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5 day old chick with swollen vent area
Thank you for the pointers! The chick is doing well, I guess it was constipated :confused: I suspect it was too hot in the brooder, I keep the temp lower now and expanded the brooder to give them more space.- Fru-Fru
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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5 day old chick with swollen vent area
They are getting medicated starter feed MannaPro, dry and mixed with water, and got a little bit of egg yolk yesterday. Temperature was 95-100, I decreased it now. The chicks tried to peck the area, it seems to be bothering it. Other chicks (different breeds but all bantams) seem ok but some...- Fru-Fru
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5 day old chick with swollen vent area
What is it and is it treatable? The vent area is swollen and the chick seems to not be able to poop. The vent is clean but looks weird. Is it protruding vent or vent gleet, and most of all, how can I help the chick? The other one of this kind (it is a bantam Cochin or bantam Dominique) died...- Fru-Fru
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Blue Cochin, 2 months old - cockerel?
Thank you both. Well, it's official then. Out of my order of 20 chicks, I am left with two hens - after some deaths and 2 raccoon attacks. :( Anybody in need of 8 cockerels though?- Fru-Fru
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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Blue Cochin, 2 months old - cockerel?
Hello, I have another dillema - it looks like a cockerel to me but the comb is a bit lighter compared to the other cockerels.- Fru-Fru
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Bantam Easter Egger 2 months old
I think it's a cockerel but I still am hoping it may be a hen and I can keep her. Can you help? Thank you!- Fru-Fru
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Will my rooster grow back his tail feathers?
Thank you all! I will feed him some egg yolk on top of the chick feed he gets, and see what happens. And the other rooster is leaving this Sunday for a good home.- Fru-Fru
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Roosters, the unsung hero thread; Pictures.
Was about to start an 'I love roosters' thread and found yours :) #1 Batman. I loved him! He'd come to the deck door and looked at me through the glass with one eye... I needed to re-home him, because he crowed a lot, which the neighbor did not appreciate (only one, others were fine or loved...- Fru-Fru
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Will my rooster grow back his tail feathers?
Edit: they do not fight, Frizzle just runs away, sometimes not fast enough.- Fru-Fru
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Will my rooster grow back his tail feathers?
My little frizzle Silkie rooster had all but one of his tail feather torn out by the bigger Silkie rooster... Some of the others are missing, some seem broken off at the stem. Will Frizzle grow them back? How soon? I'm rehoming the other rooster, so the abuse will stop soon. Attaching a pic...- Fru-Fru
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Review by 'Fru-Fru' in article 'Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens'
A great read, and those chickens of you have it real good :)- Fru-Fru
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