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    one egg didn't hatch

    Here is the update. I carefully peeled the chick out of the egg. The membrane was like leather and was stuck to the chick and not the shell. Chic is alive and well. I kept it under the ecoglow for the night and tucked her in with momma and the other chics this morning. I check every 30...
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    What will hatch?

    Could be the Americuana or Australorp. Mine lay eggs that look like that.
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    one egg didn't hatch

    I have a broody who sat on 4 eggs. Only 3 were fertilized (seen after candling). Two hatched 2 days ago. The third pipped yesterday but it has been over 24 hours and no further activity. Not moving, not peeping. I can see inside the pip and the chic has moved. The hen has moved off the...
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    cracked eggs?

    For the past two days I have gotten one largish egg each day that has cracks in it. It's solid, nothing leaks out. It almost looks like the cracks you get when an egg freezes. All my girls are between 2 and 3 yrs old. Red or Black sexlink. I feed layer with free choice oyster. The membrane...
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    Need large wound advice

    I had a chicken attacked this morning by something. We found her in the tall grass, hiding. She has a laceration across her back almost from wing to wing about 1/4 wide. She has a couple puncture wounds and some bruising on her thigh as well. She is limping and holding her wing out. She...
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    green poop and drool!

    She has stopped drooling, still hasn't laid an egg. She still has diarrhea. I gave her yogurt as well as water with ACV. Just today she has begun eating and drinking. Before she was standing very upright, vertical. It looked uncomfortable. Now she is standing normally and playing a bit...
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    green poop and drool!

    Thanks! I'll look at that possibility.
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    green poop and drool!

    My hen made it through the night. She is standing very up right, but still all puffed up.
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    green poop and drool!

    One of my hens did not go to roost with the rest tonight. I found her standing under the coop (it's on stilts). She is a year old. When I picked her up, I noticed the following: She seemed light to me. comb was grayish and flopped over excessive drooling. Her vent was covered in greenish...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Brrr doing 2 hour chicken checks. Thankfully, I'm off work with the schools. Changing water, giving treats and piling on the bedding to keep it warm and dry. So far we have a little frostbite but nothing too serious. Everyone is up and moving about, eating and drinking. Stay warm everyone.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    We have two windows that are just screwed in place. We can lower one of them to give an extra inch x 20" of ventilation away from they roost that they favor. Hopefully that will be enough. Meanwihile, they are hanging out at the open door, soaking up the sun.
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I'm BAAAACK! I've been AOL for quite some time. New job and busy busy busy. Our girls are doing well. We've had some minor bouts of frostbite and I am very concerned about the super cold. The sun is very bright so I opened the coop as I have on other super sunny days. We have big double...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Good morning all. I haven't posted for some time. Summer gets me outside and off the computer I guess. All my girls are laying well. Yesterday we put new perches in the coop and run. It's like a jungle gym for them LOL. Hopefully it will keep them happy and content for the times when I...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I had a nice time today! I saw so many nice things, the painted eggs, beautiful yarn, needle work. Lots of talented folks and wonderful cooks!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Silly, I saw that one too. I am eyeing one so that I can add some guinea fowl to the mix. I am leaning towards getting them in late summer. That way I can raise the chicks in the coop and not in my house, then just keep them in the coop as it gets cooler to coop train them. Darn things take...
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