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    Wet chickens, cold weather

    Four of my chickens got stuck outside during the downpour tonight and were soaked to the skin. We've moved them into the coop with the rest of the flock (20 total, so 4 wet and 16 dry) but is it enough or do we need to towel them off before the temperature plummets at 3am.
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    Easter Bean-feast Hatchalong

    Time for the annual Easter Hatchalong and my second hatchalong of the year! And it's my biggest yet, we're filling the incubator with a full 56 eggs. The theme this time is beans. Candy, dried, canned/frozen, or green, any variety of beans is fair game. Eggs 1-24 are from my malines, eggs...
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    Unexpected chick colors

    I will preface this by saying I haven't yet separated my flock into breeding pens, so I don't actually know the parentage of the confusing chicks. I have 4 roosters, 2 buckeyes (black tailed red) and 2 malines black barred). Hens are mostly buckeyes, 4 malines, and 1 solid blue easter egger...
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    Food coloring in vent

    So I've seen food coloring in the vent suggested many times to determine what hens are laying which eggs. But has anyone actually done this? How, exactly, does one introduce the food coloring into the vent? How long does it stick around coloring the eggs?Pictures of the eggs marked by food...
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    Apple of my eye Valentine's Day Hatch-a-long

    We're setting eggs tomorrow, if we can get a replacement power cord for the incubator in time. As of right now we have 40 eggs collected. Fair Warning! I'm expecting the hatch rate for this hatch to be kinda terrible. 1. We've got eggs as old as 1/6 (we only had 2 birds laying so we were...
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    AinaWGSD's Project 365

    You had one job! Husband mentioned he needed a new fireplace grate. I asked him how that happens. Heat.
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    Brooder plate recommendations?

    I got a $100 Amazon gift card for Christmas and I'm considering using it on a brooder plate. Any recommendations on brands? What size is recommended for how many chicks? I'm not certain what size hatch we'll start with. I have a 56 egg incubator, we filled it for last year's Easter hatchalong...
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    Feather picking?

    I think I have a feather picker in my flock, and I think I know who, but I never catch them in the act. Five of my 6 hens have feather damage and/or missing feathers in the saddle and tail region. The sixth hen has no feather damage, so I suspect she's the picker. I have seen 2 other hens grab...
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    Hatchalong themes

    Starting to loosely plan next year's hatches. To help with keeping track of them I'm thinking about choosing hatcalong themes alphabetically. For example, I've decided the first hatch is apple themed. Eggs will be given names of different apple varieties and I'll record dates and ages for this...
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    To deworm or not to deworm, that is the question

    At least one of my 1.5 year old hens is having extremely watery droppings. I have been noticing them for at least a week when I scoop the poop board in the mornings. Probably longer, I neglected the poop board cleaning for a few weeks and removed and replaced all of the stall dry about a week...
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    Clutch size for broody hen?

    Question for those with broody experience, how many eggs do you usually give a broody hen? Assuming med-large eggs for a large fowl/standard size hen. Since my olive egger is a frequent flyer in broody jail I'm planning on letting her help me hatch next year. Last year we gave her 7 eggs, 5 of...
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    Double uropygial gland?

    We culled some extra cockerels this weekend. Out of 14 birds, 13 had a double or bifurcated uropygial gland. Does anyone know how common this is?
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    Breaking broody

    Ok, so 3/5 of my hens are currently broody. I've broken all 3 of them of being broody before (2nd time this year for 2 of them, 3rd time for the other one). Usually a few days in the broody buster will do it, though one of them is particularly determined and I had to move the broody buster...
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    Wonky limbs

    Certainly not an emergency, and I don't think there's anything to be done about it, but I thought this forum might be the best place to get some opinions. I have a chick, currently 4 weeks old, that has been smaller than his hatch mates from the beginning. Initially didn't think much of it, he...
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    Is 2 1/2 weeks too old to slip under a broody

    I have a stubborn broody who is determined to sit after nearly two weeks in a broody breaker. I also have several 2.5 week old chicks brooding in my basement. Im wondering if it's not worth slipping a few chicks under her overnight to see if she'll accept them. But I'm also worried we've missed...
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    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    Starting a thread for my chicken coops out at my uncle's farm. We have 2 coops out there, a small woods style coop (8x16') we refer to as "the big coop," and a small (3x5'?) elevated coop in need of repair (gotta give her a break, she's 15 years old and never had any repair work).Right now we're...
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    Tips for skinning?

    We processed a cockerel yesterday and since it was only one bird and we were parting him out I decided to try skinning instead of scalding and plucking thinking it would be faster. Well, it being my first time skinning it was decidedly  not faster or, imo, easier. In the time it took me to get...
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    Who wants to guess gender on barred chicks, round 2!

    So I did not get the pair I was hoping for from my malines hatch with my broody hen. But the two males we got are growing on track to be decent meat birds, so husband was convinced to drive back down and pick up some day old chicks! I'm getting strong cockerel vibes from the biggest chick (11...
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    Recommendations for breeding from limited stock

    I have 2 Malines cockerels and 6 more straight run on the way. My main reason for wanting Malines is to cross the hens to buckeyes for sex linked chicks with an eye to meat production. But I'm planning on keeping one malines rooster and breeding malines as well. But I will be working with a...
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    Broody left 4wk old chicks to roost

    I know they're a lot less sensitive to [lack of] heat at this age. But I need someone to hold my hand and tell me it will be alright. They are about half feathered, still lots of baby fluff. Tonight's low is supposed to be about 47°F. So, they should be fine, right? Or do I need to go out...
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