quails hatching now , . The eggs were given to me by a friend who bought them from an agricultural show so I thought I would give them a go in the bator 9 so far have pipped !!! . I have three day old chicks in the brooder can I put them in with them ? and in the future can they live...
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    Roo trying to mate chicks

    I have a young roo who keeps trying to mate with my chicks some only 6/7 weeks . He completely ripped the feathers of one the other day and her back was all bloody, is this normal ? and can he hurt them any more than feathers on thier backs ?
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    CHICK HAS WORMS ?

    Quote: what is diactomaceous earth ?
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    CHICK HAS WORMS ?

    yes, chicks are outside so do I need to treat all my chickens or just the one ? can I buy a de wormer ? or is there something else that is effective ?
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    CHICK HAS WORMS ?

    I think that I saw one of my chicks with what looked like a tape worm dangeling from it's bum. Do chickens get worms and how do I treat them ?
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