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    Male or female?

    I don't have any pics at the moment... I can take some tonight when I get home from work & will post them!
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    Male or female?

    Does anyone have any good ideas how to tell if a chick is a male or female?? I just got 2 cochin chicks, not sure exactly how old they are- they are still peeping & look like they just transitioned from baby fluff to mostly feathers. I got them to help ease my "mama" cochin who sat a clutch, but...
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    my Bam-Bam

    that is funny, I also have a bantam with a soft spot for my little cochin girl.
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    What to do with two mama hens, one is a not so good mama

    I think that you should back off a little and let nature run it's coarse. As long as the "bad mamas" chicks are able to eat they should be okay. She might be a little ruffer then the "good mama", but she still deserves a chance. she will get better over time. remember that this is only her...
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    Broody Hen- foul odor

    okay, so I replaced the hay yesterday afternoon when I got home from work. Happily it did the trick.... who would have thought that the hay could get that stinky! She was a good mama & co operated. I am hoping the babies are born this weekend. none of the eggs themselves seemed to stink... so...
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    Broody Hen- foul odor

    is it okay to handle the eggs? mama won't disown them if I do & I can't mess them up?
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    Broody Hen- foul odor

    Thanks Ladies, I will change the hay this afternoon when I get home & see if that works... I was afraid of handling the eggs too much, so I took out the egg that had broken & left the rest alone. Maybe it is the hay.
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    Broody Hen- foul odor

    I have a cochin Hen whom has gone broody. She is about 15 days in & there is a really bad smell. I am not sure if one or maybe even all of the eggs are bad. This is her first time & my second. Last year I had a Buff Orpington sit on a clutch & she only hatched one. I don't remember there being...
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    feeding pumpkin to chickens?

    my girls love watermelon... so I am thinking that I should try giving them a pumpkin... thanks for the idea!
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    Ever feel lonely when you dont have any PM's waiting for you?

    Quote: awe! cute... I rarely get pm's though. I am new here kinda... so maybe I will eventually. I know it gets addicting looking to see what new topics are on & what people are talking about. I loooove chickens! call me crazy!
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    CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

    Quote: wow, didn't mean to upset anyone. The "story" I heard was that he was going to pot if he didn't get a home. That he was someone elses who couldn't keep him & had been staying outside because he couldn't be kept with the hens. I know people eat roos all the time so I had no reason to...
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    CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

    Quote: wow, didn't mean to upset anyone. The "story" I heard was that he was going to pot if he didn't get a home. That he was someone elses who couldn't keep him & had been staying outside because he couldn't be kept with the hens. I know people eat roos all the time so I had no reason to...
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    CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

    Quote: I am so glad U took him. I would have done the same if I knew one was going 2 B eaten:thumbsup HE WAS NOT GOING TO THE STEW POT (come on if he was going to go to the pot he wouldnt of been there) !!!! She might think he was, I guess she didnt listen to the story I told her when she...
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    CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

    Quote: I am glad that you do post the swaps on craigslist because that is how I learned aboutt hem in the first place. I can't believe someone doesn't have better things to do then flag a chicken swap.... geeze get a life! I wish it had been less windy on Saturday so that more people had...
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    CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

    Quote: I am glad that you do post the swaps on craigslist because that is how I learned aboutt hem in the first place. I can't believe someone doesn't have better things to do then flag a chicken swap.... geeze get a life! I wish it had been less windy on Saturday so that more people had...
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