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Thank you so much!

Does anybody know where to get french label rouge? We are looking for a good meat chicken that is a slow grower;meaty but not going to be tough.

Okay, question here. Chickens are attracted to the color red. If you put red on their vent wont they vent pick???

I have noticed lately that I will get an egg that when cracked the white is extremely thick, like it wont fall out of the shell when cracked unless I physically dump it. Usually when you crack an egg, the white slips out. Eggs are collected once a day. It is only one color egg, peach shell. I...

Thank you, me too! So, we got more than 50% hatch rate! Yeah for my chickens!!! Why were there 4 with yolks still attatched? Is it normal for them to die so far into the growing stage and not finish right at the end?

I filled my incubator, 41 eggs. 21 hatched. 1 peep's intestines were hanging out so I had to cull it, everybody else is great. I waited another 24 hours after the last peep hatched before shutting off the incubator and taking the eggs out. I always take any eggs out that did not hatch to crack...

We have had chickens, laying hens and meat chickens, for 4 years. This years batch of 4-H meat chickens is very bazzar! We had a 2-3 week old peep with, what I'm sure was an impacted crop, hard crop, chicken not growing, etc... They are now 8 weeks old. One of our biggest cocks had a large...

have you deloused lately?

We have had chickens, laying hens and meat chickens, for 4 years. This years batch of 4-H meat chickens is very bazzar! We had a 2-3 week old peep with, what I'm sure was an impacted crop, hard crop, chicken not growing, etc... They are now 8 weeks old. One of our biggest cocks had a large...

We have a Golden campine, 11 months old, who looks like she has an extremely large uniboob? I know it sounds silly, but what the heck? She has been like this for about 2 months. Has only layed 3-4 eggs in this time, used to be a good egg layer (I can tell how many eggs she has layed because she...

Thank you everybody! I love this forum! I posted another topic about saggy crop, any ideas there?

Then how were they inside of her before she died? Any thoughts?

We have a Golden campine, 11 months old, who looks like she has an extremely large uniboob? I know it sounds silly, but what the heck? She has been like this for about 2 months. Has only layed 3-4 eggs in this time, used to be a good egg layer (I can tell how many eggs she has layed because she...

Had a Buff Orpington, about 11 months old, who started acting dumpy yesterday. Had oozy poop around vent feathers, washed off. She didnt want to move this morning. Went out to barn to check on her and she was dead. Cut her open and found about 3/4 cup of maggots pouring out of her vent. Vent...

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