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Looks like a mix of scaly leg and possibly bumble foot; does she have a sore at the bottom of her foot at all?

Does anyone have any experience with Avian Cholera? He passed away 10 minutes ago, I was with him and I'm kind of worried it was partially my fault for bugging him a lot. I lifted him up to examine him and see if anything else was wrong, and I noticed his legs were asleep (they still had...

He's very lethargic, like he just wants to lay down all day, but when I come see how he's doing he's completely aware of his surroundings, watches me closely and stands up sometimes. He seems too tired to make any noises, which is strange for him, just yesterday he had a nice strong crow and...

This morning I went outside to let the birds out and noticed my Roo's comb was very dark, almost purple. He was walking a little strained, went to drink water and whatnot though, still on his feet, but a little tipsy. I read somewhere that this could be heart failure? Please help, what's going...

Hello! I have a female buff orpington (a little over a year old) who, a few days ago, stopped walking. Instead of going around on her feet, she would crawl using the rest of her legs; she seems like she could be a little sick too. There's no discharge from her eyes or nose, and no struggling to...

Sounds a little bit like niacin defiency, have you tried giving it some grass, dandelion leaves, or brewer's yeast?

I had chicks hatch on day 26 a few days ago, so just be patient and do mess around with anything

I edited my main post, there were in that hot temp for about 10 hours I'm kind of depressed about this, ugh.

Has anyone ever had an experience of the temp going over 99f by 12f (around 112f) and having any chicks survive? My family thought they knew more about hatching eggs than I did, and I think they cooked our ducklings that were about to hatch. I could just cry right now... eta: they were in that...

Gorgeous babies, I'm quite jealous =]

Thank you! It hatched! I was so worried all day because I could not be home, had to go to a meeting two hours away, and I thought the temp. would be too hot and it would get cooked. I did not expect to find a chick when we got home, but I did =] I'll take some pictures soon and put them on. I'm...

We are hatching out some ducklings and chicks. Last year when we had babies, we got unmedicated chick starter. This year we got duck starter on accident, can the chicks eat it or is it too much protein or...? Thanks!

Another chick is trying to hatch! A chicken and not a duckling yet! on day 26! WOO? She's still under the momma, we plan on taking it away when it's done hatching. I wish I could get some sleep instead of being up for this though, ugh.

Not yet, we still might get some ducklings (maybe even chicks, considering we weren't expecting them to hatch at all, and one pipped today, only to be partially eaten <_<). As soon as they pip we're planning on taking them away from mom. This is so sad, I really wanted to let her be the one to...