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    My 1st hatch - hatch day!

    So excited it's day 21 of my 1st hatch! Started with 23 eggs in my Brinsea Eco 20. 14 were shipped eggs from my pet chicken (vibrant egg layers). The rest were mixed eggs from my own flock. On day 18 I threw out 2 clear eggs - all other developed fully and showed movement! Very impressed...
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    Worried

    I got 17 new baby chicks delivered by mail yesterday. I'm worried because there is a fairly large forest fire burning about 30 miles from here and it is very smokey. I know chicks have delicate respiratory systems...what can I do to help improve their air quality? Or should I just let it go...
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    Could today be any worse? - some help please

    Well I had 13 one month old chicks in a crate on the back porch with a heat lamp on. So I should have known better, but I figured on the back porch with the lights on and me getting up constantly through out the night to feed my baby they'd be safe. Checked on them at 1 and they were fine...
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    Welsummer Gender

    I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this one but I know that Welsummers can be feather sexed fairly easily by those in the know so I thought I'd get a confirmation. I ordered 2 Welsummers in my chick order - one died in shipping. The remaining one is looking a lot like a cockerel...
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    Corrid not working?

    Help please...I feel like I am fighting a losing battle. I have month old chicks in an indoor brooder - it is a wire cage with a plastic floor. They are no longer under a heat lamp because when I turn it on they start panting. They were on pine shavings, but since I started noticing the...
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    What am I dealing with here??

    Hello, any help would be much appreciated! I have two brooders - one houses seven 4 week old chicks and two 10 week old chicks. The second is directly next to it and houses fifteen 2 week old chicks. Yesterday I noticed that one of the older chicks was just standing to the corner of the...
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    Blue Feathering plus Bonus Marans Question

    I have a question. I ordered a blue andalusian chick and a white crested blue polish with my latest chick order. I know that blue is not a true breeding color and I could end up with black or splash chicks. My question is, can you tell which color they will turn out as chicks? The andalusian...
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    Northern California Chicken Rescue

    Hey All, I thought that I would spread the word. On Monday I am going to adopt three former battery hens that were rescued by a group called "Animal Place." They have locations in Grass Valley and Vacaville. Here is a blurb about the 50,000 hens that were abandoned and left to die in their...
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    Quarantine?

    I am thinking about adopting a few ex battery hens. Of course, I want to segregate them from my little flock for a few weeks to make sure they aren't sick. Question is, where do I put them? I have a backyard flock and one coop. Any ideas on what I can use to cheaply and temporarily house a...
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    They're getting the hang of it!!!

    Got my first eggs this week So excited! Three out of four are laying (just waiting on my Wyandotte...she's a little slow).
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    My poor boy....

    My young roo Lucifer was already under the weather with fowl pox. He was out in the backyard with his girls, mudbathing happily under the trees. I was inside in the AC. I heard a noise and looked out the window to see a puff of white feathers on the ground - my worst nightmare! I dashed out...
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    Fowl Pox..weird sounds...

    So my cockerel came down with a mild case of fowl pox a couple of weeks ago. He has some small black dots on his comb and that's it. I decided to let the disease run its course after doing some reading on the subject. We have had 110 degree weather here for the past week straight and I think...
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    Off balance cockerel

    Hello All, I have a 4 month old Delaware cockerel. Over the past few weeks I have noticed something is a little "off" about him. He is the largest chicken in my flock and is very active/crows/begs for treats/etc. When I look at him, it is almost like his body is leaning to one side. The...
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    Oyster shell...vegetarian?

    This may be a weird question, but if you are trying to feed your chickens a natural "vegetarian" diet (excluding bugs, etc. that are found in the yard), should oyster shells be offered? Would a hen still be considered "vegetarian" fed if she is given oyster shell (which I assume is a product of...
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    Easter Egger Cross

    Just a quick question if anyone can settle my curiosity: Does an EE x any other breed = easter egger? Will they still lay tinted eggs?
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    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte - Sex?

    A few weeks ago I posted some pics of my BLRW and the opinions were mixed. S/he's now over 10 weeks old. I have not seen much development in the past few weeks and she looks nothing like my Delaware rooster who is the same age (obviously large red comb and wattles). I noticed the rest of my...
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    Hello Hello from just outside Sacramento!

    Hi everyone, I'm Michelle and am a new chicken owner from Citrus Heights, about 30 mins outside Sacramento. This forum has been a LIFESAVER and I so appreciate all of the expertise that the veteran chicken raisers here bestow on us newbies. I also love reading the "identify the gender" threads...
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    Hen or Roo...a little help for a first time "mother hen" :)

    Hello, all! I am new to backyard chicken keeping and this forum has been a life saver! I am hoping the chicken experts here wouldn't mind helping a newbie sex her chickies? They are all between 8-9 weeks old: Golden Campine (very skittish, small bird). S/he has a beautiful sleek look and...
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    Chick with bald spot on belly

    Hello, I have a two week old Maran chick that I today noticed has a long balding spot on her belly. She has been growing fine and feathering out. When I picked her up today she kind of made more noise than normal and seemed distressed like I was hurting her. I flipped her over and saw that...
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