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    Olive egger rooster with EE hen???

    What would this cross create? *From hatchery stock
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    EE Roos!

    For those of you that got your EEs from a hatchery order... did you end up with either an unexpected male, or an extra chick in the order that ended up being a male. I think I have the second one.... at 4 weeks old, I believe I'm seeing the start of 3 rows on the comb of one of my EEs. I ordered...
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    My new batch arrived unexpectedly yesterday!

    So this was my first time ordering chicks in the mail. I've bought from local stores and had a hen hatch them before, but this was completely new. I thought I did every thing right though... I called the post office ahead of time to make sure I knew what they typically did with delivering...
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    1st time ordering chicks

    So I have ordered 6 chicks from Chickens for Backyards. They ship is a couple of weeks. What should I expect? The site says that the post office will likely call me when the chicks arrive, is this correct? What has been your experience with ordering?
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    Tractor Supply and Atwoods breeds

    I'm in the market for a new batch of chicks. I really only need 3, but I plan to buy 6 and get 2 of each breed that I want. I'm looking for RRs, EEs, and a really dark egg layer. I've checked online at several different sites and either the breeds I want aren't available right now, or I have to...
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    Feathers "rotting" off

    I have an EE hen that has been a bit lethargic lately. I have her separated now inside the coop, in a box with a heat lamp. Only thing she seemed interested in this evening was bread. Yesterday her crop was full though, and it did seem like she had eaten some sunflower seeds and food today as...
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    Limping Chick

    This chick is 12 weeks old and has been limping like this for at least 2 days. I noticed it limping several weeks ago, for just a day or two, but not nearly this bad. It was still able to keep up with the flock. Today the chick seems better than yesterday, but it slept in the nest box last night...
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    When will the chicks join the flock?

    I have 4 6 week old chicks with a broody hen. She's starting to hang around the flock more when out free ranging, but I still keep them separated at night because the chicks easily fall off when trying to roost with the flock. Of course the broody is ready to have them sleeping with the big...
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    Mites

    I have 4 3-4 day old chicks with a broody hen. About a week and a half ago, I treated the rest of the flock with adams flea spray for mites. I didn't treat the broody, but I'm sure she has mites, because I saw one on a chick today. The coop is separated for the chicks and hen, and they have a...
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    I need ideas for new nest boxes!

    This is the current set up I have. There were two buckets there before that hen went broody. The buckets were secured with wire to the back fence and there are nails barely sticking out of the front board to hold the buck down. My problems with this set up is that the hens have a bit of...
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    Just a few days to go!

    It's day 18. I have a broody EE on 6 eggs. On day 14, 3 eggs showed appropriate development. 1 did not, but I forgot to take that one out. This is her nest. This is the coop. It's divided in half with a temporary fence to separate the broody on the right. If she gets them off of the nest, they...
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    Adams flea spray for mites

    I sprayed all of my chickens with Adams yesterday, and am wondering if the eggs can be eaten. I was reading on here before using Adams, and some were saying that they did not eat the eggs for about a week....
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    Scaly Leg Mites

    I have a mixed breed rooster with slightly feathered legs that has scaly leg mites. The hens may have them too, I just haven't checked them yet. I was told about a few things that might work such as flea spray, a chlorox solution, and vaseline. However I found this method online and am...
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    Busted egg under broody? Candling?

    Its day 10. I had 11 eggs under a broody. Went to check tonight, 1 had the inner part busting out of the hard shell. Nothing was oozing out. 1 looked like it was cracking. I threw both of those away and checked the rest. I changed the hay and saw that at some point, an egg had busted because the...
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    Candling

    It's day 6 with 11 eggs under a broody. I went to lock everything up and decided to candle a few just by reaching under her and getting what I could reach. How exactly should I hold the egg, and what am I looking for? I have EE, BR, and Australorp eggs. The brown eggs were easy to see through...
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    What breed is my roo?

    I've had him since he was a chick, and he's over 2 years old now. I've yet to figure out what he is, despite asking here before. Everyone seemed to have mixed opinions, which is reasonable since he's just a mix that came from a farm. However, I have eggs under a broody from EEs, an Australorp...
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    Is she broody?

    I have an EE that is a bit over 2 years old. Sunday we noticed her on the nest, either off and on, or she was there all day. They free range. I don't think she's been sitting on the nest the past few days, but she was on it when I went to lock up tonight. Sunday after getting the eggs from her...
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    Molting?

    I have a black EE (she lays a green egg) that appears (hopefully) to be molting, but I would just like to make sure. She is about 19 months I think, and only stopped laying a few weeks ago, if that long. One day I noticed a lot of black feathers laying around, and she seemed to be loosing them...
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    temporarily separating a rooster

    I will soon be introducing 2 pullets into a flock of 7 laying hens. I believe that the introduction will go smoother if the rooster is not around to scare the pullets, since he will be more interested in them than the hens will be. Is it ok to separate him for a few days while the hens get used...
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    Introducing new ones

    I have a flock of 8 that include 1 rooster and 4 hens that are 1.5 years old, and 3 young hens just starting to lay. They have a 10x10 dog kennel coop with a 10x28 run. That run is directed connected to a 12x7 (approx) run that is then attached to a 4x8 chicken tractor. It's basically a long run...
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