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    blood spots in eggs and hens

    Ok so mine a "meat spot". I understand now. Thank you very much for clearing that up for me and putting me at ease. I appreciate the time you took to answer for me, thanks!
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    blood spots in eggs and hens

    So in your opinion that is a yes? I didn't find your answer helpful.
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    blood spots in eggs and hens

    I have no rooster anymore it's been 6 or 8 months and now I'm getting the spots again like when I had a rooster... This is damage in the ovaries?
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    Humidity for day 1 through day 18

    So less humidity is better it seems? First time I've done this. Should I flip the eggs every single day or is once every several days ok? Thanks for all this input.
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    egg incubator humidity dropped for 24 hours are eggs viable?

    I forgot to refill the water for the humidity, but they were in a very humid room and it was a rainy day. The water was probably out for almost 24 hours, maybe less. Would they still be considered viable or dead? This is day 5 or 6. Also, I am only flipped the eggs upside down every 2 days when...
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    sexed hatchery Rhodes Island red. female?

    the red one was supposed to be a hen, came out with a big comb and ears, different from her sisters. The blue boy is an australorp. Here are her sisters. And So is she really a hen??
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    Why does my cockerel attack his hens when I hold them?

    I thought too that maybe because the hens were a bit upset I was holding them, the cockerel thought I was "attacking" the hens and he wanted to help me attack them... gosh, what a silly bird. I thought he liked his girls but then if I hold the hens he wants to fight them lol. I am keeping this...
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    Why does my cockerel attack his hens when I hold them?

    Ok, third time this has happened with 3 different hens now. When I am holding one of the girls, he attacks them! Once he grabbed a hen by the neck. Tonight I just released a hen and the moment after she was on the ground (I was crouched) he pecked her. What the heck is he thinking? He normally...
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    How to make a Duck bed?

    How do you spot pick their poop? a glove or little shovel? Thanks for your input.
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    How to make a Duck bed?

    Looking for tips and tricks to make a Clean and comfortable duck bed. I have two male Indian Runner ducks and they are so messy compared to my chickens. They poop in their bedding. I just have them on hay in the corner of the barn on the floor and add new hay on top each day and replace it every...
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    Niacin/yeast for ducklings okay for chicks?

    Health food stores and even some grocery stores should have it.
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    Niacin/yeast for ducklings okay for chicks?

    Two months ago I also had 2 ducklings in with my 6 chicks and had to add nutritional yeast to the chick starter because it did not have the added niacin that the ducks needed. I switched them over at 4 weeks to a non-gmo organic grower pellet that was nutritionally made specifically for ducks...
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    Differences EE, Ameraucana, & Araucana * Pls post pics*

    Mine are almost 4 weeks old too. I have noticed two different comb styles... and have noticed since they were way younger. Is this typical of the breed? If the wider combs are males then I have 4 males and 2 females :( or do some female chicks have this style comb?
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    Differences EE, Ameraucana, & Araucana * Pls post pics*

    is it too difficult to tell if that's a lavender or a blue ameraucana? lady was selling "lavender araucana".... >.>; I asked her about the hen but no reply yet.
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    Differences EE, Ameraucana, & Araucana * Pls post pics*

    Is it unusual for a blue wheaten cockerel to have a white head at 8 weeks? if he bred to true females would the chances of the chicks coming out proper be 50%? So I've learned "wild type" birds come from crossing two purebred ameraucana's that don't colour match... like black with wheaten...
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