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    Pip Question

    Okay. I have an egg that has been pipped now for about 17 hours. A couple hours or so ago it made a good size VERTICAL crack in the egg but never pushed the shell off around the pipped area. Now, the little bugger seems to have turned and made a pip lower on the egg, not even touching the...
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    The "Love Thy Neighbor" Hatch Thread

    About 10 days ago, the night before we brought my 5 year old home from Duke after a month of struggle for her, a coyote killed my hens. I had only one roo left. And six eggs, four of which I figured were too old to hatch but tried them anyway. Thanks to the kind hearts here at BYC, we are...
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    Coyote got all but one roo. Question?

    Last Friday coyotes decimated our small flock, leaving only one roo. A RIR who is almost a year old. He's a good roo, very smart. He was lightly injured but is doing fine. My question is this: I have juveniles that need to go into the big pen. I don't want to boot him out and put him by...
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    Help! Tell me what to do.

    Eggs went on lockdown this morning. Everything's been great! Now, all of a sudden, temp is up to 103. Thermostat is inside the bator. What to do???
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    An Oozer?

    I have a silkie egg on day 6-7 that appears to have small, dried drop of what looks like crusty egg white on it. It does not smell, and it has not "oozed anymore" for the last few hours. A couple nights ago my temps went way up and i have been watching like crazy since then. I saw this while...
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    My Eggs from Sonew arrived!! I HAVE A BABY!!!!!!!!!

    16 of the most beautiful, well packed little eggs you've ever seen. This is my first hatch and I am so excited. I have 12 EE's and 4 silkies going in tomorrow after they rest up from their ride. After lunch I'll candle and check the air sacs, but just wanted to share the first pics and tell...
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    Mean Hen and Missing Feathers

    I have a mean, bossy PR/RIR hen. She's been that way since she was little. She's definitely the top of the pecking order, but she's just hateful! Anyway, today I went out to the coop and she looks like she has been in a fight in several places. Her feathers are thin in places, and where her...
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    Temperature Fluctuation?

    Hi all. I posted a week or so ago about my hubby making an incubator for me. I am so proud of him. We used Miss Prissy's instructions and used a travel cooler with a double paned glass door. It took us a few days to get the fan in and the last ventilation holes drilled. Before we did that...
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    Eggs, then no eggs??

    My girls finally started laying around the end of October. I was getting approximately 2-3 eggs a day from 6 hens. One day I got 4. Now, for the last 2-3 weeks, NOTHING!!! The girls are all late March hatches. That makes them almost 9 months old. Anybody else with this issue? I'm ok if...
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    So my husband made me a bator!!!

    He had a cooler/heater in his truck with a glass door in it. Holds about 12/15 sodas. It stopped working and was sitting in our garage. I've been eyeing Miss Prissy's threads about creating bators from coolers, bread boxes, etc. So I showed them to him and he got to work. I am so proud of...
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    Roo who purrs??

    When I go to feed I always scatter some pellets on the ground before I fill the feeder and the waterer. That way they don't have to wait on me. Lately I've notice my little bantam cochin roo making this noise. I call it the chicken purr, but it's not a purr like a cat. It's more like a low...
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    So they got new nest boxes yesterday...

    And the one hen I had who is laying is now laying on the ground. I had to change because the bigger girls could not get in the boxes I had. The only hen who laid (the first layer in this flock) could, but the BO's could not. So today I go out and she has deposited her egg in the doo doo...
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    Religious Chicken?

    I got my first egg last Sunday. Nothing since, til today. I got my second. From the same hen. So I guess she's a religious girl and does her service on Sundays. Since I'm married to a preacher, I guess that's only fitting. Seriously, I hope she gets a bit more regular and the rest of...
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    What breed is this Roo? PR or RIR? Neither?

    I got him from the Tractor Supply Assorted Reds. He may even be a mix... I am not sure if they do mixes or not. He's only seven months old, but we like him a lot. He's very quiet and is a good protector. The little roo behind him.. he's the mouthy one. The one I'm wondering about is the one...
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    Getting an Incubator for Christmas. Need direction.

    I have the opportunity to get an incubator for Christmas. I have never had one and will be learning. Can anyone tell me what you like/don't like about yours? I can only spend about $100 give or take a bit. What's the best I can get for that?
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    Got my first egg Sunday...

    and nothing since. Not sure who laid it but think it was the PR. Is this normal?
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    How do you tell for sure who's laying...

    I got my first egg today. I am not sure, because I wasn't there, but I am assuming it came from the production red since she has the reddest comb/face and is louder than the others. But that's just my guess. She is also a week or two older. Other than being there, how do you know. I see...
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    Finally!! I got my first egg!!

    The girls are all 7 months old. Some are almost 8. But today, I got the prettiest light brown egg you ever saw. It's filthy because it was laid in the run, but I got it before they decided to eat it! So all's well. They have nest boxes, and have had for almost 3 months now. I am going to...
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    Some New BO's for me!! (and maybe a leghorn??)

    I went to TS for the pullets that were supposed to come in today... no luck, they didn't come. But the nice lady told me the feed store had gotten a "few" chicks so I went over, and lo and behold, there were the cutest buff orpingtons you ever saw. And so I got me six. Got home and opened the...
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    Is she about to give birth...

    to my first egg?? I've been whining about my "older" girls not laying (well, really only about 6 months old) but a younger hen was doing some squatting, bawking really loudly, and messing around the nest box when I was out there just a bit ago. She hops in and hops out. Bawks really loudly...
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