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    Chicken becomes v anxious and squarks when friend isnt near - help!

    Hi all Wondering if you can help me as I am new here and new to chicken keeping! I adopted two silkies Pom Pom and Lavender about 2 months ago. They are approx. 1 year old and settled in really well. I was then told not to keep chickens in groups of less than three, so I then got two more...
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    Bullied chicken has had a breakdown! Help!

    Hello, I'm at my wits end with a really bad chicken bullying and anxiety problem! I have 4 hens, A Sulfock x, an Ancona, an Isa and a very small Andalusian. They were rescue chickens, and when their former owner gave them to us, he said that the Andalusian was "a bit special" - read, bottom of...
  3. BekahHah

    Help me out!! Quail egg zipping but I think the beak is stuck!!!

    My jumbo quail started zipping at 10am today and seemed to do alright until near 12 this afternoon, it’s trying to zip but it’s beak is hanging out and unable to continue zipping. If it’s beak was pushed in maybe I could continue but right now it can’t turn. It’s chirping a lot and I don’t...
  4. lbgreenfield

    UPDATE on 2X Failed Bumblefoot Surgery - Need Advice

    Hi all. See my original post here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2x-failed-bumblefoot-surgery-what-to-do-next.1325094/ It is 1.5 months after my chicken's twice failed bumblefoot surgery. I have been doing twice weekly epsom salt foot soaks and have not attempted surgery since late...
  5. W

    Help! Anxious Cayuga ducks!

    Hi there! I am a first time duck owner, and I have two, 2 month old cayuga ducks. I got them from a fairly shady breeder when they were a day old (chicks not handled and kept in small brooder boxes with dozens of other ducklings, very crowded). These two have always been quite skittish...
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  6. IceHax

    i'm afraid my eggs won't hatch, help me calm down a bit :D

    so, i had 30 coturnix quail eggs initially, they'd been shipped from the other side of the country, but they all arrived here fine it seemed. i let them settle and then put them in my incubator. They have now been staying in there for 13 days (day 14 has just started) at 37.7 °C and 30-40%RH. my...
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    anxious, over-protective 3 week old chick

    Our baby chicks are just 3 weeks old. The barred Plymouth Rock has become anxious and over protective... every time someone comes up to the cage, she flaps and jumps and tries to keep us away from the other 4 chicks. We only hold them about once a day and there's no reason for her to feel...
  8. C

    ascites

    hey everyone! I am new to owning chickens, I bought a few chicks last spring and so far raising chickens has been fun and fairly easy going, no major issues until today. I had a hen develop ascites and we put her down this morning. My problem is now that one girl has got it and passed away, I am...
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