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    Is there a solution for difficult egg collection in outdoor aviaries/pens?

    In doing my coturnix quail homework, it seems that the general consensus for housing when trying to really maximize egg production is to use battery style cages with a tilted wire bottom for egg collecting. However, I do my best to avoid the close-quarters and less natural living space that is...
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    What to feed chicks and ducklings raised together

    I have 5 muscovy ducklings - about 6 weeks old in a run outside, eating wild game bird starter. Still in a brooder, I have 16 chicks, also 6 weeks old, on a medicated chick starter. I would like to move the chicks outside with the ducklings - have been told they can both eat the game bird...
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    How to tell if late stage embryos have died

    I have a sitting hen - I have no idea when she started sitting because I was not intentionally trying to hatch out eggs, but I know its been over two weeks, and I think I'm past 20 days now. There was one morning when there was no hen on the nest, and I'm just wondering if there is any way to...
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    Lethargic, Wobbly Hen

    I have not treated for worms/ lice. I've had these birds just under a year and this is the first real problem I've noticed so I have a very untrained eye in this area. I do live in an area where there is a lot of livestock and I have noticed mites in the summer time so I wonder if thats the root...
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    Lethargic, Wobbly Hen

    What are the symptoms of respiratory problems?
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    Lethargic, Wobbly Hen

    I have a one year old Wyandotte hen who has been looking quite lethargic lately. At first I thought it just took her a little longer to warm up in the mornings, but as the days go on she seems less and less willing to run around. She doesnt seem interested in eating this morning, and just sits...
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    Chicks wanting to join the flock - does the flock protect chicks?

    I live in NM - I was worried about the weather as well but was given advice by other BYC members to go ahead with the hatch. The chicks have wing feathers and just about all of the rest is fluff. They seem very content though, they aren't huddling up with momma hen until it gets dark, and are...
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    Chicks wanting to join the flock - does the flock protect chicks?

    The other birds arent showing any interest in the chicks at all. Every time they've escaped, I've found them right in the middle of the flock scratching and eating with the rest of the hens. As far as I can see, the other hens dont even notice the chicks. If I do release them, should I keep...
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    Chicks wanting to join the flock - does the flock protect chicks?

    My hen hatched out my first ever three chicks on Sept 19th - they are kept in a separate brooder with a small outdoor run. However, in the last few days they have figured out how to escape and I look out the window to see them running around with the rest of the flock happily while poor mamma...
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    Helping a chick hatch?

    I posted a thread recently about my BR, and the feedback was clear: she was broody! So, I put her on 5 eggs and here we are 18 days later and I have 3 chicks hatched! This is the first time I've hatched chicks at home so I have zero experience. I dont know exactly when they hatched because...
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    Screaming Hen

    Hah! That would not surprise me actually. I have a big garden and they've been given treats all summer long but as the season winds down, I dont have as many to give them. And given that shes one of the only hens that has a name (because initially, many of them were going to be for eating...
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    Screaming Hen

    I have a wyandotte hen who has started this new thing just over the last couple of days - Its only when shes in the coop (and not ever on the nest), and if I go into the coop she lets out this awful, very long, high-pitched screeeeam. She looks like a dinosaur. I'm guessing this is just a little...
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    Skunk digging, best barrier?

    I found a hole outside of my chicken coop the other morning, with a perfect footprint. I thought it might be a raccoon but after reading a little about behaviors I'm thinking its a skunk and we have a ton of them here so I wouldnt be surprised. My coop is quite secure and built off of the ground...
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    Constantly clucking and fluffed up, can't find diagnosis!

    Thanks Everyone! Thats what I suspected! I guess my next question would be: Is it too late in the year to let her raise her babes? I live in central NM, the first freeze hits around mid-October. I know I should remove her from the other hens, but should I move the rooster with her so the...
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    Constantly clucking and fluffed up, can't find diagnosis!

    Hello everybody, I'm new to the board and have joined because this is my first year with chickens and am having my first real problem. I have one plymouth rock hen who I've noticed is acting a little strange over the last two days - she's almost always got her feathers fluffed up on end and her...
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