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    6+ Calico Silkie hatching eggs

    Hi- This is my first time selling hatching eggs to be shipped but, I have ordered many eggs and know how to pack them safely for shipment. I will mark boxes "fragile" and "live embryos" but, please let me know if you would like anything else included. Eggs are $10 for 6+ and $15 shipping. I...
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    Can't resist the cuteness!

    Just wanted to show my little beauty, my 3 month old white crested frizzled polish.
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    4 to 5 wk old chick not feathering...??

    I have one Bantam Frizzle Cochin chick out about 4 to 5 weeks ago that was a late hatcher and had to be assisted in hatching. She was placed with a broody hen who eggs were not fertile and was taken right in. She has gotten wing feather that curl out (so I know she is a frizzle) but, the rest...
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    Hen wobbly and laying down to eat...help!

    I have hen that we just noticed is having a hard time walking and standing. When she walks she is very unsteady and though she can run its not normal and still wobbly. She has laid so she's not egg bound, her crop is not full, and she eats and drinks. We noticed a few days ago she wasn't as...
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    Help with staggered hatch and humidity

    A couple weeks ago I tried my first quail hatch, and got it wrong. Hatch day came and went, ended up thinking I was doing e-topsy to find that a few were still alive and shrink wrapped. With assistance one hatched, had splade legs, curled toes and never gained strength or got real active. It...
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    Humidity Help! Staggered hatch of quail and chickens

    I have done staggered hatches before, but just with chicken eggs. I have 2 chicken eggs (was just given them one day and they are FCM, so I couldn't resist) that are on day 16. Have one set on quail on day 9 and another set of quail (also just given to me!) that are on day 2. I have a farm...
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    Help!! Coturnix on day 22

    I thought my coturnix eggs were dead as its day 22 and I have seen nothing, so I decided to pull them and was going to e-topsy to see why they didn't hatch. I pipped an egg on the aircell end and see the chick with the sack formed around the chick ( not sure how to tell if it dried to them, but...
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    HELP!! Quail eggs

    I have coturnix quail that are on day 22 of incubation. I have see nothing so I was going to pull them and do e-topsy to see why none hatched. I pipped the aircell side to see if it had internally pipped and it hasn't, but the "sack" seems to be formed to the chicks. So, I pip the sack where I...
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    Should I be worried?

    This is my first time hatching quail and I'm on day 17 (well officially it will be at 9pm) of coturnix eggs and nothing is going on. I read in so many places that most are early or pipped by now. Guess I just need some reassurance that there is still time and not to worry, it's still early...
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    First egg shipment and hen has gone broody

    One of my silkies just went broody today and I have shipment of eggs due to arrive tomorrow. I would like to put some of the shipped eggs under the hen and the rest in my incubator however, I don't know exactly what to do when it comes to shipped eggs. I was told they needed to sit a day or two...
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    Sexing Silkies (PIC HEAVY

    I have two silkies that are about 10 weeks old that I am unsure about the sex of them (I know silkies are hard to sex) and I am leaning towards roos, but really hoping with all my might they are not. They are both the same age however, they look totally different so I think I may have gotten a...
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    Fowl Pox? But also sneezing....please help - PICS!

    Little back story..recieved 2 turkey poults and a chick (all hatched the same time) a few days from a friend to watch while they were out of town. They were moved outside to a enclosed pen with a an enclosed hutch. All did well for 2 weeks, but did notice the last part of the second week that...
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    Turkey Poult sick and not getting better after antibiotic - help

    I have about a 4 to 5 week old Standard or Broad Breasted Bronze. At about 2 weeks of age I notice sneezing and lost one poult suddenly, I went out and got Duramycin and started treating water immediately. Also, I know this is not exactly the right thing to do, but he is in with 3 chicks (one...
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    6 week old roo breeding his "momma"

    Ok just caught my little over 6 week old roo breeding his "mother". She laid right down and let him! I know, I know, chickens don't get the mother son relationship, but I can't say it didn't shock me. lol My question is...was this just the act of breeding (though it most definitely looked...
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    White turkey poults...what breed? Please help

    I purchased two white turkey poults this weekend, that a local feed store just happened to have (they only had these two). When I asked what breed the lady told me "I don't know...White turkeys!" so, I'm at a loss as to what they are and if they are broad breasted or not. They didn't look...
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    Help Please! My broody hen hatched in with other chickens

    Here is my story as short as I can. Little hen went broody and tried to break her for 2 weeks. Finally went and got some fertile eggs from a friend and let her sit. Yesterday afternoon she was off the nest but puffed up and chasing everyone. Then noticed she wasn't sitting back on the nest...
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    First time w/ broody hen...sitting started 14 May 12

    My unknown breed hen went broody about 3 weeks ago and though I tried to take eggs from under here and leave her with an empty nest, she still insisted on sitting. So, I got a few hopefully fertile eggs from a friend and she began sitting on Monday, 14 May 12. I tried candling last night (20...
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    Broody Hen sitting...what to do?

    I have a bantam hen that became broody about 2 weeks ago and no roos to fertilize. I tried removing eggs from under her everyday in hopes she would give up, but she hasn't, so I contacted a friend with chickens and roosters to get some possibly fertile eggs. I place 4 eggs in the nest and she...
  19. CamiLynn

    How old for chicks to be introduced to the flock and how to introduce

    I am trying to find out what is good age to introduce chicks to the "flock"? My flock is small right now...1 barred rock hen, 1 bantam hen, 2 RIR hens that are about 5 to 6 months old and a RIR roo that is 5 to 6 months old. I have 11 chicks that are about 3 to 3 and half months old and I...
  20. CamiLynn

    Self-Blue D'uccle? Pullet or roo?

    It might be too soon to tell as it's only about 2 weeks or so old. I was told before it looks like its a self-blue d'uccle and I'm just making sure that hasn't changed...please let me know if you think other wise. I just love this lil one! Its in with 8 standard size chicks that range from...
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