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  1. K

    Help! Epsom salt bath bumblefoot remedy backfired.

    My chicken got bumblefoot and I have been soaking her in Epsom salt water to take it off. I irresponsibly used way to much and now paying the price. My chickens foot is now yellowish as if I cooked her, and her skin seems irritated. I have been putting on Ungüento Veterinario De La Tia in hopes...
  2. M

    Sexing my 4 day old chicks

    Hi all, I am quite new to the whole world of chicks! and I have just hatched my first two chicks from an incubator. They are two different breeds: a copper maran and a cream legebar. Any tips on how to sex them - I will attatch some photos of them. The first three pictures are the cream...
  3. Chealsecharm

    Is this chick dead inside of egg?

    I'm having a horrible time trying to hatch. Seems like 1 out of every 4 eggs will hatch. I have a couple white leghorn/golden wyandotte eggs. The first one hatched right at 21 days, we are at 23 days on the other egg now and I'm pretty sure it's dead. I don't want to cull it too early but it was...
  4. Cannon Coop

    Newbie Needing Help

    Hello Everyone. First time Chicken owner here and have been feeling like quite the idiot the past few weeks. I recently purchased some chicks from my local TSC. I should have payed more attention, but that is my own fault, as I was going after “unique” and “pretty” chickens. I need help...
  5. C

    Trouble with sour crop

    One of my chickens, Caramel, has had sour crop for couple of days. I have isolated her from the rest of the flocki order to treat her. I fed her only water for nearly a day but and in morning her crop is mostly empty, though a small amount of food refuses to leave the crop. I know making her...
  6. ChickChic00

    Breed Of My Roo?

    I purchased this rooster from an older guy at a flock swap, and He is absolutely beautiful! I love his colors. His comb is flopped over a bit so I cant tell what comb it is. I'm not new to chickens, just asking anyone if they have any idea what he is? He has a black chest, Yellow-ish feet on the...
  7. NewDuckMama4

    DUCKLING BROKE ITS YOLK SAC!!!!

    Someone please help me soon so the short version is my duckling hatched too soon and appeared to have been absorbing the yolk it was only about a nickel size left but would not absorb for some reason I did the cup, Saran the moist paper towel and everything and I should mention it was not the...
  8. J

    First time chick mom here and just need general advice

    Just bought six straight run chicks from Tractor supply. 3 breeds mixed together but I can identify one for certain. I have 11 adult hens, 1 adult rooster and 1 adolescent rooster already. They are obviously kept separate from the chicks with no issues so far. I’ve never raised chicks and need a...
    • Jenhansen
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    • baby chick 0-1 week old and up help appreciated love my babies tips for raising baby chicks
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  9. ChickChic00

    Natural feed?

    Would homegrown variety of vegetables and homegrown mealworms be sufficient feed? No chicken feed or anything. Basically natural feeding like a while back, except I'm growing mealworms for them to eat too. Any help is appreciated!!
  10. 6

    What killed my hen ?

    (( CONTENT WARNING// DEAD ANIMAL PICTURE, MENTIONS OF DEATH )) if any of these topics make you uncomfortable please exit out of this post. | | | 4/4/22 yesterday my hen died from an unknown cause. I need help in figuring out what had killed her. My hen started showing symptoms of illnesses this...
  11. CloneFly

    HELP PLEASE! Sexing 1 month old chicks

    Hello everyone! I need some help sexing or just general guessing as the the genders of my little, 5wk old flock. The chooks in question are: 2 Lavender Orpingtons, 2 Jersey Giants & 3 Easter Eggers. The feed store we brought them home from said they were likely females (they were only 3days...
  12. ChickaChickaChooCho000

    Something Crazy With My Hen’s Vent

    Hello, so I really don’t know what else to do at this point. My Sapphire Gem Hen has been isolated for a few days from the flock because her vent was bloody a few days ago and I thought she had been pecked because another hen was pecked by my brother’s Muscovy Duck, but it wasn’t that. It had to...
  13. Goosey Girl

    Please help!!! Don't want to do something wrong!

    Runner duck eggs started internally pipping yesterday...2 days early. They are in lockdown. Has been 18 hours, no external pips. Have found 2 very different guidance info. Do I intervene this afternoon and try to put in safety holes?Or, do I wait until tomorrow or next day? I have never...
  14. Backyard chaos

    Chick leg trouble

    Hello! Me and mom raise chicks and are currently taking care of 10;however, one the chicks got attacked by our dog. She is alive but got wounds on her leg and back. Her right leg is strong and works fine but her left leg isn’t working, she can’t even move it. It’s not broken so could it be nerve...
  15. Skylights

    A little help for a noobie please??

    Good morning chicken friends. My fiancé went out to the barn to find that our polish girl was laying on a whole clutch of eggs!! I saw her getting covered by our only rooster, a large black Sumatra, just a few days ago. Is it possible for her to have fertilized eggs that will hatch chicks, since...
  16. RebbyB80

    Duck in Respiratory Distress, Vet not available until tonight, Help!

    Hi All, we have a 6 month old Cayuga that since earlier this morning is breathing open-mouth and sitting down. She normally lays an egg every morning, but today I don't believe she did. I checked to see if she was obviously egg bound but there is no sign of a stuck egg. She is drinking water and...
    • RebbyB80
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    • help appreciated respiratory distress sick duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  17. C

    2 week old chick with joint swelling please help!

    I got a chick about a week ago and noticed she was limping. There’s not a ton of stuff I could find on it other then if she can get to food and water she’ll be fine so I left it. She does kind of get stepped on but nothing bad she doesn’t really walk more of a hop around. I was looking at it...
  18. ChickChic00

    Partridge and Black Breasted Chickens

    What type of chickens are of a partridge or black breasted color/pattern? Is a Black Copper Marans Black Breasted?? I know there are Partridge Cochin and Partridge Rock, are there more? Thanks very much for the help!! Also, any other chicken besides the white leghorn that has dominate white...
  19. emmabellybutton

    Bumble foot? Mysterious scab, help!!

    Hi everyone, I have a little mule baby girl (half muscovy, half magpie duck) named Eagle who had a scab develop on her big foot pad. I'll post some photos. Last night I gave her a warm epsom salt soak for 30 mins and the scab popped off with some effort, only a tiny pin prick of blood that...
  20. ChickaChickaChooCho000

    My Pullets are nearly 7 months old and haven’t begun laying yet, weather or diet maybe?

    Heyo hope everyone’s doing well. Just curious as to why my 3 pullets and also other pullets from the flock haven’t been laying at all but they’ve already reached 6-7 months old? Understandably my older hens have taken a break especially due to cold weather lately and just overall egg productive...
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