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    Sticky Chicks

    I’ve hatched a few eggs before this time, two ducks (set two, both hatched), and a chicken - (set one, one hatched). They all went off without a hitch. Duck eggs were from a local farm for eating and I decided to try it; chicken egg was from my neighbor with a roo…all fairly local / no shipping...
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    Wild Chicks

    This is my third time hatching so I’m still quite new. I have three of four Hmong chicks hatched - all three about six hours ago. They are all up and just being wild in the incubator. Like, running around. The past two times, the chicks were active but slept more than walked around. This batch...
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    EE Pullet or Cockerel

    I bought this one as a sexed female from a hatchery and its feathers are coming in different from the three others. Dare I ask if it has any telltale signs of either sex? They’re only about three and a half weeks old.
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    Breed?

    I hatched two ducklings from a farm whose eggs I bought for baking. Any ideas on breed?
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    Mareks Vaccine

    I’m curious if anyone has done their homework on the Mareks vaccine, and if so, could you point me in the direction of independent testing/trials? Not looking for anecdotal evidence, or even studies put out by manufacturers. Independent and without conflict. I want to make an informed decision...
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    Crop Emptying Options

    I have another post with details on how we got here, but what are my options to provide relief for a hen whose crop is not emptying? It’s pretty big, she had it flushed at the vet yesterday and it filled right up overnight again. Vet is closed. Meds aren’t doing anything to immediately fix...
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    Sick Bird with Crop Issues

    I have a flock of 13. Started with 15, lost one to a predator (my fault) and one to a tumor of some sort (vet confirmed via X-ray, eventually had to put her down, did not do necropsy). Three and a half years of chicken keeping. All but four are from Meyer, all Mareks V. Other four came from...
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    What Breed?

    What breed is this roo? Clean (no feathers), dark legs - the rest is pretty visible. Wheaton Marans look to have feathered light legs. ISA brown look to have light. We’re taking care of our neighbors’ chickens and they’re overseas. Worst case, we can ask in another week when they’re back but my...
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    My Healthy Hatcheries Mosaic

    If anyone was a feathered Mosaic from Mt Healthy, can they share please? Thanks!!
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    Thin poop

    I have found a few of these really long, thin poops on the poop board lately. Wondering if one of my girls has something wrong like when a human has colon cancer and their stool is really thin. Nobody is acting off - they’re on layer feed, free choice calcium, nobody is laying right now and...
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    Broad Spectrum Wormer?

    About half of my flock of 15 are losing weight - acting normally otherwise. They’re on layer feed, free choice eggshell, run is construction sand, they go out to grass daily for about an hour when I’m with them. Get black fly larvae daily and snacks now and again - organic veggies, sometimes...
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    Wasting away

    My three year old Australorp started laying down a lot about two months ago. Like, she’d just be in the yard eating grass, laying down. Everybody else stands. She is extremely prone to broodiness - laid like two eggs as a pullet and went broody; didn’t lay for months after. Seems to go broody a...
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    RIP Punky

    I’m taking one of my girls to the vet today to be euthanized. I’ve had chickens for about three years, and this is my first of 15 to lose. I guess I’m lucky there, but also, I just feel horrible about having to make the decision. She’s had something going on for a few months now and nothing has...
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    Max Meloxicam

    I have a girl who the vet thinks has a repro issue or cancer (mass in the abdomen) and I’ve been giving her Meloxicam as Rx by the vet. There’s not much we can do and until this eve, she was getting along and didn’t seem too bothered. She has taken a turn for the worse and I can’t get her in...
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    Mucus in poop

    I have other threads about a hen I’ve had some issues with, but as far as poop goes, have you seen anything like this and how do you treat? I’ve had her on amoxicillin 250 for nine days, no improvement. Mucus like this on the board below her roost every night.
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    Chicken Tumor in Abdomen

    I have a two year old Austra White that was acting off a few months ago. Couldn’t figure out what was wrong, treated her with everything I could think of, and she perked up (probably not because of anything I did, knowing what I know now). She started acting withdrawn and had weird poop again...
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    Help - Can’t figure this out

    I have a two year old Austra White who started looking a little sluggish last week. Then noticed runny poop on the board. I brought her inside where she’s been for a week and have done the following so far (nothing is making a difference so I’m just trying one thing at a time): 1. Corid direct...
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    Help - Can’t figure this out

    I have a two year old Austra White who started looking a little sluggish last week. Then noticed runny poop on the board. I brought her inside where she’s been for a week and have done the following so far (nothing is making a difference so I’m just trying one thing at a time): 1. Corid direct...
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

    My two year old Austra White looked a little less energetic yesterday and today she looks a little puffy. I don’t feel anything like an egg stuck although I didn’t go in - just palpated the outside. My whole flock has been incredibly lazy with laying this winter so her last egg was maybe four...
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    Weird Eggs

    One of my girls - I think a 2 year old OE - has started laying some massive and weird eggs. Aside from the giant size (comparative to her normal eggs it’s 2x) it looks like something is off by the texture. Normally she lays a medium sized green egg. The last four have been bulbous, gray (not...
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