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    Feathered Feet????

    its not suppose to be a bantam its only 4-5 days old
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    Feathered Feet????

    Just received a new batch of chicks from McMurrays. The included one surprise exotic. Its yellow and has yellow down on its feet and legs.. Help me identify thanks in advance
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    Vent area raw HELP PLEASE

    One of my hens has lost feathers around her vent and the area is fairly pink. Its not bloody raw just redish raw(sorry for the description, but thats the way it looks). I have not noticed any of the other hens picking at her and she still looks and acts healthy. I just want to head off a...
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    Why Dont They Lay In The Box?

    I have several pullets thst are starting to lay. I have provided 5 nesting boxes and the 3 that have started laying prefer to lay in the corner of the coop and dont pay any attention to the boxes. Should I be concerned and is there something I can do to make them use the nest boxes??
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    Introducing Two Flocks To Each Other??????

    I have two flocks of chickens. I hatched 10 Americaunas in November, and then I hatched 10 Silver Laced Wyandotts in December. Ameracunas 9 weeks/SLW's 6 weeks. How should I go about putting them all together in one big run and coop?
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    Survival Of The Fittest If So Wyandotts Are Doomed

    In November I hatched 10 Black Copper Marans and 10 Ameracunas. After 5 weeks I put them outside in the run with a coop. If a butterfly flew over them they all hauled butt to the coop. In December I hatched a dozen Silver Laced Wyandotts, placed them outside in the smae run/coop(the BCM's &...
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    Cooked

    I have seen a fan motor go bad and get hot enough to raise incubator temps.
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    Black Copper Maran & Ameracanas CHEAP to FREE

    These are all pure breed chickens. Purchased all the eggs from individual in McLeansboro, IL. The BCM are French Wade Jeane line. started with 12 eggs and hatched 10mof the 12. all eggs were chocolate brown The Ameracanas came from same individual and the egg colors were blue. The seller bred...
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    sexing chicks ... french black copper marans

    I just hatched 10 BCM in November and I am in the same position as you. I want to get rid of all but 1 rooster. The chicks are now 6 weeks old and what I think are roosters have alot more copper feathers around the neck and their combs are approx 1/4 inch tall at this time. I'm not sure if the...
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    Black Copper Maran & Ameracanas CHEAP to FREE

    I have too many chickens. I incubated 12 BCM and 12 Ameracanas on November 23rd I ended up with 10 BCM's and 11 Ameracanas. I need to reduce my flock. I am new to chickens but and I'm not sure how many roosters I have but I think I can id 4 or 5 BCM and I dont know about the Ameracanas. Bottom...
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    Lockdown starts today! Who's gonna hatch with me? UPDATE PICS!

    2 fuzzy butts this morning and 10 pips out of the remaining 11 eggs.
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    Official Christmas Hatch! c'mon and join

    2 just pipped. tomorrow is day 21. fuzzy butts by morning(I hope)
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    Lockdown starts today! Who's gonna hatch with me? UPDATE PICS!

    I'm pipping at the end of day 20.
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    What was your hatch rate on your very first try?

    21 out of 24
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    Lockdown starts today! Who's gonna hatch with me? UPDATE PICS!

    12 Silver laced wyandotts go under the lock today. They went in the incubator early morning on the 3rd, should be pipping on Wednesday if everything has gone ok and I think it has. This is my 2nd attempt at hatching from my home made incubator, last month I hatched 10 out of 12 Black copper...
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