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    Membrane dried out and chick can't pip out

    I have 20 eggs starting to hatch in my incubator. The first chick tried for over 24 hours to get out. It's membrane completely dried out and we ended up having to help it hatch. The second one has been trying to hatch for over 12 hours. I am afraid the humidity level is off in the incubator...
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    I just have to say . . .

    Wow! Just, wow! It looks like paradise to me.
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    Leg Blowout

    We are doing 30 Jumbo X Rocks this year from Welp Hatchery. Last year, we used McMurray's. We've only lost one and that was because he accidentally got stepped on. They are 4.5 weeks now and yesterday I had one that is unable to walk any longer. He cannot stand up at all and is doing the...
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    Help Sex me!

    Ugh. Looks like we'll be eating a lot of chicken at Easter.
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    Help Sex me!

    This bird is part Americauna and Austrolorp. Five weeks old. The rest of these birds were left on my doorstep in a box. They are five week old too. I know two of them are Turkens. Are they all roosters, so I can shoot myself now?
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    Found a clutch of turkey eggs, can I eat them?

    I found fifteen turkey eggs in a nest in the corner of our backyard today. I guess that means our turkey is a GIRL. So can I eat them? They must be between 2-3 weeks old.
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    What breed is this black rooster?

    His legs are the exact same color as the hen's legs. I think he may be part Ameraucana because I got a gray hen with same comb and legs and she lays a green egg and they came from the same clutch. I wasn't sure because he is pure black.
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    What breed is this black rooster?

    I adopted this rooster and hen and have no idea what they are. They eat A LOT.
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    My Hen is BALD

    We aren't sure how old she is, but she lays still.
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    My Hen is BALD

    She seems fine other than the missing feathers. She's been like this for 3 or 4 months and I worry she will be cold this winter. She needs a bonnet.
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    My Hen is BALD

    This hen has some serious male pattern baldness going on. Any ideas?
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    Weird looking Fab Blob on Turkey

    Alive. I will get a picture today and post it.
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    Weird looking Fab Blob on Turkey

    I have two turkeys that are four months old now. One of them has this weird dangling blob of fat on its chest. It looks totally wrong. Any ideas?
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    Disturbing Rooster Behavior. HELP!

    I have two 24 week old roosters in my flock of 10 hens. In the past few weeks, they have matured and it is evident that one of the roosters is in charge. He is the one that crows, although they both are mounting hens because I have seen them and my hens are missing a lot of their back feathers...
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    tough and chewy 8-9 wk old chicken meat

    Quote: From what I read, you can't loosen them up once they are frozen. I let mine age 4 days in the fridge and it was night and day.
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