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    Antique Sears and Roebuck egg incubator - $150.00 (Salem Ohio)

    I acquired this incubator when i bought property about 2 yrs ago from original owner for $300- It is pretty large (guessing the wooden cabinet is about 2x4' around and about 3' tall). It can hold several hundred eggs- max is 600- I put about 300 large chicken eggs in it with 85% hatching rate...
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    I have chickens bought ready to lay, and still arent and are sneezing?

    I would have thought that they were being fed enough with a 14 pound feeder twice a day for the entire time we've had them was enough, there are 15 chickens for us in that pen, but the other two ladies are having the same problem. no eggs and unlimited feed. I will get a picture tomorrow, its...
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    I have chickens bought ready to lay, and still arent and are sneezing?

    I bought chickens at the beginning of June- "ready to lay" they are called from this store buffs- others call them comets production red or cinnomon queens. They started of with really yellow legs, small but red combs, and were full pullet size, and pretty well looked ready to lay. I bought...
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    What Gender is my leghorn

    How soon can you tell with feather sexing?
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    What Gender is my leghorn

    oh one more picture she is so cute!!
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    What Gender is my leghorn

    Hi I have a new baby leghorn from my pullets I raised I heard you can tell age when they are newborns by their feathers- I couldn't get a real good picture, but to me by the feathers it has two distint rows, one longer than the other, and not tapered like I see the males pictures I see online...
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    Help!!

    It is hard- I will try cutting back on the treats- I get all these veggies free, so I feel like giving them to them is no waste on the veggies for a day for about a week, the resume to give them every three days, I figure it will shock their system to give them none But Thanks alot for some...
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    Help!!

    thats a pretty production red!! mine are more like this- with white They are in a pen whenthey free range- I don't trust preditors to get them, and they spread out in it, but I never found any eggs outside- I did have one free ranging in the barn and I knew she had laid eggs, I couldn't find...
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    Help!!

    I bought 12 Production Red- Red Star- or what every they are on June 6th. They were ready to lay- and when asked what that meant it was 5 or so months. Not only did they not lay, but haven't either. Its been almost 3 months, I know its been hot, but not recently. My april peeps (leghorns) are...
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    Why arent my 8 month old chickens laying

    I would have thought that the heat was the stress, but there is no rooster with them. They are with a New Hampshire red pair of females, They lay eggs, and I just put them in there about a 5 days ago- they haven't laid any eggs yet, but I figured they were just stressed from the move. The other...
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    Why arent my 8 month old chickens laying

    Well free range is a broad term- the are enclosed within about 100 x 100 area with grass, just to keep predators out, and the fence gets moved every week so its fresh, everything can be seen though, so I don't think they are laying it outside, but good thought- thanks!!
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    Why arent my 8 month old chickens laying

    I bought 12 Production Red- Red Star- or what every they are on June 6th. They were ready to lay- and when asked what that meant it was 5 or so months. Not only did they not lay, but haven't either. Its been almost 3 months, I know its been hot, but not recently. My april peeps (leghorns) are...
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    Chick with eye poked out- What do I do?

    Quote: Sorry to hear she passed, 7 sounds very old for a chicken!! I bet she was a fav of yours, I know General Tso (the buff orpington pictured) is a spring 2010 rooster and he is definately my fav
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    Chick with eye poked out- What do I do?

    Quote: What do you mean by smell bad? She smells like a chicken, which depending on who you are- may or may not be pleasant, no "fowl" odor But seriously, what smell should I look for?
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    Chick with eye poked out- What do I do?

    I will do that thanks!! And Beleive me she has her own little palace and until she is much bigger isn't going around anyone else. I think the infection stunted her a little, she is about 1/2-1 lb less then everyone else her age now, and she was getting plenty to eat (all she wanted all day...
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    What is this?

    I have a bunch of roos that pull out their feathers at that age I guess its ichy?? But if its lice try dusting her with DE or 7/5 dust
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    Chick with eye poked out- What do I do?

    I have a 3 month old barred rock hen, and the other chickens must have poked her eye out (the poor girl) cuz I separated her a few weeks ago with her eye swelled shut. two days ago she opened it and there it no eye. Today it was swelled shut again and I squeezed out a big gob of puss the whole...
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    If a egg if unfertilized and incubated can you give it to livestock?

    If I candle an egg and there it no vien and cracking it open reveals it wasn't fertilized, can you cook the egg and give it to your geese and ducks?
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    Lethargy, empty crop and very thin

    oh i am sorry to hear!! I recently had the same thing happen to a very healthy rooster- someone told me maybe heat stroke or just its time, there was no explaination!!
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    Hi- I have chicks dead in shells- what happened??

    they werent dry and stuck, but they were't wet either, the other styrophoam has a fan too, but the auto turners, so I thought maybe they didn't develop right or something without the turners. I think I may try a different incubator and leave this one as a hatcher, that way the humidity can be...
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