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    Can Chicks Eat Duck/Waterfowl Starter?

    I have a baby duck and baby chick. I bought medicated chick feed at feed store. Only kind they had- no duck starter. Medicated chick food is supposedly very dangerous for ducks. Could the chick eat duck starter??? It would be very hard to separate them to eat as they are both with a momma hen.
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    Never Hatched a Duck Egg Before. Egg pipped along time ago. Many ??s.

    We let my broody hen sit on bantam chicken and duck eggs on June 8. It has definitely been 21 days but no chickens have pipped; however, my lone duck egg has pipped yesterday around 10 pm. Now the the pips outer shell is gone but the membrane is still there since the around 1 this afternoon...
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    DUCK pipped 5 days early. Was he a mislabeled egg?(No chicks have pip)

    I hope it is alright I put a duck on this forum. I set my broody hen on chicken and duck eggs on June 8. It is now the 23rd day. It has definitely been 21 days but no chickens have pipped; however, my lone duck egg has pipped yesterday around 10 pm. He looks like the pip has expanded to a...
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    Day 20 cracked egg and slimy and smelly. Ahh!!! I feel hopeless. Help!

    Ok I have a hen sitting on 20 day old eggs. Her water leaked and soaked her nest. Luckily, I caught it early and the eggs were not very cold. So, I redid her nest and put her back on it. So, I checked under her on eggs to make sure she wasn't own them...... then I felt something silmy. And a...
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    Broody hen on day 19. :) What to do??

    Our hen went broody so we ordered some eggs. I read somewhere that eggs under a hen hatch in 20 days. It is day nineteen. I've set up a chick station for when they hatch. (we've raised chicks before but never hatched any) We are gonna raise the chicks because we want the hen to keep sitting...
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    What do YOU suggest I get. (restocking flock)

    In my chickens I am looking for: -egg laying -friendliness -brains. (is there a breed of chicken that is a little more inteligent) I'm thinking about a black australorp, a partridge rock, a wyandotte and perhaps a leghorn, easter eggers, brahma, dominique, buff orpington. Are there any that...
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    My easter egger has been sitting on nest since yesterday evening

    My easter egger has been sitting on nest since 7ish last night when I went to lock them up. This morning, too, is sitting. she is missing no feathers and is breathing heavier than usual/ What should I do?
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    Dog got chicken. What to do?

    Earlier my dog got my chicken. The skin around her wing is pulled off. There are no puncture wounds. She can still walk and swallow. I am making sure she is getting water so she wouldn't be dehydrated. Her eyes are still open and blinking. However, when you move her she remains in the position...
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    My roo is making coughing like noises and squeaking.

    My roo is rhode island red bantam. I went out to let them out of their run so they could free range and Spike was squeaking. (He sounded like he was sobbing What is wrong???
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    All EASTER EGGER lovers unite!!!!!!

    I just realized I had an easter egger chicken! I AM SOOO EXCITED! I can't wait until she lays an egg! Well, anyways, I want to learn and hear all about them.
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    What color eggs do easter eggers lay, and can they lay brown? :)

    I have 3 hens and one is an easter egger. One of them stated laying brown eggs. I wanted to know if my easter egger could be doing it maybe?
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    Do I have an Americauna??

    She is the goldish one and her name is Paula Dean!!
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    My Hens are on an egg strike! (and they have never laided)

    My hens are about 5 mo. old and have never laided. One is a red sex-link, another is a black sex-link ( i think), and the other is goldy and has a beard. Does anyone know why they are not laying?
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    My chickens keep flying and I don't know what to do.

    At first my chickens flew over an 8 foot fence and was running around the front yard. Today, I had there wings clipped. There are 3 of them and tonight when I was putting them in the pen, one of them was running scared because of she was alone. So, we started looking for them and 1 them was on...
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