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    Official BYC Poll: How Old Is / Was Your Oldest Chicken?

    On the question how old is/was your oldest chicken...I stated my 3 oldest hens were Black Orpingtons. After posting,I realized I wrote the wrong breed.. They are Black Austrolorps..
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    Official BYC Poll: How Old Is / Was Your Oldest Chicken?

    I have 3 that my late husband purchased in March of 2013. They were 8 months old when he bought them. All 3 are Black Orpingtons and they still lay 1-2 per week.
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    Help Please-Big crack in Egg

    Thank you AmyLynn2374. I sat up with the egg that night. Guess I should have came back in to read your post. All I could think of doing was to put a small drop of warm water on it. I kept checking every thirty mins. It got its head out of the membrane and chirped twice,then died. But it still...
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    Help Please-Big crack in Egg

    I have a silkie that was setting on 4 eggs. One egg hatched 4/17/17,and chick is doing fine.On 4/19 she acts like she is through with the eggs.Two were rolled out of her nesting box and the other was pushed back into the corner of the box. Her nest box,plastic dish pan with one side cut low for...
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    Crested mallards

    I have a crested mallard that just became the daddy of 14 2wks old, with a blue swedish and 5 1wk.old with another blue swedish.
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    Ducklings

    I have 2 female ducks with babies. The first one hatched out 16, 2 wks ago ,the second hatched out 5 yesterday. They are all in a fenced chicken yard for now,the females can't fly out but the male,crested mallard,can fly in. When he does he attacks the babies and sometimes picks them up and...
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    Polish chickens

    I don't have pictures,but I have a question. Can you tell me if Polish chickens can run with and roost with standard size hens? I have 3 that were given to me,don't know yet but think I have 2 hens and a roo. They are around 8 weeks old. For now they will be kept in a holding pen. All my other...
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    Hi,I'm a new member from Oklahoma.

    I look forward to reading more about chickens.I have been around chickens all my life but, I am new to raising baby chicks.
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