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    Awful smell coming from vent

    ugh I think that's totally what it is, I had to move her outside after she pooped in the cage , the smell is overpowering. I'm going to try some probiotic yogurt and some external anti-fungal treatments and hope for the best.
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    Awful smell coming from vent

    What a bad day! I have a Speckled Sussex that I suspect is suffering from the excess heat (it's very hot today and she's now comfortably established in my air conditioned house) and I also had to bring in my beloved Barred Rock for what seemed like the same symptoms as the SS, except there is an...
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    broody adopting hatchery chicks

    earlier this year I had a broody adopt 5 hatchery chicks with no problems whatsoever. I was extremely nervous because she was SUCH a meanie (and she's normally so sweet but I guess I'm mean too when I'm a hormonal mess ), everytime I went near her she would peck at me and I was convinced that...
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    Tissue damage to comb (picture)?

    Quote: ...and what would you suggest I do if it spreads? Thanks, DD If it spreads to other parts of her comb separate her from the rest of your flock. If it's fowl pox the disease should run it's course in about 3-5 weeks and she should be ok after that!
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    Tissue damage to comb (picture)?

    It looks like someone has been pecking at her. Occasionally our girls have random power struggles and the low bird on the totem pole always comes out with a black spotted comb (exactly like your girls comb) from pecking. Judging by your picture I'm almost 100% positive that's what it is but...
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    Sex Link burned out?

    For a while I thought that the problem was internal laying but I think I've ruled that out. She's really in tip top shape. She's very alert, active, very heavy and meaty, normal appetite, no lumps or weird squishy spots, etc. I know sometimes internal laying can be something of a silent killer...
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    My 1st Triple-Yolker (Yes 3)

    WOW!! That is crazy! I have never heard of a triple yolker before! Lucky you
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    Sex Link burned out?

    I have a Red Star that is about 21 months old (she'll be two in November). Around the beginning of the year her laying dropped from one a day to one every other day, and then to one every couple of days, etc., until she stopped completely towards the middle of spring. Her eggs went from strong...
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    SUCCESS!!! *picture*

    Cornflake the broody GLW hen accepted our six new hatchery chicks last night as her babies and is being a super good mommy! . I was so unbelievably nervous about introducing her to the chicks because my first thought was she was going to kill them. I have zero experience with broody hens and...
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    Putting hatchery chicks under a broody (questions!!!)

    Ok. I have a sweet as can be GLW hen that has been broody for about a month. She's just dying to become a mommy, the poor thing. Unfortunately I don't have a rooster, so all her efforts up to this point have been for naught, and apparently she's not giving up her nest until she produces a chick...
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    How long will she be broody for?*EDIT Putting chicks under a broody???

    Quote: I was JUST thinking about that right as I was going to bed last night!! YES please if anyone knows how to slip in some chicks under a broody PLEASE let me know! Man, if I don't have to keep the babies in a brooder cage my life will be 17824672836438 times easier!
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    breaking broody story (weird?? anyone else have this?)

    Quote: LOL that's funny!
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    How long will she be broody for?*EDIT Putting chicks under a broody???

    My GLW went broody over a plastic Easter Egg that I keep in the nest boxes . This is my first experience with a broody hen, and at first I thought about just breaking her up, but THEN I thought about buying some fertile hatching eggs and sticking them under her. I'll have to order them online...
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    Do you ALWAYS lock your coop at dusk?

    Our coop is raised above the ground and has an very spacious enclosed run attached to it. The run itself has a little gate so I can let the girls out into the yard, but there's just a square hole cut out of the side of the coop with a little ladder so they can jump in and out of the run whenever...
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    Most handsome rooster contest

    Quote: I love La Dante!!!
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