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    Sick and weak chicken! Help me!

    Alright so my right leghorn flopsy who I've had for about a year and a half has been acting strange. She's all huntched up, laying down a lot, looking weak, and not laying any eggs! I did everything I could to treat for egg binding in a hen, (bathe in warm water, massage, etc.) and I don't...
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    7 days in with incubating eggs!! And some Q's!

    So as you can see In my other threads, i have had quite a difficult time with temperature spikes in my incubator, which made me believe that the 9 eggs I have in there would die! :( BUT HOLY CRAP GUESS WHAT. I decided 'hey why not check em' and I candled them at day 7 (today) and EVERY SINGLE...
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    108 in incubator!!

    So I had a stable temp of 99 last night when I checked at 10 pm. But when I checked this morning, the water all evaporated and the temp was 108!!! Will this kill my eggs it's only their second day in the incubator. It was 108 I'm assuming for five hours, it's back to 99 now
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    Problems with lighting in incubator help!

    So I've got the whole homemade styrofoam incubate set up and when I put the thermometer/hygrometer in and checked on it later, it said 109! It's only a 40 watt white bulb and is on the other side of my incubator. I've tried aiming the fan at the thermometer, poking good sized holes.. Any...
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    Questions on incubating!

    Okay so I got a new rooster after I discovered the other one I borrowed was six years old and no longer 'interested' and he is wonderful! Today I got 6/8 eggs that were fertile! Anticipating this, I made a styrofoam incubator, because I know for a fact none of my hens would sit. It's got a 40...
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    Distant, Sick looking chicken!

    Hey folks, I came home from church today to discover that my white leghorn was acting a little strange.. She was and is still laying down in a corner of the coop with her eyes shut, tail down, and looking really depressed! I didn't get an egg from her today that I know of... So what is the deal...
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    My new white leghorn rooster. When will he breed??

    So after I lost a few hens to getting hit, eaten by coydogs, etc.. I've decided to keep my hens inside (meaning their large run and coop). Now I want to babies! My neighbor has 60+ chickens and of those, 20 are roosters. He let me borrow one for a few months so it and my hens can breed and have...
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    Blood drops and bloody broken eggs!! HELP.

    Okay so I go to my coop this morning and the first thing I see in my run is what looks like the membrane of the egg with pieces of shell on it and it was COVERED in blood. I picked it up and threw it outside. So I go in my coop and ontop of the nesting boxes is a 2 in width puddle of blood!! And...
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    How to fix my muddy run!? Help!

    Okay so I have a chicken run and a coop inside it, the run is about 15x20 And I have 13 chickens now. Now my problem is that I have a GROSS, POOPY, MUDDY run!! I have put hay down in the past after it rains to soak up the moisture, but after a week it gets all poop covered and smelly and it's...
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    How to start free ranging my hens?

    Okay so I have 12 hens (4 RR's, 4 white leghorns, 2 brown leghorns, a salmon favorelle and an unidentified hen) and and I've had then for about a year now. They have a large cool and a large run. But I've always wanted to get them to free range while I'm outside. I'm just scare that they'll...
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    Broken egg inside hen!! HELP

    Okay, so as I said in my other post, my hen is not feeling very well. She is certain puffy and not eating much. After extended amounts of research on backyard chickens and Dave's pet chicken blog, I've come to the conclusion that an egg has broken in her. I've have not seen her poop today, and...
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    My chicken looks very sick! Help! Emergency!

    Alright so this week, my white leghorn has been getting very 'poofy' looking... At first I thought she just needed to lay a big egg or something. But she didn't lay an egg, in fact, she hasn't laid an egg all week! She is very POOFED OUT! I mean, like a marshmallow! She doesn't sleep on the...
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    Chickens not laying as much? Help!

    Well I have 12 chickens (all hens.) one is young so she doesn't lay, bit the other Ellen lay eggs everyday. Now, I know that during the cold time of the year, (I live in nh) that the hens will stop laying unless certain measure are taken to keep them going. I have personally wrapped up they're...
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    What breed is my hen? Polish mixed with...?

    Hi there, The photo on my avatar is of my beloved hen, Gracie. I had gotten her from a chicken swap up here in Tilton, Nh. She about 7 months and is laying! What breed is she?! The seller said she was a polish mixed with something she didn't know of. She lays an olive color, has black feather...
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    Keep eggs from freezing...?

    My hens don't seem to like to sit on top of their eggs and with winter around the corner, I'm worried that they'll freeze... I don't quite want to have to use a heating lamp unless I HAVE to.
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    New member!

    Hi there! I'm a father of 4 Rhode Island reds, 3 white leghorns, 2 brown leghorns, a white+brown leghorn mix, a salmon favoralle, and a black polish mix! I have raised them since chicks and all have started to lay except the favoralle, which I believe is coming to be infertile because she is...
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    PLEASE HELP! My White leghorn is acting very strange after an incident!

    I'm fairly new to the chicken raising world, and so I need your help! As I was walking into my coop this morning for the chickens daily food, they all tried to jump outside. As a reflex I tried to shut the door. But it wouldn't shut all the way! I look over and my white leghorns head is in the...
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