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    Terrible hatch rate 1 out of 17

    So I had some silkie eggs in the incubator. 17 made it to lock down but only one hatched. 5 pipped but never got out. One of those actually zipped 3/4 around the shell but never fully cut the membrane. I opened all the eggs and all were fully developed. 75% of them had about a half inch of air...
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    Rubber egg

    Well after going a month only getting/finding 1 egg every other day in my coop, I came out last night to find two rubber eggs and one that was cracked on the end. Is this a calcium problem? I have 3 year+ hens and the rest of my glock is 18-21 weeks old. I have been feeding half layer half...
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    Torn skin

    Ive had a silkie mixed in with the rest of my flock since day 1. Everything had been fine until today I came home and the silkie was under the coop after dark. After looking at her, her back sides the skin is torn. The only thing I can think of is something tried to snatch her or one of the...
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    Sex a dominiquer for me please

    This is the only dominique I have in my flock right now. He/She is a cute little booger and is always running round the run with chicks twice his size. Any thoughts on gender?
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    Webbed Feet on a Maran help

    One of my French Black Copper Maran chicks I just noticed has webbed toes. It is approx 4-5 weeks old and is having a little issue getting around the pen. It walks just fine when I try to pick it up but when its left alone it acts like something is stuck on its foot and pecks at it. What...
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    Is this a black copper maran?

    I bought 4 chicks that were supposed to be black copper marans. I have never had this breed before but they just don't seem right to me. Maybe their true feathers will come in. I didn't think they had any white on them. They also have feathered legs if that helps and 4 toes. They are...
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    how to seperate feed between chicks and hens

    I am trying to figure out how to separate the feed between my laying hens and my chicks when I put them together. My coop is 4x8 with the door to the run on one of the 4' walls with laying boxes all along one of the 8' walls. I am thinking maybe placing the chicks feed inside a dog crate or...
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    Lost a hen today :-(

    Well I noticed this afternoon when I let my chickens free range that only 3 came out of the coop instead of four. One of my americans was there in the shavings dead. I examined her but can't find anything wrong. No cuts, no feather loss, she was of good weight, and laid every day. It wasn't...
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    Runny poo

    I picked up a new batch of chicks on Saturday. I am feeding them Dumor chick starter feed from tractor supply. I also got an young silkie from the same place also on the starter feed. I noticed today when I was changing out their shavings that several of them along with the silkie have...
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    Is this molting or an injury?

    This is my first winter with chickens. Is this chicken molting or is this an injury? The bald area also stretches about an inch down the side too. She has a little bit of blood on one of her gills? on the left side of her face and she won't open that eye right now. I can't base the molt off...
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    Hens being mean to 1 hen i had seperated for a couple weeks

    So I put Reba back out with the flock last night. If you dont remember or didn't see my post in the illness forum, she was the hen that had a bad prolapse. She has been separated for about 2 1/2 weeks from the rest. Now the others are real mean to her. Not letting her out of the house into the...
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    Help My first dealing with a prolapse. GRAPHIC PIC WARNING!!

    Well i got the call yesterday by my wife that something was wrong with one of my hens. My hens just started laying a couple weeks ago. My wife said she could see this nasty bloody bulge with an egg in it hanging out of the hen. Sure enough she had a prolapse with an egg in it. I soaked her in...
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