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  1. Chickadee-Dee

    Hatching button quail eggs

    Hey all, My female is constantly wanting to hatch eggs, but every time one hatches she ends up trampling the poor soul to death and then ignores the other eggs and they eventually dont make it. I haven't been able to acquire an incubator that I like for their tiny eggs so I normally just take...
  2. Chicks 'n ducks

    Help! My chickens are dropping dead with no warning!

    Hello, I have been struggling with some nasty disease in my flock of silkies. It started in fall of last year when I had one of my first chickens, a silkie pullet, get sick. she wasn't acting herself, not much of an appetite, hunched. Then, the next day or so, she was struggling to...
  3. SniperGoose

    What killed my duck?

    As part of my flock, I had 2 male Pekin ducks. They were kept in a separate fenced in area (within the main fence) as they would try and mate with my chickens a lot. My chickens and geese are in coops at night, and we were working on getting a coop for the ducks as well. I've not had any real...
  4. D

    How did you cope with death by fox attack?

    Click this link for my story in a nutshell. I feel so empty right now. No one has chickens in this neighbourhood so they won't understand. Please don't reply explaining why this is my fault. I already know it is. Please.
  5. Pairie Faring

    Two chickens dead!

    I have had chickens for about 8 years and have never lost any to illness. Three weeks ago one of my 3 year old Easter eggers looked like she had dropped dead in my chicken run. Day prior she was fine pecking and hunting bugs with the best of them. Today I found my one year old silkie had died in...
  6. IizChicken

    Random Death

    Sadly my most favorite chicken just turned up dead this morning. She was a 14-week salmon faverolle and was peeping are quite happy this morning with no signs of anything it seems. I went back to check on them around 12 and found her lying on the ground dead. Ants had already found her but there...
  7. Attackdog4

    Chick is hurt foot.

    Hi we had an accident and hurt my chicks leg and my brother said that it could be broken or sprained and i don’t know what to do Any Ideas
  8. P

    Can U sex a dead duckling?

    Hello, I lost a duckling at 45 days and I had five khaki Campbell’s (one male/4 females). I want to know whether I lost a female or if it was the male I lost.
  9. LarissaEsq

    Plucking Feathers

    Hi, all, Our current hens are only for eggs (we had 6), but our silver-laced wyandotte died last week on the crazy cold day here in NJ. She's frozen, has been ever since. I'd like to take her feathers, but since we weren't raising meat birds, I have no idea how to do this and we don't have...
  10. StuckOnTheFarm

    Bullying, feather loss and spontaneous death

    Hello fellow chicken keepers, My hubby and I have had several flocks of chickens over the last 14-15 years. The last 2-3 years have been very difficult though as our girls seem to be dying for no clear reason. Our last flock started with about 36 hens if I recall and we ended up with about 22...
  11. Newchickymama37

    I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

    Every time it rains I lose chickens! It never fails. Since starting to raise chickens in the spring I have lost over half of my flock. I’m not just talking about a few, I’ve lost 20 plus total! They will be perfectly fine one day, eating and drinking normally and dead the next day! I am fed up...
  12. onyx2011

    8 week old suddenly died??

    Im really distressed to be honest. Ive never had a chick die on me, and I had no idea that a chick so old could suddenly die?! I need to know why she did though, so her three flockmates can be protected. Yesterday she was a bit sleepy, but i just chalked it up to plain old tired since all the...
  13. K

    Sudden death!

    New to backyard chickens. One of our chickens came out the coop fine this morning. But wife found it on its back 2 hours latter not breathing. Nothing new to diet or yard. Rescued baby chicks from a pet store after Easter this past spring. Learning as we go. Any thoughts on preveting other...
  14. sr999

    I've had chicks drop dead too. Also, a very strange mixed breed !

    In July, I had 3 hens surprise me w/ 15 chicks (I didn't think the eggs would hatch & left them for the broody hens) ! There was 1 black & one white Silkie, & a lg. black Australorp. Having gotten rid of a lg., nasty rooster some weeks before, I'm pretty sure he's not the dad. That leaves 1 buff...
    • sr999
    • Thread
    • breeding chicks dead heat stroke hot mixed breed silkie silkies sudden chick death temperature problems
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  15. B

    H E L P

    My chicken is unable to walk or stand. She seemed completely fine yesterday except for the fact that she was laying on my lap loosely last night. I thought it was just due to the fact that she was tired and almost asleep, but it was different than how she normally lays when sleeping. She is not...
  16. J

    Chickens all dead?!

    Hi guys, Sorry for a slumber and negative post but I am need of some answers. So my story is that my mum HAD 7 chickens, she is currently on holiday and asked me to feed and water them over the weekend, Friday I filled 2 water dispensers up and their feed up, Saturday did the same (they hadn’t...
  17. Thechickentrainer1999

    Help!!!!!

    2 months ago, I lost my pet chicken and it has been extremely hard for me. I kept her last egg that she laid and it has been sitting on the shelf for exactly 2 months as of tomorrow. I'm trying to keep it forever the shell that is but I'm afraid that it might rot. What's your opinion? Will it...
  18. tjo804

    WARNING, PIC OF DEAD EMBRYO ?Can anyone help determine What day did I loose it.

    We are at day 16. This embryo was moving in the egg, but when I candled day 14 no movement. I traced the dark not moving spot in the egg on she'll with a pencil. It did not move or grow. The blood ring looked darker today As I am trying to learn, I opened the egg the embryo was dead but I am...
  19. K

    Mysterious Deaths...Any Advice?

    Over the past 4 days, we have had two of our young chickens mysteriously die. On Thursday we left on vacation. On Friday, our housesitter notified us that one of our chickens had passed away. No signs of illness, no blood, nothing to indicate what could have happened. Today we returned home and...
  20. HuskerHens18

    *kind of graphic* What killed this Hen?

    My beautiful Partridge Cochin has been battling the heat. I've done everything I can, I've read articles and done it all. At first I wasn't surprised when I found her collapsed in the chicken coop. Then I got closer. My coop door is left open and so is the window straight back. The window has...
    • HuskerHens18
    • Thread
    • dead dead bird kill killed killed bird killed chick murder mystery predation predator unknown cause
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
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