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    hen having a hard time laying

    I have a hen thats been in the nesting box and wont come out from this morning and its 6 PM now. I tried touching her and she yelled at me like she normally does if I touch her while she is laying. How do I help her?
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    Attacking goose

    So my girl finally layed her first egg, but the boy is getting really nasty. I noticed that he started attacking anyone who came in to the barn besides me and my one cousin, but now he has tried once so far attack. I was wondering if I got him more girls would it calm him down? How can I...
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    Under weight flock

    Well my flock is under weight, and are always free ranged. Here is on of my problems, I can't leave a feeder out because my grandmas minis eat it all. They all get fed twice a day. I am from Florida and cracked corn spikes the body temp high and we are still in the cool months and it's already...
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    Hatching problem

    To incubated a few eggs, but is hard to tell the day they were suppose to hatch. They were under a hen for a while abut after a hurricane threat came I brought the eggs inside. 4 have hatched so far. One going strong but two that hatched today had curled toes and another has a lot of yoke on its...
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    wash or not to wash eggs

    Well, a few times I have pulled out dirty eggs from the nesting box and washed them off with dawn dish soap and warm water. Then when reading some places that I google they say not to use dish soap, and not to wash if they look clean. So my question is, wash all eggs and use what, or only wash...
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    hatched my first chicks! pics and a video

    Goodness was this nerve racking. I read everywhere that after the 21st day if they havent hatched, throw them out. In fear of the egg exploding in the incubator. Well, against their advice I kept them in there over 4 days extra. Thank goodness for that, because sure enough we had babies...
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    Hag chicks need help quick

    In a little giants I have 3 chicks that hatched and someone told me to leave them in there until they are dry and fluffy. Well I have others trying to hatch but the three are all over the place knocking the eggs around. What do I do!
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    chicken having a hard time breathing

    so my my grandma brought home a young chick about a couple months old. She didnt keep it away from the others for the 30 days. She put it into the cage where I kept 3 self blues and when I came back out it had been a couple hours and it was to late so I had to put them all through the 30days...
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    dianatous earth food grade

    I got scared after a swap seeing a couple a chickens just infested with fleas and bugs. I want to be prepared and prevent against anything so I got this stuff to see if it works. One thing I would like to know is how long does this stuff last and how often should I use it?
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    Howto clip Geese wings

    I have two geese and was wondering how to clip their wings an if I should clip them? They are free ranged and their shelter is the barn they have free access to. I would like to see pictures, my grandpa did birds they had in the past but want to know about geese, how he should clip them. I have...
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    What gender are my goslings?

    They came from a hatchery so they are mutt goslings.
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    Finally got some pictures again

    Here is ugly! First eggs! Lori isnt happy with new chickens being in her coop trouble!
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    what gender are my goslings and silkie

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    Got a new chicken but his eye is swollen shut

    So I went to a swap meet, I know not smart, and got a few little bantams. Well, when I got them home, I noticed one had its eye swollen shut. I was thinking it maybe from the other little bantam roo he was in with but wasnt sure. So I was wondering if someone could tell me how to fix it.
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    trying to hatch a gulf ball!

    So, I noticed if I leave the egg my hen lays around 10 or 11, she will lay a second one later. So I got the bright idea to place a golf ball in the nesting box so she thinks she always has one in there. Other wise she lays one a day, normally. I go outside and see she is in the nesting box so I...
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    how long will a hen keep laying fertile eggs?

    So my roo got into something that has caused him to pass on, and was wondering how long will my hens lay eggs that are fertile? Sorry if this is in the wrong area but I would like to save as many of his babies as possible and I would hate it crack open a egg and find out it could have grown up...
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    New hens are just to darn smart

    So today I went outside with a pencil and was going to mark the date on the eggs they just layed, so that I know which ones are which when it comes to the 21st day. Spent most of the day, and didnt want to scare them off the eggs like my cousin did last time and they never returned. So I waited...
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    My First eggs!

    So I think my cousin handled them to much when I wasnt looking because my hen wont sit on them anymore :( I have sent them to a friend with a incubator in hopes its not to late for the babies.
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    vulturine guinea fowl

    Have you guys heard of them? If so can you please inform me if they can live along side chickens? I know guineas can, but these seem different from the normal guinea I see around. As far a head, and body looks go I mean. I really think they look cool, but I am not about to go out looking for one...
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    Nile finally gets some older girlfriends

    So my roo is to harsh on my younger girls and they are way to young and he cant really control himself, so I had no choice but to remove him. My girls were going bare back for a while there and I just couldnt take it. I finally got some girls for him and let them go through the waiting period to...
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