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    Broody hen hatching, chickens not hatching out.

    We have a broody hen that we allowed to sit on 4 eggs. 2 of the eggs look like they started to hatch, but when we checked, it looks like the egg was smashed and the chick was stuck in the shell. The chick was fully formed and the yolk sac looked absorbed. The other 2 eggs have not started to...
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    Stitch81s Chicken Coop

    Stitch81's Funny Farm Chicken Coop (7ft. x 14ft. Run with 5ft. x 7ft. coop) A little back story on how we decided to add some chickens to our farm. I'm a "town" girl. Born and raised in town and never had the pleasure of living with farm animals. Well, this town girl married herself a...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    This is what was waiting for me this morning! Not sure which of my hens did it, and only found one. Now, a question, do they only lay in the morning, or do I need to be checking in again later today?
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    We have an egg!!

    I went out this morning to replenish food and water, and when I opened the door, there sat an egg! The little stinker (don't know which one did it) didn't bother to use the nest boxes, even though I have the little fake eggs in them.
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    Introducing Dogs to chickens

    The only thing my dogs are interested in when it comes to the chickens is how to have one for dinner. The first night we put the chickens in the coop (completely dog proofed), that dog sat there all night trying to figure out how to get in. We got up the next morning to see some of the framing...
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    ideal opening size for nest boxes?

    I purchased some nest boxes to get us through the winter, since we didn't have time to build the external boxes for our coop. My concern is that the openings of the purchased boxes are too small. I look at my chickens and look at the opening and wonder how they are going to fit in there. What...
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    What temps are too cold?

    I have Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and some mixed breeds. These guys have had access to the run up until about a week ago when we got our first snowfall. They refuse to enter the run. One chicken hopped out of the coup, but as soon as he hit the snow, he high tailed it...
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    How much is too much feed?

    The coup is tight, no four legged scavengers, just the chickens have access to the feed. We are feeding them Purina Layena Crumbles. We have a heat lamp in the coup as temp here have been around -5 degrees. We had been leaving the pop door open so they could go out into the run when they...
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    How much is too much feed?

    I have 14 chickens all around 20 weeks old. I have an 11 pound feeder in the coup, and a 2 gallon watering dispenser in there as well. They are draining both in a 2 day time period, and trying to get in there to refill the feeder is becoming a nightmare. They swarm the door and act like they...
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    Suspect Mareks... what can I do?

    I have a new coop, and 12 chickens ranging from 4 to 8 weeks old. 6 of the chickens that are in there we hatched out from eggs, they are the 8 week old chickens. The remaining chickens are a combination of others we had hatched, and a few we had bought at a flea market. Yes, this is where the...
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    Bleeding??? Help!

    We have had 5 previously healthy chicks die in the last 2 weeks. They had been eating, drinking, acting normally, but one by one over the last 2 weeks, we would wake up and find one dead in the box. The one that just died this morning, I noticed blood on his butt, and it appears that another...
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    Setting Eggs Tomorrow 06-29-11/07-08-11 set 17 Any buddies???

    I have some early birds. Today is day 19 and I have 3 pips!
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    Setting Eggs Tomorrow 06-29-11/07-08-11 set 17 Any buddies???

    Quote: So exciting I still have to wait...lock down for me is Sunday night. I think this week is the hardest when you know lock down is coming but you can't really candle much anymore and have to just sit on your hands and wait until they hatch lol. Good luck in your hatch I can't wait to see...
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    Setting Eggs Tomorrow 06-29-11/07-08-11 set 17 Any buddies???

    I candled my remaining eggs last night, everyone is doing great. We go into lockdown on Friday.
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    Setting Eggs Tomorrow 06-29-11/07-08-11 set 17 Any buddies???

    Well, I woke up this morning to see a chick staring at me in the incubator! The little guy hatched out just fine, and by the looks of him, he must have waited till we went to bed and then busted out pretty quick. He's nearly dry. He's a mixed breed, but of what I'm not certain. The people we...
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