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    First egg from my Amerucana - x2!

    My Amerucana hen (Eowyn) just laid her first green egg today! She is just over 5 months old. I have two ISO Browns of the same age that have been laying for a couple of weeks now but this was her first egg. I went out to collect eggs at 8:30 this morning and there were 2 brown eggs as usual...
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    7 Rooter and 4 hens - need advice on how to handle this

    Got them as 1 day old chicks at the beginning of March this year. They are a little over 4 months old now but have been crowing since less than 3mo old. The chickens were unsexed for the most part and I ended up with 7 roosters and 4 hens. Coop politics are a bit rough. Lots of rooster on...
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    Mama hen started laying again after only 3 weeks and isn't paying attention to the chicks

    Hi, I could use a bit of advice. I had a broody hen and we hatched 3 successful chicks with her. She has been very good with the chicks over the last 3-4 weeks but 2 days ago she started laying again and doing some pecking of the chicks and in general not looking after them as well. The...
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    Hen injured adoptive chick, had to put it to sleep. Worried about the other one ADVICE NEEDED!!!

    Last night we slipped two chicks under a mama hen that already had 2 chicks. I had to hatch these two in a brooder because she had abandoned the eggs. The 2 new chicks are about a day younger than the first lot. Nightime went well but she severely injured one of the adoptive chicks around...
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    HELP! 2 chicks hactched successfully but mama abandoned other 2, don't have an incubator one is peeping

    I'm currently sat with two eggs in my bra to hopefully keep them warm and humid enough! The mama has hatched two chicks successfully but then abandoned the other two eggs. One of the eggs started peeping in my hand and I could feel the chick moving around - the other egg I'm not sure about. I...
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