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    My chickens are broken

    It's the first time we've waited for 23 weeks and not one egg. I think our chickens are defective.
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    My chickens are addicted......

    Addiction. It's hard to talk about. It's an ugly thing. My chickens have become.....how do I put it......mice eaters. It started slowly, and when you see a chicken gulp down a mouse, right then you know they are the direct descendants of dinosaurs. Mean ones. Now, these chickens actually hunt...
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    Chicken Coop Remodeling Idea

    Firstly, I can't ask for directions when I'm lost. But, I do need a little information about expanding my coop. My coop as it is right now will hold 16 chickens to roost comfortably. It's snug up in the roosting area but they do like it in Winter. I'm going to 24 chickens and need to expand my...
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    Baby chicks form a ball?

    Easter has come and gone and the baby chicks have already started showing up. I was given 4 BSL's last night by a woman that used them for Easter festivities. It happens every year. Anywho, my broody chicken has a clutch right now so I had to put them in the brooder under a lamp. At 2 AM I went...
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    Do Australorps like to ride?

    I've known of the Australorp breed for many years but never had any in the flock until now. I ordered 10 pullets but only 8 were girls looks like. I have a super broody hen and she took to them instantly. She always does. You know how baby chicks will get up on the hen' back and sit there? Seen...
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    Sexing the Australorp. Mystery or Myth?

    I have wanted to add some Australorp to the coop for a while now. I've decided to run up to the hatchery and pick up a dozen pullets. While doing a little research I've read these horror stories of people receiving 10 cockerels and 2 pullets in an all pullet order. Is the Australorp that hard to...
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    Do you always get a Rooster?

    Is this a cockerel? They are sex links of some type but is one white enough to be a cockerel? We buy mixed pullets........we get a Rooster. We buy more pullets.......we get a Rooster. We find chicks in a TS parking lot...???
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    Recycled Chickens

    Terrible photo. These chicks were found just after Easter. A woman had bought these from Tractor Supply for easter baskets and tried to return them to Tractor Supply. I found all of this out after talking to the cashier when I found them sitting in a box out in the parking lot. I didn't ask any...
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    Youtube and Bumblefoot

    Our year old Welsummer got Bumblefoot. We caught it early I'm guessing because it didn't have near the infected tissue as some of the Bumblefoot cases I have seen on video. Our chicken had the swollen area at the base of her middle toe. I watched 5 videos of slightly different techniques on...
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    Chickens on Strike

    We have 14 chickens all about 18 months old. They have laid like machines since a year ago. We would get 9 to 12 eggs per day like clockwork. The chickens started molting around July and since then only 8 have molted and 6 have not. The 6 probably will not molt or very little since they are bred...
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    Mystery Chicken Death

    I have a BSL (18 months old) that came out of the coop this morning along with 14 other chickens. I threw out a scoop of chicken scratch and they all started scratching and eating. Everyone was fine and in good shape. 4 hours later I look out of the kitchen window and one of my BSL's is lying on...
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    Black Widow Spiders

    My chickens will hunt through the firewood nearly everyday and eat bugs. We have no problems with insect pests or mice, the chickens eat them all. Now, I've seen this several times but I never asked about it, how can a chicken eat 3 large black widow spiders and not effect them in the least? As...
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    These are hard to figure out.

    Put them with the big chickens this morning and they mixed right in for the most part. If I can get the cockerel to stop challenging the laying hens they won't beat him up so bad.
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    C-Section Chick

    Don't call the Fire Department just yet. I had one egg pip and a piece of shell comes off but the white lining is still intact. I wait 24 hours and this chick is screaming inside the shell. I decided to go in. I increased the pip hole and saw the beak, still chirping like crazy. So I chipped a...
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    Day 21 @ 06:00 AM Today. Couple of Questions.

    At 06:00 today I found one pipped egg. By 08:00 we had a chick running around in the incubator and three other eggs had pipped. Couple of questions. The chick that is out is moving the other eggs around, should I worry? The first egg that pipped hatched in two hours and the other 3 eggs have...
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    Too many clears

    Day 15 and I candled 18 clear eggs out of 26 eggs. Depressing. Although, it looks like 8 eggs are alive and doing well. I guess the rooster didn't get it done. Super depressing.
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    Humidity dropping fast.

    When I started the incubation 7 days ago, the humidity was easy to control. A few drops of water in each (2) trays brought the humidity up to 60%. I opened the vents on the incubator and in hours it dropped to 45% and I have kept it at 45% since then without adding water. Yesterday, on the 6th...
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    Just candled a 4 day egg.

    Firstly, keep your pants on. I know to check eggs at 7-10 days, 14 days and at 18 days before lockdown. I wanted to see what 1 egg looked like a 4 days. I have a bright light I modified into a fine candler and we candled just one egg, sterile conditions and returned it to the incubator without...
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    What's up with the humidity?

    I have read so many different opinions about the humidity level for hatching chicks. There doesn't seem to be a debate on temperature, 99.5 is the constant answer for fan ventilated incubators. Although, I have read about the humidity level in the incubator from several sources and found out...
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    Can chickens carry an egg?

    I have a semi broody chicken that is on and off the nest and I tried to get her to bloom broody with some (4) ceramic eggs. It didn't work. I went out to the the broody box (non-broody box) to get the ceramic eggs and throw the box into the creek. Only 3 eggs? What happened to the 4th egg? Oh...
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