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    the wild bird seed is mostly millet seed. i live very rural-- NO stores for miles. is millet ok...

    the wild bird seed is mostly millet seed. i live very rural-- NO stores for miles. is millet ok to give to 3 day chicks? i do reckon they eat them in nature at birth
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    Help!! Car broke down and need feed for 3 day-old chicks

    thank you, guys, great advice. i did give them egg maker and they seem extremely content. stupid car.
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    Help!! Car broke down and need feed for 3 day-old chicks

    Howdy y'all and HELP! in a scrap. Feed store miles away and i have chicks to feed. i have egg maker, cracked corn, wild bird seed, sunflower seed to choose from. the egg maker likely has excessive calcium, but could i mix it with the crack? any other ideas? in the wild they would be eating grass...
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    Janoel 12 incubator help!

    i can only fit 6 lg or 9 sm eggs. the instructions say they need at least 1/5" space all around/ i leave a little more room. to check it, you can put the eggs in the tray and then move the tray on the tracks to see if they effectively roll. good luck!
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    California White Leghorn Chick ID

    i think you have something there with the leg color. any more info over the years?
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    Predator rips comb off Henrietta! What to do?

    so Henrietta is in a safe spot and staying away from the 2 other hens and a Roo that are still alive--the rest were brutally slaughtered last night, Sad day for us. Henrietta is walking -- but not hungry. I put a dropper of Vit B complex, t vinegar, 2 aspirin, and echinacea/goldenseal in 1 gal...
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    can chickens eat pumpkins?

    Well, peep-le, it's getting to that time again! I grew those ginormous Dill Pumpkins (the small ones are 100 lbs+) especially for the girls, thinking they would be a good supply of supplement food and keep well. It seems Dill Pumpkins retain more water than reg pumpkin--I gave them one that got...
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    thank you--no yolk--so something at least went right. ok--will get Neosporin. SHOES??
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    IT'S A GIRL!! she has that little pimple vent--very easy to see when just born. you nailed it, Liz--she was very cold. the air was warming, but her little body on that paper towel was very cold. I put her on the hot water bottle -- it's now 95 in there. She's still shaking from the cold, and...
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    I have a hot water bottle I can warm up. thnx!!!!! I am hugging you thru cyberspace!
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    thanks--the wet towel she was on got cold--trying to get the heat back up. it's about 90 now
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    yes--the hole is larger now. she should be able to get out...JEEBUS, MARY AND JOE--THIS IS NERVE WRACKING so now i'm worrying--did I make the hole too big? she should be able to get out. I suspect you would say she my still be glued in there. I will reapply warm water to the shell edge and...
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    She is chirping loudly now. she moved her wing!! the problem (now) is that she made a ROUND hole--not a linear one. should I leave her alone for a bit? she seems free of the brown membrane...
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    BLESS YOU BLESS YOU BLESS YOU--GOING WELL SO FAR
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    thank you. I will use a damp napkin--all I have. and I dab t the actual chicken body--not the egg, right? do I continue to peal in circle -- or linearly? sorry!! I don't know what i'm doing!
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    the membrane is brown. she is much more active now that she is on the paper towel
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    ok--I figured out how to do the picture thingy--it's been a long time--but she's still moving! yes--the membrane is brown! oh no!!!
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    ok--I figured out how to do the picture thingy--it's been a long time--but she's still moving!
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    little guy stuck in egg--i do not know what i'm doing!! HELP!

    she pecked through the egg about 18 hrs ago. she made the hole rounder--not going along a "line?" whatever that is. I don't know how to take a picture....but she has round hole and is prob glued in????
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