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    Supposed sexlink chick - Do we believe them?!

    Almost definitely a pullet.
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    Late blooming cockerel??

    He's a sweet little guy, definitely a cockerel. There is clearly something not quite right about him as most of the flock bullies him. For his first several months, we fed him separately to make sure he ate and everything. He stays mostly on top of the feed buckets to avoid the others now but is...
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    I have a bulldog that’s sick. My 3rd bulldog in 2 years

    Did you, by chance, use the same breeder all the times? Could be a problem specifically with their stock if you did. Some people breed for money and not health. So unfortunate, especially considering the challenges English bulldogs already have.
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    Bipolar English bulldog

    Aunt Clara is 8 too! I thought she was dying over the weekend, so I took her to the vet yesterday. She was bitten in the belly by a snake! She is extremely resistant to being rolled over (No belly rubs), so we never see her undercarriage. Poor baby is black and blue!
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    Bipolar English bulldog

    I have an English Bulldog too, but she is the most dependable of our dogs (other is a Boston Terrier) around the chickens. You have to work with them. Yes, they are super bull-headed, but my Aunt Clara is proof they are capable. She is super dog aggressive, sometimes even to the dogs she lives...
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    Is this baby ready?

    It does look admittedly large in the picture, but in real life it is proportionate. Belly is a little bit, but I'm confident that will absorb.
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    Is this baby ready?

    Head was stuck under wing. She was more than ready. I released more membrane, and she just sprawled out. She's in the incubator resting and drying with the rest of the shell.
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    Is this baby ready?

    Can see the membrane pulsate with her breathing, she's moving beak side to side as well. There's no way she'd be able to unzip as her head is still in the exact same place and doesn't have any room to move. I can see her occasionally try to push outward, but nothing budges.
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    Is this baby ready?

    Oh, yes, chirps when I handle her. Opens and closes break a lot while in incubator.
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    Is this baby ready?

    Omg, I forgot to add the pics!
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    Is this baby ready?

    It doesn't look like she's able to turn at all in there. This is the last of 14. It was pipped yesterday morning when I checked at 9 am among with all of the others that were all completely hatched by 3 am. I have peeled some she'll and applied coconut oil and made more room on the pip hole...
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    Silkie losing feathers!

    Assuming you have other nest boxes, you could block off the one she likes or or put something in it (an orange cone or a ball of some sort or whatever else would take a lot of the space in there) so she doesn't want to go in.
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    Silkie losing feathers!

    Yes, she is just molting. Some girls get temperamental during molt and want to be more to themselves. I have one who prefers a nest box when molting as well. How high are your roosts? Feathers might be too sparse right now for her to get up there....just a thought.
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    Electric fence questions

    @U_Stormcrow Thank you for the output information and pointing out what is necessary for my purposes. This helps a lot!
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    Electric fence questions

    I was being a bit dramatic here. I realize they wouldn't actually cook, but I also want to avoid mishaps that could kill them. That would be the fest case scenario by far! uh-oh, am I planning on too strong of chargers? I am running a single line around the top and bottom of a 50' x 50' fence...
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