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    Lame chicken

    Ok, I have isolated her. Fed her an egg with 1/8th of an ibuprofen. She seems ok right now.
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    Lame chicken

    Hi, I have a chicken (Rhode Island layer) who is lame. She doesn't seem in pain but isn't placing weight on one leg. The muscle may be a little withered on that leg. This happened once before to a different chicken: the muscle just withered away and had to executed. I don't want that to happen...
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    DIY HUMANE way to Kill Slaughter Chicken (Stun-kill, Gas)

    Yes, that's right. The distress you feel when you hold your breath is due to increasing levels of carbon dioxide. There are carbon dioxide sensors in your blood vessels which report this. By contrast, low levels of oxygen don't create this distress response. For this reason, you feel no distress...
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    air sac gone. Is that bad??

    There has been an odor developing, yes. If a sudden liquification happens then it must mean something and I bet it means the same thing across these species. I'm just not sure what it does mean. Will a healthy egg start to look liquidy at some point during development?
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    air sac gone. Is that bad??

    Nobody? If a chicken egg became like this would you keep it? I'm worried that if the egg goes bad it might explode in the incubator. I know that sounds dramatic, but this isn't an incubator I can take chances with.
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    air sac gone. Is that bad??

    Hi, I have been incubating a swan egg that was found lying in the middle of the road. On the first few days there were blood vessels growing and everything was looking good. The air sac was getting larger. It was hard to see structure, though, since the shell is thick. Today, however, I've...
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    DIY HUMANE way to Kill Slaughter Chicken (Stun-kill, Gas)

    Actually, chickens can see red and have better color vision than we do: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008992 http://colourware.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/chicken-colour-vision/ This is the case for most birds, reptiles, and fish. Most have four or five cone...
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    I have a swan egg! Now what?

    You'll never guess what? I was out walking the dog today and we found a swan egg abandoned by the side of the road. The thing is huge and a pale green colour. It was a sunny day so we took it back indoors and stuck it in an incubator. I also candled it and saw a dark circle floating around in...
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    FREE chicken tractor

    Thanks to all for your kind words. I'm afraid it's been picked up. It was free because I felt bad charging for my imperfect DIY skills. I'm probably leaving the US next year so it had to go... Still have chickens in my permanent garage coop, however.
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    FREE chicken tractor

    I have this a home-made chicken tractor which needs a new home. It's made out of high-quality plywood and will fit 3 or 4 adult, full-size, chickens. Details: http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~raac/chickenTractor.shtml You'll need a truck to pick it up. I'm on Long Island.
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    Help needed with stupid chicken

    Hi, Earlier this year I integrated a new flock of about 12 young birds (mostly roos) into an existing flock of 7 hens. The roos have been eaten as they crow but one was a Wellsummer pullet which I'd like to get eggs from. The problem is that after I tried to integrate the flocks she became...
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    Feeding White Chicken

    She's very proud of it. I will pass on your compliments.
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    Feeding White Chicken

    Hi, We have a characterful leghorn. Today I took a few photos of her eating from my hand. The best four are on Flickr. Enjoy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcampbell/sets/72157624763122981/with/4962164878/
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    Egg laying slowed down

    Hi, I have 7 young hens and by October last year they were all laying. I was getting 5 to 7 eggs every day. I had a light on between about 7am and 9pm over most of the winter and they kept this up until about February. At that point I decided to give them a break so I started shutting off the...
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    New York State Six Chicken Law?

    @SundownWaterfowl Thanks! Wonderful to know that Article 15A says one thing and article 354 says another...
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