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    HELP NEEDED CHICK SHRINK WRAPPED?

    So, Jeff as my brothers named her, is now doing great! We're dealing with another chick whose real momma tried to eat her, and so she's now being fostered under Jeff's mother hen.
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    HELP NEEDED CHICK SHRINK WRAPPED?

    So, update on the chick. I took her from underneath the broody, picked off the shell that was there, and dampened the membrane enough for me to help her pull out. She kicked the shell off herself, and she appears fine now. Her butt is still a little raw, it looks like, and it bled a little...
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    HELP NEEDED CHICK SHRINK WRAPPED?

    So, we have a broody. One of her chicks came out, no problem, and he's doing fine. her other egg, though, has had problems. She pipped, and then began zipping, turned again, and has now zipped/cracked the whole egg. But she can't get out, and the membrane is totally dried out. She's trying to...
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    Incubator Tempatures

    Our landlord doesn't want us having pets in the house. Anyhow, we're putting off this plan for a while because one of our silkie hens has gone broody.
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    The Front Porch Swing

    Hey guys! I haven't been on in a while. I sort of faded out of chickens back in August when my favorite rooster disappeared (RIP Orlando Plume), and then the rest got lice. -_- But now my little brother and I are hoping to hatch some more silkie eggs, and I thought I'd stop by to say hello! I'm...
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    Incubator Tempatures

    So, my little brother and I might set a hatch of silkie eggs soon, the only problem being we can't do it in the house. The garage is the most obvious place, but it's colder than our refrigerator out there. Would that be a problem for the bator? We could set up one of the heat lamps we use for...
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    Oats for laying?

    My family moved about 3 months ago, and since then, the chickens haven't been laying. I think that the cold might be an issue, and I saw in the "Backyard Poultry" magazine that feeding them oats might help? How would I do that, and will it actually help the laying?
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    chick hatch

    No, not yet. :D If they are younger than 3 days old, you are still fine, I believe.
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    Keeping run healthy

    Hello everybody! I have a pen of Polish, who cannot be let to free-range. They have two pens, that are connected. One of them contains the coop, and that is my problem. It has a mound of dirt in the middle, that is really hard packed. I've been treating the birds for lice, and it has rained...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Has anybody had problems with bugs eating eggs from under a broody? My brothers were checking on a broody, and said there were maggot things eating the eggs. I was not there, so I didn't get pictures.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    We have a girl, who just started laying, sitting in the unused kitty litter box. Her name is Dani. Then there's an EE who is broody, and another who might be, though I haven't double checked. Craziness.
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    silkie sexing

    Howdy: Silkie 1: Black: Bagheera "Baggypants" Mohawk: Big Blue: Thanks, sexing experts! I suspect that Big Blue and Baggypants are hens, and that both black are roosters. But that is just a guess.
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    Mites, Lice, not quite sure

    Okay, I noticed some not-healthy looking feathers on my adorable Pola Negri, so I pulled them back and took a look. I saw a bunch of little yellow bugs running away from me. She was promptly dusted thoroughly with DE. One of her friends, who has been blind for the past few weeks with pus (long...
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    How to breed blue?

    My only white-crested blue Polish hen disappeared, and I'm wondering if I can breed blue into my birds. I have a white-crested black rooster, and white hens. Is it even possible to breed blue?
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    Breeding questions

    Hello! I'm wanting to get started in breeding, but I need some help. I have 1 rooster, and 4-5 of each breed. Is it okay for the rooster to live full time with the flock? I've seen rooster pens, and breeding pens. Breeding pens are the one on one, rooster/hen, so that you get the parents you...
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