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    Tractoring meat birds

    We have our very first batch of meaties coming in the end of May. We are getting 50 freedom rangers! To say I am nervous would be an understatement, but for the sake of feeding my family wholesome organic humanely raised meats we are giving it a go! My plan is to tractor them through our...
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    How long before hens are fertile with a roo?

    I took a couple of my girls and separated them to a different roo than the one in my flock...how long will it be before the eggs are fertile from him? I cant test fertility in this case because they were already under a different breed of roo...
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    laying good, then nothing...

    My gals are acting weird...they start laying OK, then 2 weeks later, no eggs...2-4 weeks go by with nothing then eggs again for a couple weeks. What am I doing wrong?!?!!!! They are pastured...and I rarely find an egg outside the coop.
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    Colorado

    I wondered about the antibiotics...I have no clue if there are even any chicken vets around lol (is that aweful? I dont think chickens need to see vets either) I am removing her from the flock today..maybe I will keep her inside where I can watch more closely. I give yogurt once a week or so...
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    Colorado

    Hi all...I have been offline for months :/ missed you guys tho! I just posted a question over in the injury forum, but thought I would throw it out over here too. I have a hen that has been limping for a couple days...I looked at her foot when it started and she had a small cut that I was...
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    Hen with discolored toes, and limp...

    I have a hen that has been limping for a couple days...I looked at her foot when it started and she had a small cut that I was keeping an eye on...when I looked today, he foot is pretty warm and 2 of her toes are purplish (not like brumble foot, but like circulation loss) she did not mind me...
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    4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

    Started with 12 eggs...4 chicken 8 quail....I got 1 chick....the rest either never started it quit :(
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    FIRST CHICK OF THE NEW YEAR THREAD

    This chick is from our Red Star hen and Easter Egger roo. I had one baby hatch in my last batch from our roo and the Cinnamon Queen hen...they look TOTALLY different. The other one is dark haha what I love about mixed breeds! never really know what they will look like
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    FIRST CHICK OF THE NEW YEAR THREAD

    So where is the contest page for worst hatch rate lol I started with 8 quail and 2 chicken eggs...2 chick eggs never developed...1 started but passed just before lockdown...I have a total of 1 quail egg even develop so far no indication of hatching from the one quail egg. I did get 1 chick...
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    FIRST CHICK OF THE NEW YEAR THREAD

    I have 1 pip on a chicken egg...pretty sure its my only viable chicken. No quail yet...I hope I get a couple.
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    FIRST CHICK OF THE NEW YEAR THREAD

    Still nothing here! No chicks. No pips :'(
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    FIRST CHICK OF THE NEW YEAR THREAD

    Thanks <3 I hope SOMETHING hatches....
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    FIRST CHICK OF THE NEW YEAR THREAD

    my babies are being stubborn...not even one pip :'(
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    4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

    no pips here yet...come on guys!!! you can DO it!!!!
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    Colorado

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