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  1. Emrosenagel

    Pullet empty-ish crop, slower growth, smaller than others

    Hello! I have four 41/2 month old jersey giants. They’ve all been doing well, getting heavier, one started laying, another squats. But one of them never seems to have much food in her crop. She eats, I see her gobble it down with the rest of them, but she does shy away sometimes. I’ve never...
  2. C

    Bella

    Just wanted to come on here and share a bit about one of my chicks, “Bella” (Italian for “beautiful”). We rescued her from a friend back in the beginning of April. She was only a few days old and born a runt so the other chicks were really beating her up. We took her home (as our first chicken...
  3. Blizzkona

    Selenium for wry neck

    I just got liquid selenium for my 4 month silkie to help her absorb all the vitamin E she's getting, but I have no way of measuring the correct dosage. I know selenium is highly toxic if a chicken gets too much. The bottle has a dropper but no labels. Anyone have any advice? I'm supposed to give...
  4. poulet2016

    What to do about my most picked on hen?

    Hello there, My sweetest, most submissive and smallest hen is also the bottom of the pecking order (surprise!). She's 4 and has been with the same flock of 5 her whole life. 2 years ago we added 3 more to the family. Every year she molts first in late summer and gets pecked at to the point of...
  5. P

    Baby chicks with scaly feet missing nails

    hello! I’m a new chick mom and I have some baby silver deathlayers. They will be two weeks tomorrow and seem to be thriving finally. They were shipped to me from out of state. I check their vents daily at least once if not twice as i suspect a few died from that. One still has his vent get a...
  6. Frogorf

    Was I hoodwinked? Small chicks

    Hi New Friends! I have a question. I'm one year in on keeping chickens, so yeah. Really novice. Anyways... I bought some chicks on May 5. Hatch date was April 30th. 3 brown Sussex and 1 Plymouth Rock. Yesterday I bought 3 Barred Rocks. Hatched April 26 th. Totally feathered out and healthy all...
  7. Banksia_the_lorikeet

    Runt

    I have asked before about this little runt if I should hand raise him I decided against it he’s going pretty well but he’s still tiny hasn’t grown at all he’s the size of a three week on chick but he’s about eight weeks? He also has nearly all of his adult feathers except for ones on his head...
  8. Quail Newbie 3

    Introducing new young chickens to current

    I have 2 chickens. They are almost three months old. I may get another chicken from the same family, same age. They have not seen each other for about 3 weeks. Will they remember each other or will the pecking/attacking, etc still happen? I think three is a nice size but should I ask for a pair...
  9. gohappy

    What's up with his tail?

    This is "Baby" he was the runt of our chicks. He will be 13 weeks June 20. He had swaddle leg when we got him but was able to fix that. He started crowing the week of May 13 and started the egg laying song two weeks ago. His crow sounds like a squeaky toy or better yet that toy you blow into at...
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