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  1. guineafowlguy

    My chickens still are not laying.

    My chickens (Production Red, Buff Orpington, Bard Rock, and various sex links) have not been laying well all year and it is getting annoying. When the year first started off we had so many eggs we didn't know what to do with them all. I have 70 hens and they would easily give me 3-4 dozen a...
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    Chickens will never lay.

    I hatched some production reds on Feb, 5, 2013 and have been fighting to get them to lay to this day. I fed them chick starter for 3 months after they hatched and transitioned to 16% protein sweet feed for the next 6 months. I switched them over to layer pellet as they were not laying. I...
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    Looking to grow my own grain. What should i grow for my chickens.

    I have been looking into planting different grains. Some things i have been wondering about is food value and yield. Also i want the option to eat some of it if i like. After all im a chicken. I have tried wheat,oats,corn,and buckwheat and it all failed miserably. (Except for the...
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    my chickens are 4 months past the laying date and no eggs

    These chickens are production reds. I hatched them in Feb. So that would make them around 9 months (More or less) I have been feeding them as much grain as they can eat to try to get them to start. It is 16% protien layer pellet and i have just upped them to 20% I am starting to wonder...
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    My baby turkeys are having trouble. Wont eat their food.

    I have been losing turkeys to this and i need to find out how to stop it. I feed them scratch grains plus whatever free range they want. I didn't give them much grain at first but i have been upping there food to the point were it is ridiculous trying to feed them. Most of the turkeys...
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    My chicken ate so much he is having trouble breathing

    It is one of my buff orpingtons. He ate so much that he fell over and is gasping for air. His craw is packed tight. I ate scratch grains or poultry grains depending on what they call it. Is there any way i can dissolve what is in his craw and give him relief? What do you suggest?
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    I want to learn how to identify diseases myself. Were do i start.

    Hi I have hundreds of chickens and turkeys and every now and then one dies for no apparent reason. Meaning no signs of predation or disease just dead. However we all know they don't just die for no reason. I cant go to the vet every time so he can send it to the lab so how do i become the...
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    Month old baby not felling good. Is there somthing major wrong?

    One of my month old poult's is not looking like he feels very well. He is hunched up and his feathers are ruffled. ( i noticed this 3 days ago and have been trying to figure it out) He is still lively. He comes over to say hi and has plenty of weight on him. I just cant get past the...
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    pics of my new turkeys. Feel free to add more :)

    I just picked up some royal palms they are the prettiest turkey ever. I will share some pics. Here are some of my burbon red babies. Plus one royal palm. Some of the turkeys i already have. The black one in the middle of the picture is a hen believe it or not. I watched her...
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    Hatching turkeys. What temps/ humidity do i use.

    I am going to fill my cabinet incubator with turkeys. There will be about 100. I know they are similar to chickens but not exact. What do have you found to be the best humidity while incubating. Than humidity while hatching. And temps. Thanks
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    Is it yolk sack or intestine. And why is it happening.

    Most chicks hatch absolutely fine....... but every know and then one comes out dragging a red brown object behind them. They always die. I always thought it was intestine but everywhere i read they say it is the yolk sack. I'm sorry but i think i will have to post a photo to help...
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    My poor chicken got a swirlie......

    I hatched out about 50 production reds 5 week ago. I had to bring them inside due to all the snow and they were not quite feathered enough. The problem at this age is they can fly and they stink so were was i going to put them. After much time i said to myself lets put them in one...
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    How to weigh eggs for humidity.

    I have never done this but I'm thinking maybe i should to help my hatch rate. So what do i need to know to do this. Are there charts i can see for examples of what to look for? How do i weigh HUGE eggs vs small eggs. I haven't done this before because i hatch around 200 eggs per...
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    I bought a lot of red sex link eggs. 10 doz Some of these dont look like red sex links lol.

    Some of them are red sex links......But not all of them Hopefully you guys will be able to tell me what i got. Hope no one minds high def photos of cute adorable chicks Also if the red and white ones are red sex links.........than i have 8 hens and 23 roos Hen.... I think...
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    Looking for a list of Temp,Humidity, And Incubation period for most bird species.

    I got an cabinet incubator that holds 150 eggs and such. Ever since i bought it it has been full of chicken eggs. Soon other birds are going to be laying. But not enough for me to fill up the bator. So i will have to hatch them along side with my chickens. I was wanting to know what...
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    Red Leghorns Anyone ever heard of them?

    I have been trying to buy leghorns for a long time. Sadly no one will sell me hatching eggs. Someone came to me and said he had some Red Leghorns. The price is good but i have never heard of any such chicken. I have heard of Brown but never red lol. Do they lay like normal leghorns...
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    Barred Rocks 28 weeks and still not laying

    I have had my barred rocks since the first of September. They are fat healthy and I'm giving them everything i can think of. I have given them oyster shell, put fake eggs in there boxes and tried everything that i can think of. They look fully mature. I wouldn't be able to tell the...
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    My hen is having breathing probs.

    I found a chicken today who was having trouble breathing. She didn't show it. She was acting like a chicken running around chasing things. I just noticed i heard a strange sound coming from her. I piked her up (my chickens don't run away) and heard a rattling noise when she would...
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    I was thinking i might start shipping baby chicks. What do i need to do so :)

    Like the title says I'm thinking about shipping chicks. I have a brensia ova easy 180 and i get around 150 chicks every hatching. I been hatching ever since i bought it I have been hatching anything i can get my hands on but i don't know that i can sell some of the breeds here (such as...
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    Can i give my chickens somthing to fluff in to keep pests and bugs off?

    I was thinking of giving my chickens something to fluff in to kill mites and whatever else might be on them. I know they have bugs on them because i saw them. I was thinking of giving them seven dust to fluff in. They wouldn't eat any of it would they? Or should i give them something...
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