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    Skinny Hens

    You all are wonderful ;) ;) I have read about worming quite a good bit. I must have misunderstood about what corid killed. I thought it was for basically EVERYTHING. I don't really think they have worms as their poo's are quiet solid, no noticeable works in it. no pale, droopy..loss in laying...
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    what to put on wire for hatch? paper towel ok?

    I wanted to post in here in the hopes that a lot of folks will perhaps learn from my lesson. I did my first batch of seramas. I ordered 2 batches from different parts of the country. One close, one far. I ended up with 31 eggs in total. I had 15 live to lock down!! Hooray right? Well I...
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    Skinny Hens

    I knew I was forgetting to add something to my post I got the same type of birds I had had in MO. I Have 2 buff orpingtons a barred Plymouth rock a silver laced wyandott a partridge feathered americauna 2 black Orpingtons a white americauna mix.
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    Skinny Hens

    Hello all, So I have had to move to a whole new area and start my flock all over. I am in Texas now and the conditions are much hotter and drier. My girls in Missouri were plump..and I cannot recall ever having felt their breast bones when I held them. They felt "solid" and were happy and...
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    Molting chicken meaner than hell!! Whats up with that??? help!

    Ca'nt type for poor finger getting bitten in half from MEAN molting fat arse chicken from hell !! I am glad I found this thread, for a minute there I thought she went "rabid" Did I mention she is biting everything? My poor finger!!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Raising chicks this way is so totally different than all the stuff you read about raising them yourself! Pepper had her 2 babies basking in the early morning sun today. So cute to see them stretch their tiny wings to take in the sun. Then she took them for a little "walk" (in her coop so not...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, My little "Pepper"" is a proud Momma. She is taking the chicks just fine and she is super sweet with them. She lets me pet her (even tho she fluffs up all cute like) and she let me show them all how the nipple bottle works. Then at the end of the day once it had cooled down I put a...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Sorry meant to ask also how long should I keep her closed in her little pen with her babies before I let them out into the yard?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, sneaking out to check on chicks/babies this morning and she is sat on them.!! I heard a faint little peep and she fluffed all up and moved around a tiny bit to adjust for something wiggling under her. NOW...I have water and food for the chicks in there ...but ..she doesn't seem to be...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    OH MY GOSH! I have become the broody momma! Well for at least a few hours. (until its dark) (bring on night time already!!) The chicks we got, got cold (inside in the AC) and so I am just letting them sleep in my shirt to get warm. One is using my boob as a pillow I hope to god this doesn't...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, we got 2 sweet little chicks. Amerucana a light little ball of fluff and a darker (that will hopefully be a blue/grey) She is going to be called "pearl" after the Black Pearl (pirate thing arrrr)and because I have a pair of black pearl earrings that I hope she will shine like. The...
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    What's the Difference between....

    What's the difference between Ameraucana and EE's? I am reading the different threads and trying to figure it out so far I can't. My local hatchery only has Ameraucana or Americana's, said to lay blue/green eggs. I am trying to learn more about them before I go in asking for 2 tomorrow...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    OOOOHHH NOOOOO!! I just called my local hatchery and they don't have any white Plymouth rock chicks!!! **scream cry wail** I cant do eggs...I need chicks...Can you ship chicks in this heat?? OMG!! what a nightmare..this totally sucks Edit to add, they have no white chicks...even white egg...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    For those of you experienced with this Broody thing... If I take my girl off the nest ( I had to roll her off the nest she refused to budge that much LOL) and she sat there thinking what she was going to do now? Until she saw the other 2 girls going for a fat juicy bug and then she was off in...
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    BumbleFoot and drawing salve?

    UPDATE- Lacy is no longer limping!! We must have dug deep enough the last go to finally get "it" So relieved. She still has a bit of a circle "owie" area that is healing but so far so good. What an ordeal that was, really good learning experience all around. If they ever get hurt I...
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