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    Buff Hen eggs missing

    A lot of the times if its a snake and you have a nice safe coop the snake with the egg can't fit the in the same hole and cant get out an you find it in the morning.
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    Rooster next door.... uhh?

    My husbands dad lives about a good acre away an his rooster and our rooster battle back and forth with crowing. If their too close they might try to confront each other an fight.
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    nice rooster

    Trying to figure out how to post pictures
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    nice rooster

    Ive know he is a rooster. He was crowing at 3 months. I can tell at 1month rooster or hen by the thickness of their legs. Lol yeah I can get a pic let me go hunt him down.
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    nice rooster

    Oh he just turned 9 months
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    nice rooster

    I love my rooster. He is a broody hen hatched too, mama hen had her first batch at 8 months old in the middle of winter!! Anyways back to the rooster, Bubba. At 3 months he realized he was a rooster an not a hen (he is the only rooster) he started trying to mate with adult hens and crowing. He...
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    To wash or not to wash eggs?

    Washing the egg removes a protection that keeps bacteria out. If I get the eggs quick enough I can usually get them pretty clean if they have poo on them I just wash before using. I'm not sure about leaving eggs out. I do know that if you're unsure you can fill a bowl of water put the eggs in...
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    is this pasty butt?? pictures included!

    the one on the top doesnt have anything but a tiny tiny hard ball. the one on the bottom has a bit larger of a hard ball. i tried to get it all off and out, but im terrified i'm going to hurt the little guy and pull his innards out. is there anyway this could be a scab or something.
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    help!!! is this pasty butt??? weak chicks!

    on it, thanks!
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    help!!! is this pasty butt??? weak chicks!

    11 of my chicks are doing great, then out of the four (2 are much better now and in with the rest of the chicks) that i had problems with and needed a little TLC, 2 are still not 100%. i'm not sure if what i'm looking at is pasty butt, do chicks have a vent and a butt?? is it two different...
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    north carolina buckeyes :)

    i have been coming to this wonderful site for about a year now for the overflowing amount of information. *thank you to EVERYONE!* ive just completed my first batch in the incubator, proud new mommy of 15 (out of 23). is that good? my father inlaw gave me eggs about a year ago that he got from a...
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