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    Strange symptoms, please help! Bruising? Even vet is stumped

    Oh dear. I'm sorry to hear that.
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    Black Australorps not laying eggs ~ 7 month old

    Not sure where you live in the world, but in the northern hemisphere in the USA we're heading into winter. If you are in a similar climate, since days are getting shorter, if they haven't laid yet, they may wait until spring. You can do the butt check (wider hips are laying) and look at their...
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    What do we have here?

    With the pea comb and leg and feather color, she looks like some type of EE to me. Similar to a couple of my Prairie Bluebells. Interesting to see what color egg she lays. What a sweetie!
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    Feed for best tasting meat?

    Breese are finished with corn and milk for the last month or two. Their flavor is considered the best by far by many chicken eaters. They also have unique genetics that play into getting them this excellent flavor, but corn and milk to finish the bird can't hurt.
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    Introduction of Different Flocks

    Once the younger chicks are about 2 weeks old, you can put them all in together - this is to be sure the younger ones are physically strong enough to manage interacting with the older chicks, if they get stepped on or something. The 4 older ones will be fine with it. Just put them into the...
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    Chick not adjusting to wearing a leg band?

    You hold the chick in your first hand with its leg outstretched and ready, pick up a clean band with your second hand, grab it with your teeth and put it around 2-3 fingers of your second hand. Then use your second hand to grab around the foot and work your fingers around all the toes, then...
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    Chick not adjusting to wearing a leg band?

    Consider using the elastic bands instead of the zip ties. They are much lighter and easier to apply and remove. You have to size them appropriately for the size of the bird's leg, and change them as they grow, same as with the zip ties. Like this, I have the small and medium, and they work great.
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    Strange symptoms, please help! Bruising? Even vet is stumped

    I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Whenever I see a comb like that I think circulatory issues, meaning there's usually something wrong with their heart. Combined with what's going on with her legs, definitely something affecting the circulatory system, among other things. It looks like...
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    Solar Waterer

    If you look on here, there's a number of threads that address this topic. What I got out of them is that if you use black plastic (thick black plastic livestock feed bowls from the farm store for example), it absorbs heat from the sun, and can help water melt sooner and stay melted longer...
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    Cornish Cross not eating, full crop and intestine at 9 1/2 weeks old

    Sounds like when you introduced grit it helped them start to digest and use their food better, since after that you saw significant weight gain. I keep containers of grit available regardless of the environment - the natural grit isn't always an adequate type, shape, or size of stone, but the...
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    Only one survived

    Definitely a good sign. If they're eating and drinking, most times they'll make it. Chickens can heal from some pretty extreme things. Good luck to her!!!
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    Help help help! Knowledge needed.

    I'm glad you got things sorted to your satisfaction. I think even with in-date feed with excellent nutrition, you will still see heart attack and slipped tendons. I have had excellent nutrition and fresh in-date feed, and had that happen still. CX are genetically prone to it. Reducing growth...
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    Chickie Instinct

    I put shavings in my brooder. I've caught them trying to dust bathe in the bowl of chick grit at a week or two old. It really is amazing how instinctual most all of their behavior is.
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    What kind of babies? Those ones with the black back are interesting.
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    Only one survived

    She's probably in a lot of pain. For now, move the water up to where she can reach it without bending down. Don't worry about the bath for a while. Spot/surface clean any feathers if you must, but I'd just leave her alone as much as possible. I wouldn't bathe her if I could avoid it...
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    Cornish Cross not eating, full crop and intestine at 9 1/2 weeks old

    Post any pictures you want to. It's the meat bird forum. Graphic insides of a chicken won't surprise anyone who follows this forum. That's what we're here for. Pics of the birds prior to slaughter, side view and top view, while standing, would also be helpful since you said they're thinner...
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    Cornish Cross not eating, full crop and intestine at 9 1/2 weeks old

    That's sure weird. I've never had that happen, and I don't have any ideas what could be going on. You can try to wait and see if things resolve, or just process them now. I process all my birds with a full intestine/crop, because I'm bad at planning. It's usually not a big deal, I just be...
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    Help help help! Knowledge needed.

    Have they had unrestricted access to high protein, meat bird feed? If they do, they may grow so large they start to pass before 8 weeks. I keep mine in a covered run with about 4 sqft per bird, and switch from meat bird (23-24% protein) to 20% all flock feed after about 4 weeks to slow their...
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    Sapphire Olive Egger....pullet or cockerel?

    I see why you're concerned. Can you get us some better pictures of their faces - side view and front view of wattles and comb. I don't see male specific feathers on the body yet, or any straight up male coloration, but 15 weeks is when I expect to see saddle feathers.
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    Hesitating with dispatching them

    I raise chickens for meat and eggs. Some of the eggers get names and are pets, and I spend time with them, but my meat birds do not get named, as they are not pets. I clean their enclosure and care for them, and that's it, because at the end of it they're dinner. They had a good life, and now...
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