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    Calmest chicken breed?

    Swedish flower hens are a calm breed and friendly. Might be hard to get one though.
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    Killer Rooster

    There's no real good answer on his behavior. So did the new roosters kill the old one or killed a hen? Confused about your description of events.
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    Rooster overmating one hen

    Hatching eggs are easy after you study up and get guidance from the members here. Get motivated and try, it's a great learning experience. Plus the chicks imprint on you instantly.
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    Help with roosters/flock

    Technically, you don't need any roosters, unless your free ranging them on your property. Roosters are good for being the alarm in a flock or you need them to produce babies. The important part is making sure the space is big enough for the amount of chickens you want. This will reduces fights...
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    Advice for getting more geese

    Replacement should be females only, since the lone male can survive alone. Important part is not to put young goslings with an adult bird. Grow them out first. They need to be fully feathered before adding the male to the group. This will reduce major injuries. Hope that helps.
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    IS TYPE S LIME BAD?.?.

    If the lime looks white, don't use it around your chickens. The white processed version is refined to kill insects basically it's an insecticide. You can use agricultural lime with chickens it's safer.
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    IS TYPE S LIME BAD?.?.

    What are using it for?
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    All hens eating all eggs

    Decrease the light level of the nest box area. It needs to be fairly dark so they can't see there eggs. Once they lay they'll lose interest cause they can't see the eggs. Chickens in dark spaces naturally run towards the light most of the time.
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    Do I intervene?

    That looks good. Keep tabs on your humidity level. Don't let it drop.
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    Lavender Orpington

    Don't use new pullet eggs for incubation, you have to give her a month of consistent egg laying and watching her being mounted successfully, to start incubation.
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    Do I intervene?

    If the cracked area looks dry, you have to remove the chick before it shrink wrap in it's membrane. When that happens it will die. Use a bright flashlight to see and check the condition of the egg in the incubator.
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    Day 17 chicken egg

    Looks right. Double check the temperature inside the incubator.
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    I need an opinion about fence height

    That fencing photo almost looks fake or rendered. But go with 6 ft. My tallest fence was 5 ft on one side and 3 ft on the other. My chickens sometimes went over the 3 ft side just to look around but came right back in the yard.
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    Little chick swallowed something big?

    Can't do much if it swallowed a foreign object and declines from it. You can try surgery but that's also risky due to infections.
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    When can I expect eggs again?

    3 weeks after she weens them off to survive on there own. That's how long the hormones take to modify her mood and instinct.
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