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    chick starter feed

    I just joined a mama and her baby she hatched wwith my other 4 girls. The mama and baby (who is 1 month and 10 days) have been eating the chick starter feed. Now that I have combined them all together is there any problem if I feed what chick starter I have left to all of the hens that I have...
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    hatching eggs, one? Or multiple?

    I have a buff orphington that is going through her broody stage right now. I have always just ever bought chick's. Never eggs. But I am considering it. If I decide to do it, how many should I do? Can I do just one or two? Or do I need more? And advice is appreciated
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    New Bantam Old English Gamebird.

    I have 7 standard hens and 1 bantam hen as part if my flock. I just got my son a new bantam wheaten old English Gamebird. Right now I have her in a seperate coop for quarentine and because we will be using her as a show bird for 4-h. Does anyone think she will be ok by herself until July? Then I...
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    Can these girls go outside?

    These are my two olive eggers, and lavender orphington ( about 5 weeks old ). If I put a light in the coop outside ( pictured ) do you think they will be ok? Our nights had been getting Down to about low 40's
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    Can my chicks go outside.

    I have an 11 week old buff orphington, and a 12 week old white Plymouth Rock. The coop has solid sides except wiring just along the top. It has an open wire door. It is suppose to get into the 40's tonight. They are fully feathered. Do you think they will be ok?
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    No more eggs after worming, Why?

    I have a bantam gold laced Wyandotte, and a bantam Columbian Wyandotte. I wormed them for the first time last April (2013), and they were both just over a year old then maybe 14 months. After that I have not gotten another egg since from the gold laced. And the Columbian was scattered for a...
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    Are hatcheries good or not so good?

    I have two kids in 4-h that do show hens. All of my hens in my backyard we have gotten from a fairly local hatchery. I love my girls. My son is looking to show a bantam size Easter egger. I have been looking around and they seem to be pretty scarce (or I'm not looking in the right spot). I am in...
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    a large mass on my black sex links neck

    I have a black sexlink. I have been in and out of the house this past week. Now that I am home I went to go hang out with "My girls" in the back yard and I notice that she has a huge mass on the side of her neck. More specifically the left side of her neck. It has a scab on it so I know she has...
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    Wyandotte or Plymouth Rock

    Looking for some info. My done went took his hen to the county fair today. We purchased her from a local hatchery. He told us she was a bantam gold laced Wyandotte. But he has a single comb which is not typical for a Wyandotte. Wyandotte characteristic is a rose comb. He said it is a gold laced...
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    Bantam Wyandotte issues

    I have a bantam god laced Wyandotte and a bantam columbian Wyandotte. My kids are in 4-h and are using these two for showmanship only. We have had a couple of funny things happen with them recently. First of all we saw some signs of worms so we wormed them in April. I haven gotten any eggs out...
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    Needing some advice on some of our problems.

    I have had a my hens since October of 2012, We have a huge coop in our back yard, huge yard for them to roam, and the get roaming time quite a bit every day. We clean the coop every weekend. I have 12 hens. Things have been great up until recently. We started having some problems recently...
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    added 2 new hens and now no eggs.

    I have a buff brahma, blue laced Wyandotte, black sex link, easter egger, 2 baby gold sex links, a baby light brahma, and a baby barred rock. We added 2 americaunas that we received from a lady and supposedly they are about 15 months old. She indicated that they were laying on a regular bases...
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    do my chickens have worms?

    I have been reading a few different threads on this but i am confused.I walked outside today and there was one of my chickens droppins that has little white sprouts on it. It didnt look like the long worms that most threads are talking about. I am worried it might be worms. Also, last night i...
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    weezing in my bantam columbian wyandotte

    I have my bantam columbian wyandotte. she was going through what we thought was a broody phase which she seems to have come out of. Now we went outside today and when you pick her up she usually will sqwak a bit. but today it sounds more like she is having an asthma attack. Her beak stays open...
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    need some help with broody hen introductions.

    I hope someone can help me. We were intersted in getting baby chicks. We got them today. 2, 5 day old golden sexlinks, 1, 4 week old dark brahma, and 1, 3 week old barred rock. I have an area set up with for the chicks with the light, the food, shavings and everything. I also have a hen in my...
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    bantam columbian wyandotte wont leave the coop

    I have a bantam columbian wyandotte that used to be very social with the others in our flock. The last week she just sits in the nesting box all day and all night. i am sure she comes out during the day to eat, but we are at work so i have not actually witnessed her eating. My son has gone out...
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    One of my hens will not sleep in the coop anymore.

    I am very new to having chickens, as well as posting in forums. We got 4 hens from a local hatchery on October 13th They were about 25 weeks then . A bantam columbian wyandotte, a bantam gold laced wyandotte, a buff brahma, and a blue laced red wyandotte splash. We still have no eggs but arent...
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