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    poopy butt

    Thanks.
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    poopy butt

    I have a few hens and my rooster with poopy butts. I've never really had this before but I do know how to clean it. I did a search here and didn't find any conversations about why this happens. Could it be worms? Diet? They are eating the same thing as always. Weather is cold alternating with...
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    I'll hopefully get out there with the camera tomorrow and get a few.
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    Final count is 3 live chicks. I opened the rest of the eggs. I had one dead but seemingly fully developed chick, 2 that had stopped developing maybe day 19 when they got cold (just going by how they looked and the little chart of development), 1 that was a dud and 1 that was filled with this...
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    Um, 5 or 6. I forget and didn't get a good look and I sort of forget if there was another dud or not. I think I'll wait to see if anything happens today but then consider getting rid of the rest. At least I can add a few birds to my flock. I'm hoping for a rooster but not 3 :)
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    Update: 2nd chick hatched on day 22 and another on day 23.
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    Update: One chick hatched late day 21. WE're now late day 22 and no more signs. I can hear very faint pecking inside the eggs.
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    Thanks! I will definitely keep them under her long enough to be sure.
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    day 19 disaster, any hope? Updated!

    One of my hens somehow got in with my broody hen that has been sitting on 10 eggs for 19 days. It looks like the intruder tried to take the eggs away from broody. I found the results when I went out to feed this evening. My broody hen had 4 warm eggs under her and 6 were moved away from her and...
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    day 23 with broody hen - what to do?

    Well bummer There had been no noise from the eggs all day yesterday so today I opened one, day 25. It appeared to be fully formed but dead. I don't know what happened. I feel so bad that on day 21/22 I could hear the chick inside but somehow it didn't get out.
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    day 23 with broody hen - what to do?

    I definitely didn't miscount but I won't give up. I've been reading here about lots of late hatches so I'm a bit hopeful. It's amazing how they know. Funny she just decided to open it now instead of earlier.
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    day 23 with broody hen - what to do?

    I can hear pecking inside two of them. When I went out and checked an hour ago the hen had opened one egg and there was nothing inside but goop. The two that I heard pecking inside are still intact.
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    day 23 with broody hen - what to do?

    I'm on day 23 waiting for two broody hens to hatch out 3 jersey giant eggs. One hen is a phoenix and the other is a silver laced wyandotte. I've never had a brood go over the usual 21 days under a hen so I'm really worried. they should have hatched Friday and both Thursday, Friday and Saturday...
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    boys or girls?

    I'm in Nova Scotia.
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    boys or girls?

    I looked for a year to find the 7 I got! I doubt I'll find anyone to trade. We will eat them though. They were good. A little hard to pluck since they're still young but I hope the next batch has fewer pin feathers.
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    boys or girls?

    Yuck. What will I do with 5 boys? I started with 7 and we've eaten two already.
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    boys or girls?

    Here are some better photos. Boys or girls?
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    bald eagle attack with good ending

    The chickens all run for cover whenever a bird of prey flies overhead. For whatever reason the ducks don't. They're easy pickings.
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