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    can I slide "about to hatch" eggs under my broody hen?

    Hello All; Back here and reading at my favorite forum. (yay!) So in the on-going saga....our first hen, the Florida, Ferrell, game-hen mix, who seems to be a very strong potential as a good mommy, has just sat for 24 days on 8 eggs which did not hatch. Our little rooster just didn't do the...
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    Two roos out of 8 sexed? UPDATE make that 3/8? second opinion pls

    Is it possible that my little roo is a bantam buff?
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    Two roos out of 8 sexed? UPDATE make that 3/8? second opinion pls

    The last one "teddy" looks exactly like the ones I bought as Ameraucanas
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    Most Beautiful Rooster Contest!!!

    Quote: jasper what is an EE Cross. He seems to have cheek puffs like my ameraucana...?
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    Most Beautiful Rooster Contest!!!

    HENRICK here he is as a baby one of his proud stances we thought he was a hen when we got him. Were we surprised when he started to crow! He is a little scrappy bantam of some kind. He is about 4 months old.
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    Any Suggestions for Bedtime?

    I agree with trunkman. Since they do know where "up" is and that it is safe inside, they WILL go up at dusk. In winter time mine were going up at 5:30. Now they are going up at 8:05. They are hard wired to go "up" at night so they will do it. Try getting a lawn chair and a cold beer at...
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    Mad, broody chicken

    Hey y'all... I looked in on some broody threads because my girl recently went broody on me. I had a golf ball in the nest box to inspire her, and left it in there even after she started laying. I kept removing her eggs, but she started trying to hatch the golf ball and wound up in full blown...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Here our first from our game hen, "Henny Penny".
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    Does anyone know what breed this is?

    Thanks Jossanne! I think he is rather nice looking now that he is filling out. I was surprised to see what he has become. I have no idea at all what he might be. It seems rare to see such uniform coloring in most breeds. He is an even butterscotch color all over.
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    Does anyone know what breed this is?

    We are on the fence about the little guy. He is such a good tempered little bantam (so far), it is hard to think of sending him off to an un-known fate.... just don't know what to do. We really do not want a rooster, and we really do not want to send him away. I guess that is the tough part...
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    Does anyone know what breed this is?

    yay! I thwarted the coccidiosus using CORID. Our littlest chicken turned out to be a rooster... He started crowing about 4 days ago.....yes, he is noisy and very proud. The girls will have nothingof his advances although they do seem to default to someof his presumed authority. He so...
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    Florida! Florida! Florida!!!!

    PamperedPullet. Can we assume we are talking about an ongoing concern something larger than a "back yard" affair? What do you know about partitioning the county to allow chickens in your neighborhood,....since 20 out of 30 of us have them offf the radar?
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    worm, cold, cocci, anit-biotics; NOW, or even after sickness sets in?

    I have read that the ml wroks out to be about 2 TEA spoons not TABLE spoons.... per gallon .... TEA spoons All tails are up and scratching is back to normal.
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    Listless pullet

    oh no I feel so sorry about that. I guess I caught ours in time....... 2 teaspoons of the liquid CORID 9.6% in a gallon of water and 24 hours later and mine seems to be feeling much perkier. I am cautiously optimistic. You probably already thought of this, but your other girls are...
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    Cocci and Corid question...help needed

    It gets better! The consensus (after 4 hours of research) seems to be 2 teaspoons per gallon of the liquid 9.6%. 24 hours later and my girl is skipping and singing! I will keep it in their water for about a week. WOW....what a relief. CORID is the bomb.
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