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    Winter Hatch.... maybe

    Well it worked out fairly well. Two eggs hatched but one of the babies was dead when I found out she had hatched. The other one is doing great. She wouldn't use the pet heat mat in the bucket but when I got her out of the nest she used the straw on the ground to make a pretty deep nest in and...
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    Winter Hatch.... maybe

    I have a young game that went broody 3 weeks ago. I decided since we really haven't had a really cold winter (Western NC) I would go ahead and give her some eggs. Due to her being small and it being winter I only gave her 4 eggs. Early this week marks 3 weeks and of course now we decide to have...
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    Skunk Attacked, The Skunnk Killed, The Skunk Was Dead

    I suppose you could call it resolved. Haven't had any more skunks around but still can't say for a fact what made the skunk into a good skunk :lau
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    Any rooster owners out there?

    Usually a little time at freezer camp and they calm right down.
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    Closing the coop at night?

    If theres any question about safety close the door. Its really not that hard to close a door and its always better to error on the side of saftey.
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    Skunk Attacked, The Skunnk Killed, The Skunk Was Dead

    Thanks everyone. Thanks to all of you I called a friend of mine that is a wildlife rehabilitator. She too said it sounded like it could have had rabies and to call animal control. I called them and they told me unless it had been in contact with a person or dog or cat they wouldn't test it. So I...
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    Skunk Attacked, The Skunnk Killed, The Skunk Was Dead

    I saw no signs of any injuries on the skunk. Other than being dead it looked like a healthy skunk.
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    Skunk Attacked, The Skunnk Killed, The Skunk Was Dead

    Last night a skunk got into my pen where almost all of my chickens were including a mama hen (Goldie) and her six 11 day old babies. This morning I went in looking for Goldie after I found 5 of her babies running around peeping. I went into where she and her babies sleep and there laid a dead...
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    Egg quality in egg laying breeds

    I have Heritage Rhode Reds for the main part of my flock. Also have some barred rock hens. Hatching the barred rock eggs with my RIR rooster gives me black sex links. They are great birds, lay well and their eggs get to be large sized. If you want to keep meat birds and egg layers you might...
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    Broody jail gone wrong (in a kind of cute way)

    Nice looking hen. Broody hens are great, just so you don't have too many going broody at once lol. I have a Rhode Island Red/Buff Orpington mix that I call a serial broody. She goes broody every time the moon changes lol.
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    Not sure what area you live in but I grow a fig tree. The chickens will actually jump for the figs that are low to the ground and its also fun to see them jump. Also blueberries are another fruit the chickens will jump for. A couple years ago I also set out a mulberry tree. They produce alot of...
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    Serama feed question

    Yes there is layer pellets with higher protein then 16%. I feed my chickens Barletts 20% layer feed. However I realize it probably is not avaiable in your area. Its produced in the next county south of me and its really good feed. Even a bit cheaper than Tractor Supply 16% feed. At one time I...
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    HELP!!

    Almost sounds like dogs to me other than the heads being missing on some. Dogs will kill for fun and leave the bodies all over. Are there any dogs running loose in your area that could have possibly gotten them ?
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    Mom won't stay on eggs-help needed

    If mom is taking baby out to forage shes done with those eggs. Usually all the eggs that are going to hatch do so within a day or so of each other. Sounds like the others just aren't gonna hatch for what ever the reason. Mom knows best. Theres no better way to raise baby chicks than having mom...
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    I think she's broody....hoping so!

    Yes sometimes sex links do go broody. I had a black sex link go broody for me last spring and she hatched 7 babies for me. She was a good mother and later on in the summer she went broody again but I didn't give her any eggs that time. Good luck with your mama wanna be. Mother hens and babies...
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