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    One lone chick survived.....how will I ever add it to the flock alone?

    We had a broody hen..first time, one of our barred rocks became broody and I decided to let her hatch a batch of eggs.(Not my best chicken decision)when I knew that hatching was going to be any day, we took turns listening outside for peeping. Thank goodness we did. Found one lone chick UNDER...
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    Skinny Hens.....Food/water available always!

    Some of my hens are quite thin, they seem to be feeling fine. I feed a complete layer crumble, with a separate feeder filled with crushed oyster shell and a medium grit, (I have the feeder separated with a partition) I have a mix of breeds-5 barred rock, 5 black star, 5 RIR's-these will be 2yrs...
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    MITES!!!! Dusted-they seem a little better, the vet is no help!

    I have a mixed group of birds ranging from my 11/2 yr old girls, to some 6 month olds, and 1 lucky rooster that was mixed in with our last shipment....a few weeks ago I started noticing that I had a barred rock with a bright red botttom, otherwise healthy-didn,t think Too much of it until the...
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    Aggressive 13 Wk Old Rooster....help

    I ordered 25 pullet chicks from cackle, got 25 live chicks one dead in the box.Of the 25 that survived, there were 4 males. Lots of crowing. One of them is VERY aggressive, I have them seaparated from my adult hens, but he is constantly crowing and grabbing the backs of the others necks and...
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    New Layer always lays double yolk eggs????Is this common????

    I have a mixed breed hen that started laying several weeks ago and since her first few eggs, she lays a double yolk egg every day! She is about 25 weeks old and I didn't really expect any eggs to speak of until spring. I don't know what breeds she is , but she lays huge brown eggs. How common...
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    My 18 week old girls have started laying!!!!

    I had a post three or four days ago asking about my 18 week old girls squatting, and was assured that they were getting ready to lay....and as always you guys ere right! Got our first egg three days ago, out in the yard in the dirt, and the last two days she has figured it out and the eggs have...
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    18 week girls, almost ready to lay??????

    I have 22 chickens 6 black star, 5 RIR, 5 barred rock, and 6 new girls that came from someone that had a mixed breed rooster and ended up with too many chicks. My black stars and barred rocks have started crouching when we pet their backs, how long before we see our first eggs??? Any info...
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    My new chickens are getting the tar pecked out of them!!

    I have 16 3 1/2 month old pullets, 5 RIR's, 5 Barred Rock, and 6 black star. Everything was going great until I got 6 new pullets, 5 are mixed breeds, and three of them are almost as big as mine, two are quite a lot smaller than mine and still peep instead of cluck, one is a very timid buff...
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    chick w/string sticking out of vent...lethargic...help!!!!

    My chicks arrived at 8:00am yesterday. All looked healthy and started eating and drinking right away, I noticed that one of them has a piece of the bedding material that they were shipped in protruding from her vent. I didn't think too much about it, I thought it would pass on its own. I gave...
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