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  1. Ruby May

    Raised with the Flock

    My husband and I purchased a pair of Welsummers late winter. He was eager to continue their blood line and hatched several of their eggs in the incubator. Just as he wanted to hatch more for Easter; our hen went broody on March 30th. I thought about breaking her but decided against it. She chose...
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    Fox habits

    We are having the same problem here in WV. My husband has seen the fox twice so far and it was back today chasing our hens. He grabbed his gun and went after it but it was too fast. I had a really hard time getting the chickens to go back to the coop to roost. We have electric fence around the...
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    Frozen nipples finally working

    What a great idea! I had the same set up with a 5 gallon bucket and tank heater. The nipples freeze once it drops below 20. I finally bought a 3 gal plastic heated waterer for $30. Wish I would have read this yesterday!
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    PLEASE HELP ASAP (PICTURE) NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, ONLY SECOND HATCH

    Glad to hear your chick is okay!
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    Please Help! I think my chicks may be too big to hatch.

    Thanks for the replies! I really appreciate it. After posting this and really thinking about it; it doesn't make sense for a chick to grow too big for its shell. All three eggs that had pipped Monday hatched and are doing just fine This morning we found another pipped egg and the humidity had...
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    PLEASE HELP ASAP (PICTURE) NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, ONLY SECOND HATCH

    I have chicks hatching right now as well. My husband and I were worried about this same problem until we found this post. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/39478/3-hour-old-chick-still-dragging-its-shell We left our chick alone and the shell finally fell off. Good luck! Hope your chick...
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    Please Help! I think my chicks may be too big to hatch.

    Today is day 19. My husband and I have had 3 bantam chicks hatch successfully. One EE mix pipped, started to zip and died. Once removed from the shell we discovered its head was turned to the side and looked as though it could not turn it forward because its thigh was in the way. We have had...
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    One Tough Roo

    I just wanted to thank you for being the best husband ever and bringing Mr. Vanilli home Ms. Milli thanks you too
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    Show off your lead hen! :)

    This is Marble. She was given to me about 9 months ago. I have no idea what she is but I think she's beautiful. She spends her evenings patrolling her personal roost in front of the window. She shares with no one, not even Rooster Cogburn.
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    Broody Hen? Or just thinking about it

    Hi everyone, I have a young comet maybe 30 weeks old nesting in the storage area under the porch at night. She pecked at me last night when I put eggs beside her. This morning she was in the yard and up by the coop when I got home from work. She is spending the days off the nest so I removed...
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    Pecking eggs

    Im having the same problem. I got several new hens over the weekend. The previous owner said he was not sure which hen is pecking the eggs but he had the same problem. I have had 3 pecked in the same place so far. The membrane is always left intact. I have read they do this to test the strength...
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    Rooster biting pullets

    Hello everyone, I have 6 pullets born around 3/19/13. After completing the coop; a friend dropped off a 10 month old rooster I could not refuse. About 3 weeks ago I put the pullets in with him. He is still able to free range during the day because the top of the run is not yet fenced but the...
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