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    Need Help ASAP Incubator went to hot

    The temperature control in my Hova Bator 1602 still air went bad. Had 5 eggs in there for lock down. This morning it was 110 degrees all were dead. One had pipped and beak was showing. I have eggs that need to go in lock down today, that are in another incubator with an egg turner and lower...
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    Has anyone used Oxine as a Wound cleaner?

    Treating a rooster with tremendous wounds, neck, and back from a fox. He has survived the night and so we want to give him a chance. The hole in his neck is so deep that you can see the spine. Punctures everywhere on this poor guy. But he seems to have a will to live. We hydrated him last night...
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    Broken Bottom Beak - Need Words of Wisdom- Added Pictures

    I have a rooster that has a broken/cracked bottom beak, way back, not near the tip, its at the base of the beak. He is able to eat and drink but it is painful and difficult for him. It is not dangling but it is not in the correct spot. Like he has a minor scissor beak. His top beak could be...
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    Blue Orpington x Gold Laced Wyandotte What would it look like?

    I have a hatch that is from a blue orp roo over blue and black orp hens. I had a gold laced wyandotte that kept jumping the fence to lay her eggs in with them. She was also in with a blue orp roo. I have a few of the chicks that appear to have a rose comb, but one is solid black with the rose...
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    Blue Orpingtons - Pullets and Cockerels

    I have several very nice blue girls and boys. I will sell them as pairs (pullet and cockerel) for $60. Or I will sell pullets only for $50 and cockerels for $40 or less depending on the cockerel. They range in age from 2 months to 4 months. I also have a splash cockerel for $20. Located in...
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    Orpingtons - Blue Pullets, Blue or Black Cockerels, Pairs only - MD

    Central Maryland Pickup only. I need more room. I have 3 blue cockerels and 2 black cockerels that I will pair with blue pullets. All have some english blood in them. All cockerels are 50% english.
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    Splash Question

    I know how you get a splash from splash or a blue, but if you need a splash to make a blue, how do you make a splash "from scratch" so to speak? What started the splash? black and white??
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    Can you show toe punched chicks?

    I'm about to start collecting and hatching eggs and need a good way for Identifying chicks. I really don't like using zip ties because they grow so fast. If I use a toe punch will that get them disqualified from shows? Does toe punching have any other ill affects on them that I should be aware...
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    Show Quality Blue Orpington Cockerels

    I have to many blue cockerels to go through the winter. All are by my part english black Orpington roo. These guys are very big. The pictures were taken about a month ago. Father Some are 6 months and some are 7 months old. Pick up only I don't want to send these guys to the livestock...
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    Orpington Cockerels - Black and Blue

    Orpington cockerels - I will be bringing them to the Frederick show where you can pick up. The above rooster is the father of most of the roosters I'm selling. I have both black and blue. These are very big boys and will definately put some size on the offspring. This is a cockerel that is 5...
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    Multiple Hens with chicks

    It seems that all my girls were hiding eggs on me. Fortunately I found them before the predators. Now I have two hens with two chicks each and a third hen with 10 chicks and one more that will hatch any day now. Can I put them together or will the hens attack the other hens chicks? I'm running...
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    Howard County Fair, West Friendship Maryland August 13th

    On August 13th 4Her's can sell their birds. There are many varieties LF, Bantams, exotic's. Pullets just starting to lay, hens, cockerels, roosters. Exhibition quality, Pet quality. An example of some of the breeds are- Australorp, Orpington, Wyandotte, Barred Rock, Java, Dominque, RIR's...
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    Pullets/Hens/Cockerels/Roosters - Howard County Fair, MD

    The 4Her's are allowed to sell their birds on Saturday August 13th. Many Many varieties LF, Bantams, Exhibition quality, Pet quality. Large number of Pullets just starting to lay. Come out and enjoy the Fair and take home a chicken. All birds have been AI/PT Tested Howard County Fair, West...
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    Can you use Banamine on Poultry???

    I have a hen that I believe is on her way out, I've tried everything. I would like to try pain killer to see if that changes her. What I have on hand is injectable banamine, I can inject or give orally. The only thing I can imagine is that she has a tumor or internal egg laying. IDK, I can't...
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    Very Sleepy, Lethargic hen, UPDATED! Treating with Oxine AH

    I have an 18month old speckled sussex hen that has been in a molt for about 2 months, not a severe molt but a molt, so her comb has been pale from that. The past couple weeks I find her tucked in a corner sleeping. I have checked to make sure she is not egg bound, I have given her a round of...
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    Black Orpington Rooster 50% English

    Black Orpington Rooster 50% English approximately 1 year old. Pick up only Central Maryland
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    Chick with hocks that are double jointed??

    I have a barred rock chick that seems healthy in every aspect except walking when he walks his hocks don't stop the motion and will go absolutely straight causing the chick not to get much forward motion. I think the ligaments are not tight enough and just allow the hock to fully open. I know I...
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    How to cull a chick?

    I have a chick that is missing his top beak and cannot stand. I need to cull him, I tried the vinegar/baking soda in a sealed container, was supposed to do the trick in 1 minute, I left him 20 minutes then took him out. I have put him in a ziplock bag, squeezed as much air out as possible...
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    Pipped but not zipped when do you help and how???

    This is my first hatch and one egg pipped yesterday evening and as of this morning has gone no further. These eggs are very hard. Do I help and if so what do I do. Also I have one egg that pipped during the night but the pip is underneath the egg. I can see some loose shell. Should I turn it...
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    Lavender Orpington Roosters - Maryland

    Lavender Orpington Roosters from very good lines, just starting to crow. Pick up in Central Maryland
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