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    Do I need to assist this hatch??

    thank you
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    Do I need to assist this hatch??

    Ok since last night I have had one LO and one BO hatch. Since the first one hatched, there has been an EE egg trying to hatch. About half the shell is gone, but I can see the chick inside, through the membrane, and it does not seem to move or peep much. theWhat should I do?? should I try to...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    bananas, strawberries, cucumbers...
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    late night hatch, help!

    thank you for that; maybe I jumped the gun LOL oh dear...
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    late night hatch, help!

    Ok 9 eggs are under Broody Mama Buff Orpington, they were to start hatching tomorrow but what do I know: I came home to find a hatched Lavender Orpington chick and one EE almost hatched. I took the LO chick out to its temporary brooder, (I am doing it the Minnie Rose Lovegreen way of taking...
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    Taking chicks from Mama while the others hatch?

    thanks, that is helpful. it is currently a heat wave here, even in the house (no air con, only fresh air and open windows) so I am thinking I don't need to have a heat lamp for them, but maybe just a regular lamp near their box for lighting, and a tiny bit of warmth for the cooler nights? I...
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    Taking chicks from Mama while the others hatch?

    Just got a copy of the delightful book by Minne Rose Lovgreen, Recipe for Raising Chickens, and in it she advises taking chicks from Mama Hen as soon as they hatch, to better allow her to focus on the remaining eggs; and taking the chicks inside for a few days while this happens. My broody...
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    9 month hen crop problems/water coming out

    Update on my hen with what I thought was an impacted crop: She is ok now! To recap, her symptoms were lethargy, a large crop, watery discharge when I tilted her on an angle briefly, three times over 2 days, some grass strands also came out. I treated her with plain yogurt, 2 ml olive oil...
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    Prettiest Rooster Contest - May the Best Rooster Win!

    Breed: Lavender Orpington Name: Long John Silveroo
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    9 month hen crop problems/water coming out

    the water is our very good well water. that is not the problem, I think she has impacted or sour crop.
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    9 month hen crop problems/water coming out

    still in need of some advice please!! this morning my hen, my beautiful lavender girl, is still not wanting to do much. She had water in her crop when I lifted her up, she opened her beak and I tilted her again, and some dark water came out. Her crop is large and soft, but not quite as large...
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    Flies in the coop!!!!

    have you tried DE? sprinkled liberally (wear a dust mask). I used to use it when I had alpacas and it seemed to work against flies.
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    9 month hen crop problems/water coming out

    so if she eats and drinks (only giving her access to yogurt and water tonight) she is not impacted? I am so confused and not having much luck finding treatments for sour crop..I sure hope it doesn't come to crop surgery just checked her and she has devoured all the yogurt, about a half cup. Her...
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    9 month hen crop problems/water coming out

    Before I read through every post pertaining to this, I need to just write it down and have some help figuring it out. My 9 month old Lavender Orpington, who spent most of her life in a pen in a barn, is not feeling well. Since last night she has been quiet and not wanting to go range on the...
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    Is it common practice to keep one pair of chickens, separate from the others?

    I actually did separate him, along with his lovely wife, and very very gradually allowed him more freedoms...tonight, there appears to be some reorganization of the pecking order and he has been quite a gentleman today. I have hope that Long John will be a wonderful mixed flock rooster with 12...
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