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    the case of the disappearing chicken

    we pulled out the ones that she was not on.... my wife wants the shells for the garden...so she is crackin..and found one feritle one...oh well...it looked like a white head zit in the yolk... guess that little creol is getting action after all..good for him... now on to the possibility of...
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    the case of the disappearing chicken

    SOLVED! now, please understand, we are still kninda new at this... she's brooding. we turned her loose and followed her to her lair...or should i say layer... we found nearly two dozen eggs 6 of which she was sitting on. we moved her and the eggs to more suitable accomidations...i doubt any...
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    the case of the disappearing chicken

    Over the last week, our barred rock hen has been vanishing for about two days at a time. She shows up just now, and is a bit aggressive towards her yard mates. i 'locked her up' in the coop for now and may try to follow her to her hide out this evening. Yes, we do have one rooster, he is a...
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    bad egg or normal ?

    the poultrysite link is very good. thanks to all so far !!!!
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    bad egg or normal ?

    my seemingly happy and healthy black stars' eggs have odd surface deposits. the one seems to be calcium deposits as descrbed elsewhere on the forum. bugger brown raised lumps... but what i can't figure is the other, it looks like perfectly clustered baking yeast spores. any ideas ? i'd...
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    beat up by a 'coon HELP

    hey everybody. thanks for all the replies so far. it looks like the wife and I are doing it right. were are giving her water via syringe and made a food mix with the food processor. She is taking the food and is moving her bowels:P. i think she'll pull through. I never thought of yogurt...
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    beat up by a 'coon HELP

    Friends, a raccoon got into our coop( first time. we are new). The sucker actually opened the door.... anyhow he killed 2 of our three birds before I sent him to meet his maker... The third, is a bit beat up, missing some feathers and such but what has us concerned is what may be a busted...
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