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    never hatched before

    thank you so much
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    never hatched before

    i know that the incubation time is 21 days my question is how long does it take for a ckick to get out of its shell once it starts to hatch. i have one that has started a dimesize hole but hasen't progressed much further
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    never hatched before

    I had a hen free ranging and found her on a clutch of 18 eggs. Rather than have her Fox bait I decided to hatch the eggs myself in an incubator. I have one egg starting to hatch, but never have done this before my anticipation of a new arrival makes me want to help it along and crack the shell...
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    loose poo

    for several months now The white leghorns I have had continuosly leak white poo from their vents leaving them chapped and featherless on their bum. Bagbalm seems to relieve the chap but does anybody have a cure for the leak. The brown leghorns I have are 100% just the whites have had this issue...
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    eggbound? Help

    I would like to thank all that replied and let you know that after all of the fuss she seems to have weathered the storm.
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    eggbound? Help

    her wings are drooped to her sides and not tucked up is that normal?
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    eggbound? Help

    does this sound like an egg bound issue? or am I barking up the wrong tree? oddly she seems content in my bathtub with the light on trying to sleep. I also gave her some water w/sugar because of the listlessness. do you think that was a good idea should I continue or stop? I really have no...
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    eggbound? Help

    Hello all I think I have a hen eggbound she is very listless and has an egg or what appears to be an egg inside her in an attempt to break it so it would pass it would not break. she also passed a yoke and some white but still has a eggshapped object inside please any suggestions would be...
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    diarrhea in some of my flock some worse than others

    i have 21 hens a mixture of white & brown leghorns5 to 18 months in an 8x8 coop with a free area of 10x25 fenced. I have a high population of fox & coyotes mink & other preditors and have lost several free rangers. I feed cracked corn mixed with 20% protein layer feed , and often feed...
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    diarrhea in some of my flock some worse than others

    I have been monitering my birds and it seems that their loose stool is spreading. I had a couple early this year with it but it didn't spread until recently. That coupled with them plucking each other well their getting kinda beatup looking. Has anyone had this problem or have any suggestions...
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    not laying

    I did feed just corn for a couple of weeks, until I could get 20% pellets back to their feeder. I also doubled the size of their coop but that didn't seem to affect them being they have had bigger housing for over a month and a half. thanks again Bob
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    She did it again, layed a egg the size of a goose egg

    those are awsome. I have seen this with mine also. I called tham gernades. they tasted great
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    not laying

    I have brown leghorns approx 15 mos old that have been laying pretty well over the last months. as of late the numbers have started to decline from 3 to 5 a day to 1 sometimes none per day. around a month ago I introduced 16 new white leghorn pulletts. The question I have is could the pulletts...
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    loosing my girls

    many thanks, I will let you know how it goes
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    loosing my girls

    thanks for your response. The hens are not quite a year. I live in upstate NY we have alot of snow & temps have been in the single digits quite often. I have been heating the coop to take the edge off. I have aprons on some hens due to loss of back feathers (roosters are hounding them ). I...
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