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    12 LF Salmon Faverolles Hatching Eggs

    Oh, they're all beautiful but the picture of the chick is just darling. If I didn't have all my broodies tied up with other eggs at the moment, I'd bid for sure! I think this is an addiction...is there a 12 step program for this?
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    Swap unfertile egg for chicks under my broody?

    Well, this is the first time I have had broody hens so I am not an expert, but here is what I tried. I had one hen who had eggs and one that wanted some...bad. She just kept trying to sit on the unfertile eggs everyone else laid. She'd sit and I would take them out from underneath her every...
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    Broody Hen Hatch with Yolk Sac Problems

    Have a broody hen who has hatched three chicks so far. This story is kind of sad and gross, so I think a warning is in order. The first one evidently died after an unabsorbed yolk sac burst. I found it after it had died and ants were eating the yolk. The second chick is doing really well with...
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    My new chickens refuse to use roost?

    Well, for a while I just thought my chickens were stupid. The new ones refused to even go in the coop at night and slept huddled together like puppies on the steps. Night after night, I went out and popped them through the coop door and yet next night, there they were. Plenty of food...
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    Lockdown on 16MAR!!! Hatching on 19MAR!! Anybody else??

    I have an incubator full of white crested black polish ready to hatch on the 19th! My grandbaby Haley is will hopefully show these at our fair in November here in Florida. I've never had fancy chickens before, all of our others are wonderful egg layers and just great all-round chickens. Let...
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    Fixing Sprattle Legged Chicks

    WOOhOOO to everyone here in BYC who EVER listed an article about a newborn chick born sprattle-legged! Our baby was born in the worst way and within a few hours was eating and , sort of, hopping around! The flexible bandaid hobble splint worked wonders. We still had to kind of force feed the...
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    HELP Year Old Welsummer Roo Sick

    My Year old Welsummer Roo was doing very well up until yesterday when I noticed he was listless and looked unkempt ,very unusual for him. Today, his wattles and comb are VERY pale. He is upright and eating but seems weak. It was very easy for me to pick him up...usually there is a bit of a...
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    NO eggs

    I have NHR, BO's and welsummers. THey were born in May and started laying about mid September...a lot. Laying a lot of eggs. I went away for a week leaving them with a sitter. THey looked great when I got home...but were not laying. I have 16 hens and am now only getting about two to three...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I only got three... out of 16 hens! This is so sad. There for awhile I had more than I knew what to do with. Should I turn the lights on them? I am her in FL so, though we have had a couple of cool days, but not too bad. Is it just the change in the amount of sunlight? Sheila
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    Chick Condo with pics

    Thanks for the kind words! Here is one more pic. It shows how tall we made it, as well. We did that to increase ventilation for the babies. We live in Central FL and this summer was tough but, our birds stayed comfortable. Also, you can't see it here, but we buried a 5 gal. bucket about 1/3...
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    Chick Condo with pics

    Hello to everyone! It has been forever since I've posted, but I am finally posting pictures of our Chicken Condo! It has been finished for some time now, but there has been so much going on that posting has taken a back burner. Everything you see was either discounted or recycled except for the...
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    My Dog Brought Home a Duck....help!

    OK, now it's weirder. Now the duck is sleeping on the porch with the dog. Daisy has learned to run away and around a corner when she's had enough. The duck can't keep up! I agree with you all about it being aggressive. No doubt about it. I'm hoping it wears off soon, but meantime Daisy...
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    My Dog Brought Home a Duck....help!

    Quote: Arghhhh! No it won't. Well, the good news is that it's not medicated anyway. I figure the chickens should try and make it on their own without medicated stuff if they can. Less is better in this case, I think.
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    My Dog Brought Home a Duck....help!

    Quote: Isn't that a terrible thought! It does happen with cats here. People drive them out and leave them. My lake does have road access at one point, so I suppose it's possible someone could drop it off in the lake. I'm going now to take it down to the lake and see what happens.
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    My Dog Brought Home a Duck....help!

    Quote: Ice? I wish! It's sandy here. Growing grass is kind of tough here unless you water a lot. Most of our grass is pasture grass because its hardy. I'm with you now..I'm putting the duck in the chicken pen while they are out and about to give Daisy a break until I figure out what to do...
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