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    How do you care for a new mama and chicks, in the main flock?

    I am trying to figure out what I am supposed to do with my new chicks that their mama hen is taking care of. How do I make sure they get enough of their food, when their mama is running all over the coop, scratching and pecking at I don't know what. She has food to eat too, but I put in the...
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    Puncture wound to crop?

    I have a hen who has three puncture wounds, apparently from a dog. One is near or in her crop and there is drainage from it. One is behind her neck and one is on her back. But the skin over the crop is greenish colored. Her food is green. What is the best treatment? I put her in a pen by herself...
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    Bloody injury to neck

    I thought I would share what I am doing for a hen who I believe was attacked by a hawk, which I also believe was chased away by our dog. Anyway, she seems fine, other than she is missing skin on the back of her neck. The blood was dried by the time I noticed her and is just a solid mess. I...
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    Bleeding out

    I believe the best way to kill a chicken is to have someone hold it upside down. With a very, very sharp knife, the other person puts the blade against the skin (not feathers) high up toward where the neck joins the head. Then slit swiftly and firmly. The bird will almost immediatley close its...
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    Selling eggs in CA.

    I went to the Ag. extension online site and a few links to universities and it was a little confusing and complicated. One of the ways it described to wash eggs was to be sure the water was about 100 degrees. However, the information said temps that are more than 50 degrees lower than the eggs...
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    Help. Day Old Weak Chick

    I got a shipment of 26 chicks today. Two were dead and one died shortly thereafter. I checked on the chicks several times. They are in a tub with a light and the usual chicken brooder stuff. This afternoon, one was lying on her back. I picked it up and it didn't even move, just breathing hard...
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    Time it takes to lay an egg

    I wish I had figured out the best search words to use, sooner. I posted on the egg bound thread. Anyway, reading the comments, I can relax now. My Spanish White Face, Sparkle, has been sitting on her nest for well over an hour. She was so much fun to watch, as she went in, then out, then in...
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    My pullet has been on the nest for over an hour

    How long should it take a pullet, once she starts sitting on the nest, to lay her first egg? My Spanish White Face, Sparkle, has been sitting for over an hour and her tail moves up and down, but nothing so far. I do not see an egg protruding, and she stays in the nest, even when I come close by...
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    I'm stumpted

    I have two (well actually three) chickens I cannot ID. I got them as a assortment of "rare and unusual" pullets from Murray McMurray. One is a black hen with a small white patch on her face and has gray legs. She looks a lot like a Minorca, but lays light brown eggs. The other is a Roo and...
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    At What Age are the Combs Fully Developed?

    I have a Roo I am trying to ID. He is gorgeous and looks a lot like a Redcap, but I am not sure if he has the typical Redcap Comb or just a normal Rose Comb. He is 6-7 months old. He also has a beard, so I wonder if I just got a beautiful EE'er. I cannot post pictures right now or I would. Will...
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    More Pictures

    All these are supposed to be purebred rare and/or unusual breeds. Could the first be a Cuckoo Maran? The second one a Silver Phoenix? What are the black ones???? And the last is supposed to be a Crevecour, but no beard??? Thanks. Found my batteries, so I got some more pics up. I am...
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    Trying to ID-New pictures

    Hi everyone. Well, got some new pics, then ran out of battery!! Arggggggg! Oh well. Between a birth with complications and a death in the family, in little over a week of each other, I'm doing good to get these up. Is the white one an EE'eer?She has a small muff. The brown one-Copper Maran...
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    Names of our Crevecoeurs

    Thought it might be fun to tell the names of our chickens. I have only one of these right now. I call her "Grouchilla," because when she was little, she had what looked like eyebrows stickeing up that that reminded me of Groucho Marks. So I called her Groucho Marks, but then decided since she...
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    Can you help me with these ones too/

    I tried to post more than one picture at a time, but couldn't last time, so hope this works. The two on the bottom are black with a little white on face. Don't know what they are either. Thanks all. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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    Please help me identify these chicken breeds.

    I have been able to identify most of my chickens, but a few are perplexing. I need to sell some soon, but can't until I know what they are. Thanks. 1.
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    What the heck breed is this?

    Still trying to learn this system here. Just wondering if anyone can identify the two breeds below. They are out of order. Not sure how that happened or how to correct it, but there are two pictures of the black ones, and the others are a silver grey with tan breast. All are about three months...
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    Rules FYI

    I unintentionally broke the rule of replying to myself, when I loaded pictures. Just wanted everyone to know we are not supposed to do that.
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    ID CHICKS 1-16 (I think).

    I am going to try something different, as I realize that when I post each chick under a new thread, the topic gets lost. So I am going to reply to myself under this thread; post all the pictures, and hope some of you might be able and willing to identify them. I have been able to upload...
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    CHICK 5

    CHICK 5
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    What breed are these?

    I am going to give it another try, to put them all on this post. Before, my text was sent all over the place. I think I see what the problem was, so again, please bare with me. Thanks. These pictures are about two weeks old. This is CHICK 3 Next is CHICK 4
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