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  1. smvettechmom

    Mareks disease?

    My 4 month old chicken presented with knuckling on her left leg a week ago. I took her to work and we crated. Nothing broken and we came up with a plan. A week later she is not improving and it seems to have spread to her other leg. She is still bright and eating and drinking. No diarrhea. I...
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    Toe touching serama, please advise!

    We came home from an overnight vacation and our 5 month old serama hen is toe touching on her left foot. I don’t see any obvious signs of injury or breaks and it’s not dangling. She does seem to be trying to put weight on it a little but it’s almost as if her toes aren’t quite right all of a...
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    Broken leg

    I have a chick that is 2 weeks old. She somehow got her leg caught in the chicken wire and got out of our enclosure. Her leg is definitely broken. It is dangling and no reflexes when I manipulate it. I am a vet tech and we amputated a chick leg not long ago, but this one needs a little more...
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    New silkie mama smothering babies? Help!

    My silkie mama recently hatched two babies. Within two days she had smothered one and one had somehow gotten away from her and got too cold I’m guessing. She just hatched two more and I’m trying to see what would be best. She has a light in a coop with a box to lay in with her babies. Should...
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    Inconsistency with humidity help!

    I’m supposed to put my eggs in lockdown today. I am a newbie with a 20 egg sailnovo. I am incubating serama eggs as well as some silkie/polish crosses. The digital humidity says 36, the two dial humidity gauges say 58 and 52… I am stressing! Any tips? Here is a picture of the condensation if...
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    Help!!! Week old babies are dying!

    We hatched chicks last Friday and until then they’ve all been doing great. Tonight we found one dead and two that are not doing well. They have plenty of food and water, warmth and I put some chick booster in their water today but that is all that has changed. We are new to hatching our own...
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    Deformed chick

    This was the last baby born. Any tips on fixing her feet or is she doomed?😩. I have a video of her walking but I’m not sure how to post it. She splays them out when she’s trying to walk and one side especially just stays curled... thank you in advance for any help!
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    When do I help?

    This is our first time with eggs. We’ve had 6 hatch and this little one pipped about 3pm yesterday. It’s now noon and 21 hours later. I still hear it chirping from time to time and moving. Do I just continue to be patient or help? Thank you so much!
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    Help! Incubator too small? Please read and help!

    My son bought my daughter this small 7 egg incubator for her birthday. I have eggs that have been incubating for 14 days. I just looked at reviews on Amazon and they are terrible for this incubator. I candles them at day 12 and I can see babies moving in the 5 that took. It just doesn’t look...
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    10 adults, 12 teenagers... no one is laying!

    I have 10 adults who ranging from 1-3 years of age and 12 that are about 6 months. We were almost always getting 7-8 from our adults. Our babies were starting to lay... we have not gotten a single egg in 5 days! They are fenced in and locked up at night. We renovated their coopma couple...
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    New chick, eyes swollen shut?

    We got some new chicks yesterday. I noticed this am that one of the babies eyes appear to be swollen shut. I tried a wet washcloth to make sure they weren't crusted shut but they appear to be very bruised and swollen completely shut. I haven't seen her eat or drink and I'm worried. Any...
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    Girls ganging up on one Silkie... Help!

    All of my girls are between 8 months and 2 years. They usually all get along fine. We have 10- 1 Silkie, 1 leghorn, 1 buff Orpington, 2 barred rocks, 2 sexlinks and 3 ameracaunas . Today I go out and two of the ameracaunas have the Silkie in a corner pecking her. I feel they would have...
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    No eggs... Help with troubleshooting :)

    I've got 9 chickens. 6 of them are only 5 months and the other 3 are 2 year old silkies. My silkies have laid very reliably since I got them about 4 months ago. All of a sudden I've got no eggs in almost three weeks. No major changes at all. After a week and a half I went through and...
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    3 month old... Crusty feathering?

    I'm a new chicken mommy and my babies are 3 months old. They all look great except one. She is smaller than the others and has not feathered out well at all. Her feathers look crusty at the skin. Otherwise eating great and active and I haven't seen her picked on. Here is a picture
  15. smvettechmom

    Adding chickens--- help! :)

    I just got my first baby chicks this year. I've got six of them and they are 8 weeks old. (3 Ameracainas, 2 gold sexlinks, and 1 white leghorn). A friend of mine is giving me 3 silkies that are 2 years old. How do I mingle these new members of our family without causing problems and can the...
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    7 week old... Is she ok?

    I've got six, seven week old chicks. 5 of them look great, mostly all feathered and growing well. One of them has feathers that look all ratty and uneven, and the neck is mostly bald. She is also smaller than the rest. Her skin looks a little dry and dandruffy. She is active and eats well...
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    New first time chicken mama :)

    Hi! I'm a first time chicken mama. I've been a veterinary technician for 9 years but we don't see many chickens so I'm kind of learning as I go! We've got 3 dogs, 3 cats and now 6 chicks- Bernadette, Scarlett, Lizzie, Nugget, Mar Far and Lego my Eggo( did I mention I have. Four year old? :)...
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