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    drunk silkie

    Whatever you do, do it quickly. My Silkie, Blanca, was showing similar symptoms off and on for about a month. We thought it was related to a accident she had with a string (long story). Then one afternoon I went in the coop and she was laying on her side. I picked her up and a bunch of fluid...
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    Zilla & Kong my EE cross chicks

    Cool! I hatched one of my Easter Eggers eggs that was fertilized by an australorp mix of some sort. So far it's just black and looks cute...hatched today.
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    chick having convulsions?impacted crop?help! please.

    Try to give her some grit.
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    Help my broody hen quit setting

    Good for you! Congrats!
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    Accident

    I went to the feed store today to pick up the two frizzles I ordered and somehow came home with 4 .
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    Getting our first baby chicks.... eeek

    I like to use red so it is not so bright at night. I had read somewhere that too much light for too long stresses them out. Mine have done great with a red heat light.
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    Taking baby chicks from a broody hen.

    I just went out there to check on Rosie and another egg has hatched...the chickie is black. Can buff orphingtons start out black? I don't remember there being any eggs under her that would have produced a black chicken????
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    Taking baby chicks from a broody hen.

    Thanks for the replies...I think I'll play the wait and see game. I already have 4 in a container from the feed store. I'm picking up two more tomorrow (because I wanted these specific breeds). Depending on how many of Rosie's eggs hatch...I may not have room in my container.
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    Taking baby chicks from a broody hen.

    Rosie has started to hatch her eggs. We want to raise them in the garage for a while so they will get more people attention. Do I wait until the last one is hatched to start moving the baby chicks or just take them after about 24 hours?
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    Emergency!!! HELP! I don't want to loose all my chickies!

    I'm so glad it hatched . Let us know what happens with the others.
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    how long can young roosters be housed together?

    We had 4 roosters until about 3 weeks ago. They were 4 months old...I found that to be my limit. They were raised together, but we had fighting, non stop crowing, and my poor hens were constantly being mounted. We butchered 3 and now it is nice and peaceful .
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    To vaccinate or not.

    Ditto.
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    My new baby chicks hatched! HELP!!!!!!!

    Ok, I'm not sure I haven't done this before, but I was planning on doing this this time around and changed my mind. What I was told to do is slide the hatched babies under the broody hen at night. Watch her to make sure she will accept them. If you have "dummy" eggs under her, you can remove...
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    Rosie hatched her first babies today!

    i can't wait for the eggs to hatch under my EE they should hatch any day and i am soooo impatient for them to hatch it seems like its been forever! I know how you feel. I had calculated wrong on these and was expecting them to start hatching yesterday. We went to dinner last night and I took...
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    My new baby chicks hatched! HELP!!!!!!!

    Did they hatch under a hen or in an incubator?
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