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    Lethargic chick with heavy laboured breathing

    Hi all Posting on behalf of my father. He hatched a small brood of chickens and they seem to be doing great. They are in the greenhouse with the ability to roam and scratch around but still have a lamp and warm safe spot to sleep. We had a bad storm here last night and looks like their water...
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    Chicken backing away and pawing at chest (running backwards)

    Please help figure out what is wrong with our chicken. I have tried to look online but not found anything that explains this behaviour. Chicken is eating and drinking. Approx 8 months old. No other chickens showing the same symptoms. Seems fine in itself but keeps pawing at its chest/crop...
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    Chick not pooping and weird air sac

    Hey everyone. We had 3 chicks hatch on Tuesday from an incubator. One had a bit of shell stuck to its back and wing. A bit like a hunchbacked tortoise. It’s weaker and smaller than the other 2 chicks so I am trying to nurse it back to health. These are my fathers hobby but I do all the sad...
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    Hatched duckling with noisy breathing and umbilicus

    Hi all. My father had his second batch of eggs start hatching today. Just one so far so maybe it’s a day early. This little one had a rough time getting out. Its ambulicis is still protruding sllightly and bloody. Looks like some of the yolk got onto the duckling since it is a bit caked into...
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    Chick with splayed legs and maybe a slipped tendon. Not getting better

    Hey all. Thanks in advance for having a read and helping. Chick hatched on Monday and had a really tough hatch. Was a bit of blood etc. But came out with leg issues and unable to stand. Did lots of research and scoured the forums here as well to start treating it. Gave it a sandle for its...
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    How often to feed and water a chick with straddle leg and curled toes?

    Hi all I am a bit new to this and have trawled the forums and google trying to get as much info as possible, but I am a bit stuck here now. We had a chick that had a long and difficult hatch. The poor little fighter came out a bit worse for wear and looks to me like its a bit of straddle leg...
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