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    Day 57

    Whats the longest you have let emu eggs go for? Im on day 57 from my own pair of emus. So no shipping or trauma involved for the eggs. They have all done the forward tilt thing. Tapping is still a nice dull thud. No china ping. No leaking. No bad smells. Cool air cell end, warm on the other end...
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    What are these two? 30 weeks. Can’t tell

    My friend sent me these photos tonite. 30 weeks. Not laying. Not crowing much bigger than the other three hens. We can’t decide. They were supposed to be Copper Marans. The three other hens def are. bird 1bird 2 thanks for your imput. Body says hen. But those pointy feathers and size make her...
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    Duck eggs not developing

    Hey Everyone. I hope I can get some help. I just chunked batch 2 of duck eggs (Rouens) for never developing. On spot checks at least half my eggs have been fertile. This batch was of 20 eggs. I cracked every single one and 11/20 were fertile with zero development on day 9. Forced air incubator...
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    Fatty Bird

    Had the unfortunate experience of needing to process my birds this morning as my dog decided after 3 years of harmonious living he wanted to kill them all. In any case meat was ruined for human consumption, but since the dog is on a raw diet I got to work processing my first birds. My...
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    They attack on her Que..

    I have 3, 2 year old hens(two BR and an EE). I lost a hen early this spring to egg binding so decided to replace her with 2 new chicks. Those chicks are now 15 weeks old(buff orphingtons). They have been housed in a large dog kennel in the yard and free ranging with the other hens for a number...
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    USDA retail mandates?

    Curious to know if anyone has come across this situation. I lost a hen last week and went to my local somewhat big box local farm store and they have all the chics in lockdown with a sign that says the USDA says the chicks cannot be handled until time of purchase. Fair enough, probably better...
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    2 eggs in one day

    I have 4 chickens, 2 are EEs. One lays large blue eggs and the other med/large green eggs. Well, I have 2 very warm green eggs with the rest of the eggs today. Is that even possible!? She laid an egg yesterday too and I did have a blue egg so I know it's not my other EE.
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    Freezing egg issues anyone?

    We got our first real snow with very cold temps here in southern Colorado yesterday. I only have one lady laying as of now. I went out yesterday around the time she usually lays and saw no egg, but had noticed that since there was 2 inches of snow on the ground they had ZERO interest in...
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    26 weeks, no eggs. You are all invited to my pity party!

    Well, 26 weeks now. 2 EEs and 2 barred rocks. Not a single egg or any egg laying behavior. Nice red waddles. Am I going to have to wait until spring? I've had them all since they were 1 week, so I am 110% sure of their age. Sorry I know sooo many of these posts, but maybe since I posted...
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    Coop Training when you can't lock em' in..How to?

    Ok, so we finally got our coop done and the girls have been able to use it for 3 days now. I cannot lock them in for a week because the temps are mid to upper 90s here. How on earth do I home them?! They will not walk up the ramp and go into the coop. They go to the top and turn around...
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    Is my EE a hen or roo

    I am still confused on the whole using the feather thing to sex these birds. I am seeing more and more red spots on this one and I want to make sure its not a roo. About 13 weeks old now Thanks guys!
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    Finally we got the project going

    Well the coop is probably about 50% done. So far the total cost has been about 6 bucks for some screws. Hubby got a couple pallets used for shipping metal to use for the coop. So this is the wood. One pallet was already taken apart. They were 8 ft long We decided to go ahead with a...
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    Coop O' Procrastination

    Well, we put building our coop off for far too long do to heat and Army taking bit of hubby's time on the weekends. The girls finally outgrew their wardrobe box brooder this weekend. So we opted for a temp solution that involves my dogs old extra large wire crate with a turned over plastic...
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    I wanna play What Are My Barred Rocks!!

    Gosh the more I read on sexing these guys the more worried I get!! I am pretty sure both mine are female, but the one is growing slower. Anyways, here they are! Dorothy Sophia-This is the one I am not so sure about. Same age, but feathering and growing slower. There is a pretty good...
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    easter eggers, right?

    My little brown one were sold to me as Ameraucanas, of course as I have read through here that is probably not the case. So just double checking!
  16. Euphillia

    Can chicks be runts?

    I have 2 barred rock chicks that are about 3 weeks old now and 2 easter eggers I believe. Anyways, one of my barred rock chicks is seriously not growing at the rate as the other 3. Probably about half the size actually. She seems to be eating the same as the others, very active and otherwise...
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    Will this be enough?

    Ok, so just making sure that 16sq ft is enough for 4 hens. Nest boxes will be attached so they won't take up any space inside. Also an attached run, not sure how big yet. They will be mostly free range as we have a large back yard for them to cruise while I am at home. Hubby has lots of...
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    Hello From Colorado!

    Very new to chickens. Have been wanting a couple FOREVER!! So I ended up with 2 New Hampshire Red chicks. Both are a little over a week now and living in the house until we build the coop! Probably a small tractor as we intend to allow free range in the yard(I'm home all day). Look forward to...
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