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She started eating and grooming last night but then passed away over night. I am dumbfounded in what happened, and heart broke.

Also- I stopped and got a few ducklings so it is not alone and they are getting along well.

Friday I was at the feed store and happened to notice a gosling laying on it's back. Clerk said head injury and offered to give it to me if I took the other two. I did. Within 30 minutes of getting home, one gosling had died (not the injured one). It laid down, refused to eat or drink and passed...

I would add up keep an eye on it for swelling.

Thoughts needed. Three day old baby chick got away from its mom and got pecked. Cleaned it up and put back with mom. Next morning it wasn't walking and peeped constantly. I have it in the house in a brooder- it's been 24 hours. Not eating or drinking on own and just lies in the brooder. I have...

I have a gen that looked like this- she was pecked as a baby. She is fine now/ we call her Popeye

So here I am over a week later and I still have just one hen and our roo sneezing. Initially they sounded raspy but that passed after two days of VetRX and vitamin water. Now they just sneeze occasionally. They are quarantined, still very active, eating, drinking, laying etc.... What the heck is...

I've read till my eyes are falling out and I'm still not sure what the heck is going on. My rooster started mumbling to himself three days ago and sneezing occasionally. Two days ago his crow became weaker and seemed strained. Yesterday he continued the above mentioned issues but more loudly...

Still doing well... They are going to mom when she calls :)...

We snuck the babies in last night. Momma was clucking to them all night- yes I kept checking. They are eating and drinking with her this morning- I was out there at 5am so I could be there when they woke up. They are hanging out with her original baby and all seems well. Ugh!!!! Praying!!!!

It's so dang sad. They were already separated and in a dog kennel but there was a crack big enough to drag the baby through. They are now in my grow out coop.

The baby died when another hen grabbed it while mama wasn't looking. I was not there when it happened but came out later and witnessed two hens attempting this with the second baby. Momma and baby have since been completely separated from the flock.

This is my first hatch and I am a wreck! One of my Buff Orpington had been broody for months so I gave her a few eggs to hatch. She did great and two of three hatched. One died today and the remaining is three days old. I picked up two seven day old chicks from a friend and planned to sneak...

I adopted 4 silkies today ( two female and two male). The pairs came from two different homes and are in quarantine in two separate areas of my home and completely seperate from my flock. The first pair has a couple of very small, very fast light colored bugs on them. Not many that I could...

We ordered straight run Cochins and surprise surprise 5 of the 6 were roosters. The two Partridge Roos are evil and we need to cull. They just turned 16 weeks old. What is the best age for Cochin to be culled and eaten? Thank for the advice!