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    Non stop chirping

    This isn't my first batch of chicks but this is my first time ever having a baby that won't stop chirping. I know how to care for baby chickens so its not that he's hot or cold and he's not lonely in the brooder he's got food and water. But the poor little guy cries and cries until i pick him...
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    Help!!!

    That's what I did. I candled them and they are all good so I don't want them to die from neglect so I gave them to a jersey giant. Thank you
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    Help!!!

    My silkie hen has been sitting on 11 eggs for 20 some days now. I had some serious nest confusion at first but now she's off on her own with the eggs. 3 have hatched 1 didn't make it so she's got 2 little babies and I hear on peeping through the shell but she doesn't seem interested in the...
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    My husband told me I needed to research as we begin....

    Black jersey giants are good for cold winters and I get an egg a day from each hen. I live in pa and it gets pretty cold here and my girls did great. My rooster got a little frost bite on his comb but other than that no problems this winter.
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    Hi from PA

    Thank you. I think I will just take the chicken eggs away and try to make the chickens leave the duck alone and let her hatch her own eggs. It does seem like an awful lot of worry that I don't exactly want or need to allow them to sit on a mixed clutch. I would hate for the eggs to get...
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    Hatching ducks

    Has anyone had any experience hatching duck and chicken eggs together under a hen?? My worry is once the chicks hatch at 21 days the half incubated ducks will get abandoned. Also is there any way to persuade a little silkie hen to become broody so I can have some silkie babies?
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    Hi from PA

    Thank you.
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    Hi from PA

    Hi. I have 3 black jersey giant hens that I got last spring I also have a pair of Muscovy ducks and 7 black silkies and 6 red sex link chicks. My problem is this.. One of my bjg's decided that she wants to steal the ducks eggs. I have found a new chicken on the duck eggs every day for the...
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