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    Pavlovskya hatching eggs

    Longshot: Not NPIP certified so local pickup only, Kent Co. MI. These chickens landed in my lap and I'm not a professional breeder. I put a dozen in my incubator and they are all developing, so fertility is good. Colors will be a mixed bag as I don't have the setup to separate for color...
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    Old member reintroduction

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Have had chickens for about 9 years. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? About 50 chickens, but also 5 ducks, 2 muscovies, 15 quail, 3 turkeys (3) What breeds do you have? pavlovskaya, Bielefelder, Blue Andalusian...
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    Turkey hen hatching two breeds and timing question

    I'm going to sound like a complete imbecile. My turkey hen went broody on a clutch of eggs that were a mixture of her own and muscovy eggs (which take a week longer, I knew that). But I let it go because of work and stuff. Things were crazy. A muscovy hen was originally sharing the nest but...
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    Turkey Tom Quandary

    I have a pair of bourbon reds, about one year old. They're probably related as I bought them from the same breeder. I had intended on raising both for T-day dinner last fall but when I found out that they were a pair, I got greedy and hung onto them, hatching their eggs this spring. I've got...
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    Need Help with Duck Pond Ideas

    We have an old, filled-in cistern next to our milk house and barn that would be really cool as a duck pond. I've been planting millet and sorghum in there for the last few years with little success and my husband came up with the pond idea. It sounds good to me. I've never built a pond...
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    Hawk Attacks, need covered run

    I have a red tail hawk that has terrorized my flock for months. It's attacked five times now, unsuccessfully, but finally killed a cockerel this week. Today it grabbed a chick. Not sure if that one will survive. Normally I free range inside an electronet fence that I run around half the coop...
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    Sick chicks, is it the ecoglow?

    They're 1 1/2 weeks old. A few days after hatch their breathing started sounding rough, little raspy and gurgly, sneezy. Now I have two that are sick, lethargic, not eating, drinking, etc. One of the two is worse off, found it under the ecoglow this morning, nearly dead. The other is more...
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    Low humidity during lockdown, is this okay?

    Okay, here's the facts. This is not my first hatch. I've been doing it for a few years now in the same incubator: a hova, circulated air. This is my first hatch with shipped eggs, however. We are in lockdown now, day19. 18 eggs made it this far out of 30. It's the wire mesh floor with a...
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    Vitamin deficiency? And why aren't the vitamins working?

    I have a 3 month old BCM pullet, the only one I've ever been able to get my hands on. When I first brought her home at 1 1/2 months old, I put her into quarantine. About a week in she developed a stubborn case of sour crop. It drained her, physically, and I thought I was going to lose her. I...
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    Egg Song

    For anyone who hasn't heard the egg song and wants to know what it sounds like or for anyone, like myself, who just enjoys hearing it.
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    Legs turned green!!!

    Okay, here's a strange one. One of my wheaten marans pullets, age: 7 weeks, her legs just turned this strange green-blue color. I had sprayed blu-kote on her right leg a couple of weeks ago when one of her leg feathers had been pulled or broken. She was bleeding everywhere and getting pecked...
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    Cockerel with vertigo - dizzy - can't stand

    I have a young roo at about 8 weeks old. He can't stand, falls over if he tries and is obviously very dizzy. He sits there moving his head 'round and 'round and falls over just sitting on the ground and then flaps wildly to regain his footing. The symptoms came on suddenly - I just noticed it...
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    PROOF!

    Proof that dino-- I mean chickens walked the barn before I owned it.
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    Some Sort of Brahma Mix and Gender ID Please?

    Alright, I posted this originally in the brahma thread and they told me that they weren't brahmas and then made me feel stupid for not knowing a brahma from a mix. I contacted the breeder and he said they were purebred buff brahmas and even seemed a little offended that I suggested that they...
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    Chick with birth defects? Advice?

    This little chick is a week old, buff brahma, hatched it myself from hatchery eggs that were not shipped but picked up. I'm not having the best of luck with their eggs. The chicks are overall less healthy than my own flock's chicks. So it has a HOLE on top of its beak, between and in front...
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    DIY Cupboard Facelift or Not?

    Hello. We moved into this house almost exactly a year ago. I am getting around to redecorating the dining room. The nasty wallpaper is coming down, the shag carpet is coming up. I will leave the trim white, paint the walls a slate gray and put dark walnut hardwood floors in. But then there...
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    Eggshell Chalk

    Anyone try this? I'm tempted. My boys love drawing on the concrete walks and I save my eggshells. Normally I pulverize them in an old coffee grinder and compost or feed them back to the hens but this sounds like fun. http://www.make-stuff.com/kids/make_your_own/eggshell_chalk.html
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    Wazine - Controlling worms in the barn ecosystem

    Hey, I'm getting ready to de-worm my chickens for the first time, starting with some wazine 17. I've done a fair bit of reading on here about it but I was wondering if anyone had any information or advice about keeping the entire farm worm free. I have a dozen chickens, three sheep and nine...
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    Seasoned chicken... owners. Flock managment and illness

    I was looking for the old-timer rocking chair thread but it seems it's been closed down I just wanted to know how seasoned chicken owners dealt with managing their flock when they first notice a sick or injured bird, especially when it's not clear what the issue is. I'm not talking about pet...
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    Lethargic bird died, what was it?

    My sister lost a bird overnight. Yesterday it was lethargic, tail down, not eating. She brought her in and bathed her, fearing a bound egg and kept her isolated and warm. She ate and perked up a bit but later started acting stressed, breathing through her mouth (panting?) and then passed away...
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