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    Straddle leg? Splayed leg? Deformed?

    This chick was born may 16 it is now day 2. as you can see in the pics we made a hot glue thing to hold the legs together because one of his legs is facing inward and back the other usually stays in the back. I think one of his feet has curled toes. We also have a hair tie and straw thing for...
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    Dead in egg

    We were on day 19 of incubation and the night before the chick started chirping. It was always chirping but then today (day 19) after and hour or two I realized I hadn’t heard any chirping i checked the heat and humidity everything was fine. I thought maybe the chick drowned and couldn’t get...
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    Looking for a broody hen

    UPDATE: We have a silkie that has been laying and just got broody. We borrowed a friends rooster so she has been sitting on some eggs and is 4 days in!
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    Looking for a broody hen

    Does anyone in or near central florida have a broody hen to sell? I would like to breed but non of my hens are broody.
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    My hen hasn’t layed eggs

    I have 4 hens 2 are blue Plymouth and 2 white leghorn. The Plymouth are laying and have been laying for about a month and a half but the leghorns are not laying yet. we got them all at the same time and are about 23 weeks old. Should I wait a little bit longer? Is there a problem with them?
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    How many roosters for the hens

    I have 2 bantam roosters (which are very very small and were suppose to be hens) and I was wondering how many hens is the best amount for them. We already have 4 hens and want the smallest amount possible. Also we wanted 2 girl ducks but i think we have 1 drake. What is the smallest amount of...
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    Stop bantam from crowing

    I have a bantam rooster (bantams are a lot smaller then regular hens) and we have crowing collars but he keeps taking it off. Also it is hard to get it to the bottom of his neck and when we do it has to be big to stay on and he loosens it and gets it over his head. Do you have any suggestions to...
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    Hens, roosters, ducks, and drakes

    We are beginners with chickens and ducks at first we wanted 6 hens but it ended up being 2 roosters and 4 hens In our backyard flock. 1 bantam- rooster 1 welsummer-rooster (dominant rooster) 2 blue Plymouth- hens 2 white leghorns- hens (chickens turn about 16 weeks July 17) 2 Pekin ducks- 1...
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