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    Rough Rooster - ????? Please look at PICs!!!

    I also have a huge problem with bare backs. This has been for the last several months. I see pin feathers but they never seem to grow back. I have 27 hens to one roo. I dont know if it is rough or not. I have nothing to compare it to. There are about 10 like this. They are such pretty hens, I...
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    strange looking egg!!!

    I get a "wrinkled" egg almost everyday. I am guessing it is the same hen but I have 27 and have no idea who it is. They are a year old now. Should I start systematically trying to figure out who is the wrinkle layer? Is it a sick hen? The eggs are normal on the inside. We have been eating them...
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    Lice?

    Quote: forgive my stupidness, but what exactly are YOU using it for? I have been considering getting some to keep the lice and mites from even starting.
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    Oatmeal WOW!!

    Ok U guys. Who knew a few 4-H chicks would turn me into a nut that actually cooks breakfast for chickens? I dont even cook breakfast for my three kids....can u say CEREAL? I have offically crossed over to obsessed. I am taking a bowl of oatmeal out to the coop as soon as I post this. My...
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    Scratch on Cold Days

    I feed mine laying crumbles. They are laying MACHINES!!!! "red and black sexlinks" I sell eggs to offset the cost. I buy the good stuff from the co-op. It is so expensive. Can anyone tell me how to get it cheaper? They eat a 100lb bag per week. Also, is my roo going to have reproduction...
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    grit vs oyster shell

    I have never put out grit. This could explain the HUGE holes in the run. Are they eating the dirt? I need to fill it all in or they will be clear to China by spring! Also, will the oyster shell be bad for roo?
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    Hatches this week?? Dec 28-Jan 1st??

    OH thanx. the little white one is about 24 hours now and doing great. Not fluffy yet. The black one came out at midnite! Going good too. The last one is just pipping. I cant believe they are hatching. My temp is 95 to 112 and just wet rags. All in an easter basket bucket. (very crude) It is...
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    Hatches this week?? Dec 28-Jan 1st??

    Ok, dumb question here. What r u referring to when you say "pipping and zipping"? Of the four eggs that I salvaged, one hatched with it's insides on the outside! OH, it was awful!!! Of course it did not make it. It was a traumatic night. The bulb blew up and landed on the hatching chick...
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    Hatches this week?? Dec 28-Jan 1st??

    I have seen a few pictures of roosters that look like mine. I dont know what mine is. Can anyone tell by my pic?
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    Hatches this week?? Dec 28-Jan 1st??

    yes, this is her first time. I should have just removed the chick but instead after the second one hatched and it looked like she stepped on its back or something (it had a hole type injury), it died and I took the last four eggs out and brought them in. They were cold and she was not tending to...
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    Hatches this week?? Dec 28-Jan 1st??

    Thank you! I have been reading posts and looking at this site for quite a while. I have learned so much! Today when I went out to check, she had moved them off the orginal nest. I noticed one was trying to poke out. A small piece of shell was off and I could see the baby moving. I was so...
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    Hatches this week?? Dec 28-Jan 1st??

    This is my first post. I just joined. I let my Black Star sit starting the 7th. (she insisted!) Yesterday I went out to the coop and discovered our first baby!!! It was almost as exciting as my first child! She has five other eggs under her and nothing yet. (i candled them a week ago and they...
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