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    Hatching chicks under a broody in a pen with a new roo

    I wouldn't normally have an issue about letting my 2 broody hens hatch out the eggs they are sitting on... but around the same time they started sitting I got a new roo in our breeding program. Its the first time these 2 hens have hatched any eggs for me and I don't know about the rooster. Is...
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    Can ducks and chickens live together?

    I have had indian runner ducks for over 2 years now and last fall I bought me 4 laying hens and a rooster. I no longer have the rooster in with them because of city bylaw but my male and 2 females have lived with the hens for over 9 months now and everything seems good. I have noticed the male...
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    Mixed hatching eggs... ducks and chickens

    I have had a silkie hen sitting on 4 duck eggs for about 5 days now and was wondering about putting some silkie eggs under her too... just wondering if this is ok to do or is it not a good idea. I have read duck eggs incubate in about 28 days and only about 21 for chickens so just wondering if...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I do hope that a broody hen would get rid of the undeveloped eggs... as I have a broody silkie that I thought was having her eggs stolen from her by the others and then getting eaten. But once I moved her into isolation she herself ate one of the 8 remaining eggs, hopefully that means the...
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    Broody Hen and incubating eggs

    I have a question about moving my broody hen... she is with 2 other hens and a roo, I have noticed that over the past 2 days that she has less eggs under her and that the other hens have ate the missing eggs (started with 6 now 3). Would it be ok to move her out of the coop and into a dog crate...
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    Ended 130,000 BYC Members? Guess the DAY & HOUR & Win!

    6/17/12 6:00pm
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    Laying habits of silkies

    Just wondering how to get a silkie hen to lay in a certain spot in her house... I made a little nest box up off the floor but not as high as the roost, can I move her eggs from where she lays them to the nest box or will she not want to sit on them?
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    I think my egg started to freeze?

    I worked late last night and woke up late this morning and when I let the birds out there was 1 white egg. It had some small cracks on it and had some moisture on it... now that it has been inside for 15 minutes I noticed the cracks have disappeared. Just wondering if its ok to eat or is it...
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    Need your opinion: what should every coop have?

    Such great ideas... I am fairly new to this chicken raising and am learning through trial and error and I am wondering if you really need nexting boxes...? I have one leghorn that is still laying (as of yesterday) and 3 sexlink that are not laying ( they were molting when I got them) just...
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    Cold weather ?

    This is my first winter with chickens and I let mine out during the day with the option to go in and out of their doorless 'coop', but now that it is getting colder at night I was wondering if I should put a door on their 'coop' (more like a 5x2x2.5 house). I have read several times that...
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    Time between killing & processing.

    What I have read about this topic here on BYC is that you should at least gut the chicken once its killed because of the digestive tract... it starts decomposing pretty much as soon as its killed... I think the contents of the bowels can spoil the meat if allowed to decompose enough... I'd say...
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    I am a failure at chicken coops....

    I think there are several factors to think about before building a coop... obviously how many birds, how long you plan on living at that place, if you free range and tons of other things... I cannot free range as I live in a city and the neighbors dislike the chickens in their yards. So I...
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    What duck breed would be good for going broody & hatchng her own eggs?

    I second the vote for Muscovies
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    2 story run

    I haven't seen any 2 story runs but I have thought about making one as I live in the city and I have limited ground space.... I just can't think of an easy way to get in to clean both 'floors' while keeping the price as low as possible...
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    odd question bout roster & ducks!

    I can't see it.... from what I understand ducks use penetration (drakes have penis) and chickens use contact (rooster don't have penis). Plus them being 2 different animals I doubt they could succesfully breed... I think it would look cool some ducks and chickens to crossbreed but they obviously...
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