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  1. O

    HELP! One legged quail... Cull?

    I got a one legged quail today... about 5-6 weeks maybe? He’s not able to stand on one foot. The other foot is almost twisted completely backwards, too. He just scoots/crawls, and it’s incredibly difficult for him to get around. I’m not sure if this is a birth deformity or an injury. This makes...
  2. Bcpayne

    Egg bound cull, bruising??

    Hey y'all! Had a real bad egg bind today, she was too far gone by the time I got to her and hadn't been acting peculiar the previous day. I ended up having to cull her after working with her all day. When I plucked her she had bruising between her legs underneath her vent. When I cleaned her it...
  3. Verbon30

    How to cull chick humanely

    I have a day chick with deformed legs it's clear that he will never walk. i can't like cut head off or anything like that
  4. K

    Should I CULL??

    I have a day old chick and she was an assisted hatch. I helped too early. She cant cheep or eat or stand, but she has been kicking her curled up feet a lot, and was pretty active. Breathing very hard too. I gave her sugar water throughout the day. She does seem like she may be suffering, but I...
  5. GoatDragonFarms

    Silkie, possible neurological issue. To cull?

    This is an especially rough one to ask about for me. Silkie hen, age unknown. Sold to me as a "9 month old" when I was younger and dumber 2 years ago. Suspect she is at least 5 now, if not older. Last Wednesday her rooster pecked her pretty good/bad at the back of the head, not sure why as we...
  6. NovaChooks

    Am I doomed?

    Hi there, I'm new here and to owning chickens. Being new I had no idea there was a risk for illness to be passed from chicken to chicken, I should have done my research better first :( I got a few chicks from a really sweet couple about 6 weeks ago. I went to their hobby farm and picked out...
  7. ReadyvilleBird

    Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) experts needed

    So, you may have seen my post before where I explain how my flock inherited MG from a “hatchery” that sold me sick chickens. So far I have gotten the disease under control but symptoms keep popping up in another chicken every time one beats it. I have a few questions on how to proceed from here...
  8. C

    Mystery Diagnosis, in dire need of guidance.

    I have a 10 week Easter Egger chick, she’s been battling leg issues since week 3. She’s eating, drinking, gaining weight, normal poop, and has a lot of spunk, she just doesn’t stand for long periods. She’ll make the short trek for food and water, but she’s always sitting otherwise. Will stand to...
  9. cnol

    Hen pecking my kids

    Not sure what to do in this situation. We have a Rhode island red hen who keeps pecking us including my children and actually breaking the skin and drawing blood. She is about 6 months old. We only have 2 chickens, her and a buff orpington hen who hasn't pecked us at all. What do we do?
  10. frackmomma

    Chick pecking - cull?

    I have had two new babies for about 5 days and immediately noticed the Speckled Sussex was starting to pick at the others. I kept an eye on them and my husband noticed today that my Welsummer chick is now pecked bare on her back and bleeding! We've separated the injured one and I'll pick up some...
  11. T

    Mass of meat from the chicken

    has anyone here recorded the mass of a chicken pre-slaughter and then its mass after processing it(removing its guts and feathers etc). If anyone here has I would really like to know those records. I'm curious to see how much of the bird is actually the processed meat we get in the end.
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    • chicken cull feathers guts mass meat bird percentage processing ratio slaughter
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  12. Clevelcj

    First cull (sick bird)

    Hi all. First off. I just want to say how amazing of a community this is. Everyone's advise and support has made the care and eventual culling of my chicken much easier on me. The issues started a few months back. I noticed a larger than normal crop on one of my BA chickens (age unknown, got...
  13. Miriah132

    Respiratory Disease. What would you do?

    My flock has suffered from a respiratory disease. We have not tested to see which one it is yet. The last egg I got from them was August 6th. All my girls are under 2 years. I really noticed symptoms August 18th after we got some rain(we don’t get much rain where we are). Should I cull the...
  14. StrivingForBetter

    Double Laced Silver Barnevelders

    My quad of DLS Barnevelders that I bought a few months ago are almost 19 weeks.. when should I be able to tell if they are cockerels or pullets? At what point/age do you cull for lacing? This breed is completely new for me. I know that with other laced breeds the older they are, the crisper...
  15. thelongacre

    Rooster too aggressive with hen(s), what to do?

    Hi all, I have 6 buff orpingtons - 2 of which are roosters. They are 4 months old, and the hens are not laying yet. I know having 2 roosters for 4 hens is a bad idea, and we are intending to cull one of the roosters. The roosters actually seem to get along fine together (one is very Alpha and...
  16. MIchickenlady

    City Chickens- How to cull?

    Hello everyone, We live in a small town in Michigan that does allow a maximum of 6 hens, but does not allow slaughter within village limits. The area around us is pretty agricultural though. We got our 4 hens 1 year ago, and I need to have a plan for emergency situations, in case I sadly need to...
  17. T

    Help- baby chick keeps falling on side

    Hi everyone i really need your help! We hatched a chick in an incubator 3 days ago and it still cant stand. This is our 4th batch and we've never had something like this before. It already had some difficulties getting out of its egg at first: it stuck out its beak and could open the rest. At...
  18. Sbritten

    Chicken Tumor on my Mille Fleur, HELP!

    Good morning chicken lovers! My baby blonde has a TUMOR! We thought it was an abscess but my friend that's a vet tech poked around and says it's not. Anyone have success removing said tumors? Have you used a vet for this or ???? I would spend $200 if it would save her. She is currently...
  19. diea

    Need help processing/butchering chickens in Los Angeles area

    Like many of you I have too many roosters. The time has come to cull several of them. I've never done this before. I've been watching youtube DIY videos but don't feel competent to do this myself without someone that knows what they're doing. Can anyone refer me to a butcher or someone in...
  20. Smuvers Farm

    Injured Hen, Culled (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

    Something got to our Brat Pack. Took off with one, we found one with head and neck and feathers, but interior gone, and one severely injured: Basically, her complete back end had been eaten off, and she was limping, almost a hobble. She was making squeaky noises. We fed her and then I...
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