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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

    She passed it on her own once I put her in the coop. Lucky thing.
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

    Thanks all.
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis?

    I have a red sex link that didn't make the little hop into the coop last night. She's sitting on the ground and not really getting around. Not seeing any noticeable signs of injury, I checked her vent and cleaned it. It appears swollen and there seems to be some discharge. I've heard egg yolk...
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    Red Sex Links Dying Suddenly

    Thank you very much.
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    Red Sex Links Dying Suddenly

    One died 4 days ago and one died this morning. I've had two that seemed to have messed up reproductive systems. They kept laying "oopsie" eggs almost every time (with little to no shell despite good diet and oyster shell) and made a big mess daily. When the first one died, I noticed a reduction...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hey there. What should I be feeding a broody mama who is going to have a hatch in a few days?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well thank you very much. That's very good to know. It's my first hatch.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have a silky sitting on eggs. She's on day 14 of her hatch. So far, she's handled very well being handled and even having herself and her nesting box liner removed and cleaned after she broke one of the eggs. I did not have a brooder built before she started sitting, and her coop is big...
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    Silky Brooding Behavior

    I guess what I'm asking is how to set up the hen's brooding situation to best accommodate her ahead of time and have her sit on the eggs I want. I've put a liner in her laying box with the eggs I want sat on in it that I can easily lift out and put into a brooding pen when the chicks are closer...
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    Silky Brooding Behavior

    I got a silky hen specifically for sitting on eggs, but have no actual experience with it. I've heard they nest on the ground. She and her rooster share a little coop, in which she lays her eggs in a little laying box, just like the rest of my chickens. I'm wondering what it looks like when a...
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    Wyandottes starting to lay in the winter?

    Cool, thanks for the advice. So I guess if I've got 5 red sex links laying right along, the others could have watched them and "decided" to follow suit, right? I thought it was pretty neat. Thank you. Thought I was going to have to wait til spring.
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    Wyandottes starting to lay in the winter?

    I have a silver-laced who laid her first egg around Dec 1, and a gold-laced who laid her first Jan 1. Isn't this out of the ordinary for this breed? Just wondering.
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    Silky Hen Crowing?

    Haha. The lady I got him from said her good friend gave it to her, and told her it was a hen that had been laying and had gone broody. She sold me an actual hen to keep him company and sit on some eggs for us. After seeing the hen alongside the roo, I really don't know how she could have...
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    Silky Hen Crowing?

    I think the brightly colored things on the side of its face and the very noticeable comb and waddles make him distinct from a picture of a partridge female I saw. Thanks for the input.
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