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    Review by 'Kisura' in article 'Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!'

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    Rooster not crowing - sounds like swollen airway

    he is now frothing. settled as I hold him but still struggling to breathe.
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    Rooster not crowing - sounds like swollen airway

    I need help. I have a two year old rooster that isn't able to make any sound despite trying. I can hear air "gasping" or releasing when he tries, but there is no sound. I don't know if his tongue is swollen or not, as I've not paid much attention to the size of his tongue before. Otherwise, he...
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    They weren’t in direct sunlight, but it did get warm in there. I’ve since increased ventilation and it is much more comfortable. That may be all it was. It is well water, but we also use the same water for us, our dog and a couple aquariums. The water is very hard, but no organisms that we know...
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    Mine were in the coop too. I just couldn’t figure it out, though I’d say the chickens loved them while the water was fresh. With what I’m reading here, I’m thinking of trying to give it another go with new buckets.
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    Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

    I tried two different 12 gallon waterers with cups last year, and both of them developed some algae/slime within a month. I cleaned and disinfected them, and tried again. Same thing. How do you guys keep the water and containers from this?
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    Egg Bound Bantam

    Would egg shells or oyster shell work as well?
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    Egg Bound Bantam

    My tiniest of chickens was just egg bound. The blue egg to the left is her normal egg (37grams). The one that bound her today is the blue egg to the right; a whopping 62 grams. For reference, she is a very small bantam Americuana. The full size sexlink chickens laid a 69 gram egg today. The...
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    Returning eggs to a broody hen?

    I’m sorry you lost your rooster! It can be so sad when we become attached to them, and it‘s hard not to (at least for me). I’m in western Wyoming. I did end up having 6 of the eggs hatch, so I now have some cute little chicks being cared for my two attentive hens. I have no idea how many will...
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    Returning eggs to a broody hen?

    Thank you. Most of the eggs were gathered within the last week, and have been refrigerated. I’m also guessing any eggs tomorrow may be fertile? as for candling, do I need a specific light or device for that? I really hadn’t planned to hatch for a couple years, so I’m scrambling to learn on the fly
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    Returning eggs to a broody hen?

    My sweet little bantam rooster died today. I don’t know why- I just found him under the porch. We did have a cold spell but he’s lived through worse through the winter and the hens seem fine. I have two hens that are broody since last Thursday. I hadn’t planned to hatch any chicks right now, as...
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    Would aquarium water be bad for chickens?

    You just summarized my decision. I don’t think it’d hurt them, but it’s not necessay to find out. I do have clean water available and can use the aquarium water elsewhere .
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    Would aquarium water be bad for chickens?

    You just summarized my decision. I don’t think it’d hurt them, but it’s not necessay to find out. I do have clean water available and can use the aquarium water elsewhere .
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    Would aquarium water be bad for chickens?

    Thank you! I’ve been using it for my seedlings, and am now carrying it out through the remaining snow to add to garden and trees. It was just an idea... not necessarily a good one! Haha!
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    Would aquarium water be bad for chickens?

    I’m a bit of a germaphobe myself, and normally stay on the side of caution (unless, I’m siphoning “clean” chicken drinking water). I’ve not given aquarium water to the chickens, largely because i agree with so much said here: why? There is more risk than benefit, and I have clean water...
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