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    Day 18 Lockdown and 2 eggs are pipped already!!!!

    I had read about the high temps causing early hatches, but it was pretty consistant at 99 deg with a couple short term fluxes both higher and lower. I was always checking though to keep it at 99. So I am not sure what caused it, but they were all out by day 20. Most were out by 19. They were...
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    Help! 2 day chick has an injured leg -- not able to stand!!

    The poor little guy passed this morning. .. He probably was just in too much pain to hang on. Such a sweet little thing though! He will be missed, but I am glad he isn't in pain any more.
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    Help! 2 day chick has an injured leg -- not able to stand!!

    This little chick started hobbling this afternoon, and will now not even stand, and rolls to one side to avoid touching or putting any pressure on its left leg. As you can see in the photo the whole length of the leg has turned red as well as the middle toe. That toe looks like it might be bent...
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    Day 18 Lockdown and 2 eggs are pipped already!!!!

    Hey thanks for the response!! It is nerve-wracking wondering if you have done everything right! There are now 6 pips that I can see and some have gotten bigger! Also a friend of mine recently hatched eggs from the same farm and had them hatch at day 19, so I am thinking there is something to do...
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    Day 18 Lockdown and 2 eggs are pipped already!!!!

    First I want to preface that this is my first hatch ever, I have 16 eggs of various breeds in the incubator. Tonight, I was just in the process of candling and locking down my eggs at the beginning of day 18, which is 10:00pm. I was getting baskets ready to separate the eggs by color ready to...
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    Chicken with Runny Nose/Sneezing What should I do?

    I have only had these chickens for a few weeks, and since then we have had 3 major predator attacks, which she has survived. I have had them all on the vitamin supplement made for birds that you put in the water. It is called Vi-tal. I figure with the moving and the scares, that was enough...
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    Chicken with Runny Nose/Sneezing What should I do?

    I have a 4 month old Barred Rock Cochin, and she has clear discharge from her nostrils. Straw and debris is getting stuck to it and she has started sneezing. Does anyone know what this might be and how to treat it? Thanks so much!!
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    Racoon Trouble--Please Help!

    We have a coop, but its not locked. The door is covered with thick plastic with slits like you would see in a freezer of some sorts. They can get in and out as they please, but it doesn't let cool air in. Locking the coop is a great suggestion! The coop is actually a large converted dog house...
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    What is the Egg hatching process?

    We just got our first egg yesterday from what I believe to be as the mother, a 7 month old buff silkie. We got her last week and she had been laying prior to her coming to us, but this is our first from her since her arrival. My kids would like her to hatch it, so we left the egg in the hen...
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    Racoon Trouble--Please Help!

    Quote: Interesting recipe....You know if there is ever a food shortage the people who can eat wild animals will be the ones to survive! Or the ones who have chickens that give them yummy eggs... ...I think I might stick with the eggs! We just got our first yesterday!
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    Rooster scare this evening

    How Scary! I'm glad that he was ok! We had something similar happen when my kids didn't get the latch shut and our own dog got out...My Araucana I thought was history with all the feathers I found. She was hiding, with no injuries behind an old door. She still has a big hole in her tail...
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    Racoon Trouble--Please Help!

    Thanks for all your advice! I have never killed an animal, and I don't know if I could possibly do what it takes to put it on the table. (Even if I had a clue how to! Since having chickens and getting to know how sweet they are I have become a bit adverse to eating meat in the entirety anyway.)...
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    Racoon Trouble--Please Help!

    Hi! I found this site when I was looking for solutions to what to do with a raccoon. We have nine hens, mostly Silkies, a Auracana, Orpinton, Frizzle, and a Sexlink. Now it hasn't done anything to my run and I have chicken wire covering every nook and cranny, including the top, since we lost a...
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