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Comment by 'sasglm' in article 'Building A Treadle Chicken Feeder'
i have built off of these plans and pictures 2 of these type of feeders. but the one i just built i think has some improvements from the issues i had with the first 2. i think something that should be mentioned in building these that the holes drilled in the 3/4in plywood box and arms in the...- sasglm
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Chicken with loss of feathers and skin showing pics
No just 4 hens- sasglm
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Chicken with loss of feathers and skin showing pics
one of my hens has started having this issue for a little while. other than the feathers/skin issue nothing else appears wrong. one other hen has just a little bit of this issue but this one ois the worst right now any ideas, cures or causes? thanks gary- sasglm
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Pea Chicks illness one dead
ok thanks, i added CORID to his water that it is drinking this morning and with just the Safeguard it's moving and squeaking a lot more today. -
Pea Chicks illness one dead
Hello, I've hatched 2 chicks so far and they appeared very healthy and strong for 2weeks then the oldest developed the drooping wings and lack of energy and watery poop without any blood. Appeared to stop eating and drinking. I looked here to see if it was what i thought it was, and after... -
incubating eggs question with 27days
how do folks handle egg that are incubating over several weeks? i don't want to leave egg to hatch in the egg turner. should i just remove the eggs at day 23-24? and put them under a light box at 100deg? When i hatched chicken eggs they all went in together and i took them off the turner at... -
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Can sex be determined?
here's 2 pics of IB chicks about 3 weeks old the RED label turned out to be a male the White label turned out to be a girl there were some subtle indications as the males weight was a few hundredths of a LB more at this stage and more aggressive, it wasn't for some time until the blue feathers... -
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incubating eggs question with 27days
it was in the 55% range. Could the problem be that once i up'd the humidity for the 1st eggs then the rest in the incubator(8) didn't like it? -
incubating eggs question with 27days
i did bump up the humidity for the last 5 days for the egg that hatched -
incubating eggs question with 27days
Hello, i have 2 peahens and one male all 3yo this summer. both hens laid last year and i pulled about 10 eggs out of the pen between the 2 of them. i put them in a auto incubator that i've hatched several dozen chicken eggs successfully. last year none of the eggs hatched. afterward we cracked... -
Help please
we had this happen also to a hen that had been the sickly one. the more dominant males and females would go after her relentlessly and peaked all the feather off her head. we separated them for a bit and fed the hurt one lots of good food/treats. she got healthy again and after a while they quit... -
SOS My Female Indian Blue Peacock Got Out Of Coop!!
mine will fly down when i whistle like i always do when i feed them or bring them treats. thankfully this has only happened a few times. Keep a big towel handy to throw over her head to calm her down once you get close to her. -
peahen and hatching eggs proposal
So i have 2 hens and one male together now for almost 3 years. the hens have been laying eggs for 2 summers now and i've been trying to hatch them in my incubator with 0 eggs hatched. Last year none of them appeared to be fertilized. I have one hen that lays on a shelf 6ft off the ground and...