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    Complex health concerns regarding an enlarged hip and abnormal development

    Has anyone ever seen a lump like this? I noticed that one hip was more prominent when this bird was little but I didn’t think it was anything serious but now I’m worried by how big it seems to be getting. It’s definitely the source of their wry tail and it does seem to affect how they walk...
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    Checking that I’m using ivermectin right for lice

    I found this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ivermectin-pour-on-dosage.727707/ I thought it was very helpful but I want to make sure I fully understand what I’m doing so I’m starting my own. I’m treating chickens for lice. I have “Ivermectin Pour-on for Cattle 5mg/mL, USP” Not...
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    How can I give birds or eggs to somebody in the USA?

    I have a friend in the US who’s really missing her pet hen and has been searching for a similar cross ever since. I just so happened to produce a very similar bird accidentally but I live in Canada and I’m wondering if there’s any way to send eggs or chicks from the same parents to her. How do...
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    Chicken has bright blue eyes. Possible marek’s? Help!

    Just got this picture from a friend who hatched some of my birds eggs and just as I was thinking that the eyes looked really pretty, I remembered that Marek’s can cause something that looks like this. The other chicks still have blue/green eyes but nothing like this. I’ve never seen eyes this...
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    Yolk not fully absorbed initially, advise needed

    I have a chick that didn’t fully absorb their yolk before hatching. It was just a little bit so I found some similar posts online and followed the advice there with my own tweaks and the little one is looking pretty good now but I want to know what else can go wrong at this point and what I can...
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    Am I doing lockdown right?

    I have five eggs in lockdown right now and I just want to make sure I have everything right. I have a little Govee thermometer/hygrometer monitoring everything and the temperature is rock solid but I feel like the humidity might be a little high. Should I keep the humidity on the higher end or...
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    Breach hatching with leaking yellow fluid

    We have an egg hatching on the pointy end with yellow fluid leaking out. Day 25 hatch. It’s not peeping at the moment but it does seem to be breathing. Reoriented the egg to reduce chance of drowning. We’ll wait for now but I’d like whatever advice anyone has. Especially if the fluid does turn...
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    Leg bands on fluffy feet

    I have a pair of chocolate Maran pullets which look almost identical, I’d like to give them leg bands to tell them apart more easily but being Marans, they have lightly feathered legs. Does anyone know of a type of ring that would be suitable for feathered legs or some other alternative?
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    How to make a chicken stop laying eggs?

    I have a young pullet who lays an egg almost every day. She does fine with it but she has a massive hernia on her side which was caused by a ruptured air sac when she was a chick. She’s seen a vet and it’s not life threatening as long as it isn’t punctured. She basically has her intestines...
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    What colour morph is this hen?

    What colour morph is this Ameraucana? This precious girl was a hatchery rescue. She suddenly passed away recently and we realized that we never figured out what “colour” she was. Any idea what she’d be called?
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    Black comb and green poop

    A chicken friend of mine has a young house rooster who suddenly became lethargic and his comb turned black at the ends. She’s isolated him for now and he’s had some very wet, green poops. Any idea what could be wrong with him? The comb is shiny because it has Vaseline on it. No sign of injury...
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    Missing hens returning with chicks

    We have a missing hen, this much is quite common. However we also have a family member who does security installation, so we have a ridiculous amount of cameras around the property. We watched this hen walk under the porch, which opens up to under the house, and we are 90% sure that she did not...
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    Missing hen might be hiding

    We have a hen who disappeared a few days ago. The day before she disappeared, she tried to hide in the forest and was extremely mad when we found her. We have a lot of cameras around so we know approximately where she should be but we can’t access it. She didn’t head towards the trees this time...
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    Ruptured air sac not healing

    I already had a forum going for this but it hasn’t got much attention and this problem is still persisting. I have a baby chicken with a ruptured air sac which I have been treating for WEEKS now and it just isn’t healing. We went to a vet first thing and she said to just drain the air a few...
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    Chick with ruptured air sac

    I have a solo chick with a broody hen. The chick has a ruptured air sac. I took her to the vet and I’ve been trying to treat it but it just keeps inflating. She’s two weeks old, still has plenty of energy and acting normal but it’s concerning. Does anyone know what I can do? The vet said it...
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    Chick with ruptured air sac

    I have a solo chick with a broody hen. The chick has a ruptured air sac. I took her to the vet and I’ve been trying to treat it but it just keeps inflating. She’s two weeks old, still has plenty of energy and acting normal but it’s concerning. Does anyone know what I can do? The vet said it...
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    First time giving a broody chicks

    I a few have eggs incubating and we’re less than a week away from hatching. I also have a broody who I didn’t let sit on any eggs until recently so she’s definitely not reached her 21 day mark. There is also another hen who I think has gone broody as well now, they sit happily in the same box...
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    Sexing Houdans

    I have two mottled Houdan chicks and I’ve noticed that they’re developing differently. Still hoping they could both be girls but what do you think? Breeder says it could just be a difference in growth rates. She hasn’t been able to successfully sex these until about 4 or 5 weeks. Fuzz butt at...
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    Strange dark eye is concerning

    I’m currently nursing a hen with frostbitten toes. She’s doing very well, I have her with a companion though and I noticed something strange about the companion hen’s eye. Both girls are rescues* (*we didn’t know how much they were neglected when we purchased them) from a hatchery. We got them...
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    Possible bumble foot?

    This girl has always had weird feet so we didn’t immediately catch this. Is it bumble foot? Her toe is swollen and the tip is basically black (she never had a normal nail on that toe so it’s not missing). She’s limping too. How bad is this? Should I rush her to a vet? Her feet are really...
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