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    Hatchery meat bird? Mixed layer?

    Sounds like you're thinking this might be crossed with a Cornish broiler. They do not breed true. So if you were able to bring 2 Broilers to breeding age and successfully bred them the offspring would just be like normal White Rock/Leghorn cross. Both Orpingtons and Barred Rocks have the...
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    Hoop coop bedding?

    I'm going to answer assuming you're asking about run bedding. The grass is great for them, unfortunately it wont last unless you can move your coop. If that were the case i think that grass would be ideal. I like wood shavings for run bedding because of the rate that it composts and ease of...
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    Strange Hen

    Not familiar with the Blue Andalusian. But after looking at some pics and reading a bit i'm going to 100% agree with that assessment. I was looking at a hint of a beard when i made my guess at green eggs. I think whatever breed gave her her color she's part Easter Egger. Again i could be wrong...
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    Strange Hen

    How is that? I don't see game bird in her but i could be wrong. I would not be a bit surprised however if she lays green eggs. tips of her wings are white. She was not well cared for or loved at her previous home, i know where she came from. She is a teen for sure.
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    Strange Hen

    I got a few hens last night and one is different in a lot of ways from any chicken I've ever seen. The most noticeable thing is her personality. She is friendlier than any chicken I've ever seen. Now I'm not new to raising chickens. I've hand raised flocks that adored me and would follow me...
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    Goat with scours help

    I do plan to get her checked. But my main concern is with the holidays it will be Monday until i can get her looked at. What is used to treat coccidia? Do you do anything to prevent dehydration with adult goats?
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    Goat with scours help

    My Boer Doe developed scours about a week ago. I brought her down to the house and checked her over. I only noticed her dirty back legs and tail. So i cleaned her all up and while doing so noticed she had perfectly normal stool at that point. So i watched her close every day and she seemed fine...
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    Some say ive got roosters instead of hens

    My wife's grandmother who is not new to chickens swore up and down that my Columbian hen was a rooster when she was over 12 months old. She was always clearly a hen to me, and with the huge eggs she gives me every day if she's not I'm missing cashing in on millions with an egg laying rooster...
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    lockdown help please!

    I take them out. My logic when i think about this question, is that eggs do not naturally sit on end in the nest. Nature usually has it right.
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    HELP ASAP

    I would get them in an incubator just in case 26-28 days is normal gestation. If it were me i would first get them humid and warm. I would then start candling and make the call from there.
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    Early birds and peekers.

    It's day 19. 3 of my 21 eggs must have been talking to each other through their shells and hatched a plan. They started pipping at 3am. 1 is out, yolk sack fully absorbed and healthy. Other 2 are still just peeking at the world. This is my 4th generation in my personal flock and never had one...
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    Plucking (Post your plucker)

    Well i guess if no one has any already made or ideas i'll just post mine when it's done and we will see how it works.
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    Plucking (Post your plucker)

    This is by far my most loathed part of meat chicken raising. I've been hand plucking my whole life whenever plucking needed done. This year I'm thinking of building an automatic plucker cause I've had enough of wet feathers stuck between my fingers. The way i have it worked out in my head is...
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    baby peep

    The below statement is not a diagnosis or meant to freak you out. Just want to bring this to your attention. I would be very mindful of Newcastle disease with a chick exhibiting such symptoms. It should be separated from any other chickens as a precaution. New castle effects the central nervous...
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    Male or female polish?

    I'm gonna say male, because... In all seriousness though....polish can be tough. I have trouble telling when they are full grown. They say 8 week minimum to tell.
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