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    Anyone Else Have a Broody Hen in the Middle of Winter?

    My Bantam hen is sitting on a clutch of about 4 or 5 eggs. She started on Saturday -- the coldest day of the year (it was down in the teens at night and the temp peaked at 24 degrees F during the day). I live in Sourthen Maryland, by the way, about 30 miles south of Washington, D.C. The coop...
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    20 Days -- Black Blobs Visible When Candling

    Three eggs in a homemade incubator. Temp wavers between 94 degrees and 101.8 degrees. Humidity is approximately 52%. Eggs are from my Rhode Island Red, which has been fertilized by my neighbor's Bantam/Red cross rooster. I'm on my day 20, and all I see in the eggs are black blobs that float...
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    My New Spooky Chicken Coop

    We finished our Spooky Chicken Coop, which you can see photos here: My favorite part is the crooked stove pipe, which I welded from some scrap pipe. And here: The whole set is visible here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2665557278_55989d1c9e.jpg?v=0 I have two Rhode Island Red...
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    Terramycin Antibiotic Dosage

    It looks like my sick pullet has some sort of respiratory ailment. She's breathing heavily, is chirping and has her feathers ruffled. I picked up a pack of terramycin this morning at the local feed store. However, it looks like the dosage is 100 mg per quart of water. The entire package is 181...
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    Broken Toes, Panting

    I purchased three Rhode Island Red pullets. One of them broke two of its toe two days ago. We put a small splint on it and separated it from the other two. Today, I checked on it, and it's panting and has puffed out its feathers. She is eating, but I have not seen her drink. She has fresh food...
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