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    Coffee ground bedding where to buy

    Same thing here, I would buy a pallet if they had it. I don’t have a Rural King near me so I must get it shipped when I’m down in Florida near one. I have gone and loaded up my SUV with it. I love the processed dried coffee grounds seems you can only get it one place. However, one of my...
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    Review by 'Anonymous' in article 'How to Handle the Ageing Process of Chickens'

    This was a nice read, and really highlighted how chickens may have started as something that produced eggs, and they become someone, a valuable pet and member of one’s family. I have three six year old girls and a six month old who just started laying. Interestingly, the older girls are laying...
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    Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching

    I’ve done the float test and had 10% of egg floating but no movement. Air cell had not changed since day 10. Dead chick inside. I would not float test until day 25. I would candle on day 23. This last clutch I set 17 eggs and 13 hatched. Two Yolkers and two quitters. I have done it before and...
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    Comment by 'Urchickchic' in article '"You can take the girl off the farm but you can't take the farm out of the girl." (My mini-barn)'

    Great ideas from this, even years later!
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    Has anyone had issues with their chickens being stolen for eggs or meat? I've become super paranoid about this. I know eggs are in short supply -- I've had a lot of requests for them. Just curious what is going on and geographically where.
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    Chicken Names share their names here

    RIR= Henny Penny EE— Theodora aka Dora EE/Barred Rock —Hawk Their three babies that are three months old are: Spot Baby Hawk aka Baby Cleo aka Beak (she broke off the top of her week between 3-4 weeks old) Pictures are Dora Henny Penny and the babies.
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    Necropsy in Maryland

    As I understand it, exactly. I think they want to keep track in case of a disease outbreak.
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    Necropsy in Maryland

    If you are not registered when you go there they will register you. It’s free and pretty innocuous.
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    One week old guinea Keets dying after three hour trip to new home

    Including the poult.
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    One week old guinea Keets dying after three hour trip to new home

    I just found out this morning they all died.
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    One week old guinea Keets dying after three hour trip to new home

    I hatched out four Keets for a friend. I also had one turkey poult hatch. After a week in the brooder they went to my friends home. We’re all doing great when I boxed them up. Three hour trip. Very hot out, had heat in the box ( car with AC but not too cold—76 deg). Three of the four died and...
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    Hatching Guinea Keets for the first time

    ....in a brinsea mini advance. Second time with this incubator, four hatched yesterday, in the middle of a hatch and the last one just found dead in the incubator. Died minutes before I found it. in the last hour per the cam. Eyes bright open. Tried to revive to no avail. Completely dry, no...
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    Have a 4 week old who lost most of her upper beak

    Thank you— since she’s in the grow out pen with the other littles, do I switch them ALL to mash so she has food all day, or do I separate her, either all day or mealtime? Al
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    Have a 4 week old who lost most of her upper beak

    The rest of the flock gets all flock and oyster shell. The babies get chick starter crumbles. Both get scrambled eggs. I have the push cup waterers. She’s been drinking from that ok.
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    Have a 4 week old who lost most of her upper beak

    Happened in the last week— I’m not sure when but noticed it yesterday. I’ve read a lot about cross beaks etc. and have more questions. So here goes: *how often do I need to feed her a mash and what should be in it? *how do I know if I have to tube feed? *i would like to keep her with the flock...
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