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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    She started stealing others eggs and started sitting on them 2 weeks ago. She also was making all the broody noises. We moved her and the eggs into a smaller coop since the other hens were pecking at her. She wouldn’t leave, eat or drink for the first couple of days. Now she leaves only to eat...
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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    She’s a Bielfelder and she’s pretty big. She’s been sitting on the eggs for 2 weeks now. We did notice 2 more now. Originally there were 11, but now there’s 13!
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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    I am only curious as in knowing what breeds I have. I know they won’t be purebred. Also curious about what color of eggs they will lay.
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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    I don’t know that all the eggs are fertile. We tried candling and can only say 7 for sure are fertilized. My daughter decided to let her lay on everyone’s eggs she “stole” including her own. We thought she had to lay on several to keep broody
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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    I don’t know that all the eggs are fertile. We tried candling and can only say 7 for sure are fertilized. My daughter decided to let her lay on everyone’s eggs she “stole” including her own. We thought she had to lay on several to keep broody.
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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    We got baby chicks last June from McMurray’s. We have 13 hens and one Rooster. Our bielefelder is broody laying on 12 eggs. How do you know what breed the baby chicks will be? Our hen breeds are bielefelder, Rhode Island Red, Red Star, Buff Orpington, Black Cochin, Ameraucana, Barred Rock and...
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    Prolapse? Please help!!

    Thank you!! Now she wants to lay. Is it possible and ok to keep her from laying? We kept her in the dark most of the day, but now she doesn’t want to be in the dark and acts like she wants to go lay.
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    Prolapse? Please help!!

    Yes we’re in the US. So, would this work? Thank you! I’ll check it out!
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    Prolapse? Please help!!

    We’re new chicken keepers. We got our chickens as baby chicks last June. This is new to me. What calcium citrate? Is there a kind for chickens? Unfortunately we’re under a winter storm warning and I won’t be able to go anywhere before tomorrow afternoon.
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    Prolapse? Please help!!

    Should I push it in with it looking like poop is still there?
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    Prolapse? Please help!!

    I just discovered this with one of my hens. I believe it’s prolapse. She’s not egg bound because she lays every morning and I know that because she has very large eggs and we got one today. I know I should push it back in but she has poop stuck in there. I’ve cleaned her with soap and water but...
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    11 week old not acting normal

    We’re still new to chickens and my Cochin Bantam (?) (this was our free one from the hatchery) has been acting weird since I opened up their coop this morning. Everyone rushed out to eat and free range except this one. This chick is our favorite and is already the sweetest most docile of our 14...
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    Pullets or cockerels

    We’re new to chickens. We have 9 week old baby chicks and I think the hatchery sent us some males even though we only ordered females. We had 16 and now we have 14, since we lost 2 due to failure to thrive/runt. We ordered Ameracaunas, buff Orpingtons, silver laces Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds...
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    Failing to thrive baby chick

    What’s the dosage? I bought some but the dosage is for a large herd of cattle.
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