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    WINNER ANNOUNCED Comb Contest 2014 - Single

    This is my darling Fanny, a black Australorpe. She's second in command of my flock of 18 (Flo, a Barred Rock being top of the pecking order.) Fanny is the sweetest chicken I have ever known.
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    funny chicken signs

    CAUTION: Area patrolled by crazy chicken lady
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    Ended Official BYC Contest: QUARTER MILLION BYC Members

    7/8/2014 1259
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    HELP! Rejected chick :-(

    Now I REALLY need help! I left my house for a few hours today (for the first time since the hatch) and came home to a dead chick! I am almost certain my Australorp hen Famny did it. It was one of the chicks from my other hen's brood. What can I do?! I do not have facilities to separate them. Up...
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    HELP! Rejected chick :-(

    Mithiuos, the brooder is a no. Just don't have the time. I brought the little girl back to the fees store and my favorite cowboy will add her to the brooder his daughter tends at home. He helps me with my hens a lot. I know he'll raise her right up. Odd. This was the only dark colored...
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    HELP! Rejected chick :-(

    Not a darn thing wrong that I can see. It's so sad!! I may just ask my feed store id they'll rehome the poor little thing. Thanks!
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    HELP! Rejected chick :-(

    Suddenly, my hen Fanny is rejecting one of the baby chicks. This is a little Dominique, and of the 8 I adopted to her, this is the only one she is rejecting, suddenly, after having them since Thursday. I tried introducing her to the other batch with my Barred Rock, but she isn't having it. What...
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    My first hatch!

    I'm just too excited not to share! This is my hen Florence, with a couple of her new hatchlings visible.
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    1st time hatch w/ hen, need help!

    I owe you all an update! So, Fanny's eggs were certainly not viable. The mess and subsequent washing after her breaking some in the nest must have contaminated them. They continued to break after nest cleaning, and smelled increasingly worse each time. So, Friday night I went to the feed store...
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    1st time hatch w/ hen, need help!

    Thank you so much for this advice!! I will not give her another clutch immediately. That is excellent advice not to. I love this hen. She's my absolute favorite and I have been bringing her dried mealworms daily while she has been sitting. I think I may just take her and the eggs out of the...
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    1st time hatch w/ hen, need help!

    Thank you Ridgerunner! I knew I was removing the bloom, but really felt I had no choice as the eggs were really heavily coated. This must have been there for a while because it smelled bad too. I'm not extremely hopeful about the hatch. As for the nest, it has a nice 1 3/4" lip at the front, but...
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    1st time hatch w/ hen, need help!

    This is reassuring! Thank you. I expect pipping tomorrow (at least, tomorrow is day 21!) after reading some of the posts, I guess they are sometimes later than that...? I'll keep you posted!
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    1st time hatch w/ hen, need help!

    Thank you!! Can you tell me if I may have caused any problems with the hatch by rinsing the remaining eggs in warm water? They were covered in sticky egg residue. I worked quickly, dried them with a clean towel and returned them right to the nest and hen. There is also still some residue in the...
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    1st time hatch w/ hen, need help!

    I have almost the exact same questions, only my other brooder is an Australorpe who tossed 3 of her eggs on the floor, and broke one in the box getting egg residue on all the others, so I cleaned them with warm water before returning them to her nest . Hatch day should be 7/25 (Christmas in...
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