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    looking for seramas

    Looking to buy some serama chicks or hatching eggs around western ny/ NE ohio/ western PA. I'm not a big fan of mailing stuff i would rather drive a few hours and pick them up. My kids are wanting to show chickens and i hear these aint bad and easy to work with and good temperments. Color dont...
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    Will these egg trays work in a 1502

    Ok so I ordered a 1502 from cutlersupply.com and the only chicken egg trays they showed was some yellow ones that was only 1 dollar each. Other egg trays was for smaller eggs or large eggs or paper. So I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these or use them since I cant find a review...
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    Will she loose the toe? Frostbite...

    I have a younger girl that desided to stay out side the coop for 3 nights and she got frost bite on her toes about 2 weeks ago. The foot was originally white and puffy. I soaked it for first 6 days and kept it wrapped with vet wrap and Neosporin. On the 3-4th day I messed up and popped the...
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    black runners

    Hello let me say I've tried the buy sell trade already and I've tried a few leads but no luck. I'm trying to find black indian runner hatching eggs for around easter time. I've been sent to one person who sent me to a site that didn't sell hatching eggs just ducks. I've been googling my rear off...
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    ISO indian black runner hatching eggs

    I am looking to get some indian black runner hatching eggs for easter time. I know it's early but I don't like to wait and line stuff up. So if you have some and looking for me to spend my money on your hatching eggs rather than some hatchery eggs let me know.
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    black poo

    Ok so i'm in upstate ny. I live next to a grape field and they just did grapes my chickens and turkeys tend to go there a lot I keep chasing them out each day it seems like for past week. Today I notice the turkeys have black diarrhea with what looks like red grape seeds in them. I tried taking...
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    bumblefoot or??

    I just bought this girl two days ago and was looking over her feet today and noticed some scab looking on the pads of her feet. In the middle of the scab is a hole almost like the pad is cracking into thirds or something I tried to take some pics but they didn't turn out the best. I soaked it...
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    starting turkeys

    Ok we started chickens and turkeys this year. For turkeys we got bbb because someone was ordering them already so we had them add 2 more for us. My wife is wanting to keep raising turkeys so I get to do some leg work or try to at least. I have a problem of every time I go to google something...
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    lock down 2 days early

    So some how I got my days mixed up using a calendar. Day one was the 2nd. but some how I got day 18 at the 17th when it should be the 19th. Any idea how much this will affect my hatch rate if at all? I just opened it up and moved them alittle in the cartons I have in there since egg turner is...
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    internal pip but no shell pip

    So day 21 was 8-26-13. I've had a few hatch and helped 2 that piped and zipped some but now I have one that pips inside but not breaking egg at all I noticed it last night when I checked for movements. My hygrometer was reading 6% lower than what it actually is I'm worried about it being...
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    roos or hens

    ok I have 3 birds I think the bantam cochins are roos but the third is an assorted bantam from tsc and its not laying. The cochin wasn't happy to be picked up neck feathers was standing straight up like a dogs hair. Thought I was going to loose some skin. The pic with my wife is an older pic of...
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    brooder question

    I am trying to keep dust down as much as I can cause I want to build a brooder in my mud room. What I was thinking of was using some sorta cloth over the openings except maybe a 2 sq ft on the door. This would be over the hardware cloth. I hear of using furnace filters but wanted something I...
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    Yolk still out side some

    Is it normal for a chick to be born with a little yolk still attached. This is day 18/19 sat is day 21 from what I think is one of the smallest eggs I had of the original 35 eggs. I didn't mess with it because I was afraid to introduce any germs since I'm guessing there will be an open wound...
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    noob here

    I'm new to chickens starting this year. Wife wants turkey's. I don't want mailed pullets or eggs so was wondering if anyone around western ny south of buffalo sold pullets or hatching eggs. i'm currently looking to make an incubator by next weeknd so wouldn't mind some turkey eggs. Wife wants a...
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    turning eggs

    Ok so from what I read chickens turn eggs like every 30 min up to 5 times an hour. Different sources say different amount of times. Why don't auto egg turners turn more then? I hear people saying broody hens chicks seem to be stronger than incubator chicks. Is it the amount of turning? Sorry i'm...
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    anchoring a coop down

    Ok so i'm building a little coop to move my small breeds out of with the big ones. My plans is a 4'x8' coop for like 6 bantams/silkies. I'm worried about it blowing over though. Here is my plans/set up so far. Done list base is 4"x4" every 2 feet with 3, 2"x4"s flat across them long ways with...
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    foot problem

    I got a few chickens this weeknd and when I got back from almost 4 hour drive and had them in with the other chickens I noticed this one chick was limping around so I brought it and the littlest chick inside. The chick eats drinks fine when I try to look at foot/let it don't let on that it's in...
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    white bantams and oegs free western ny will drive some to deliver

    All taken now. Well Of my eleven assorted bantams from TSC I think 5 are roos. So anyone want some roos? I have 3 white ones one with some light feathers on feet. And the other two maybe three seem to be oeg's. These will be free, and I'll drive a bit to drop them off if needed. They are...
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    rot/impact crop?

    My leghorn 1-2 weeks old(was on sale at TS) has a puffed up crop she moves her head around like a snake charmer. We got her this past Friday and I noticed this Saturday. I started the sav a chick probiotic sat night. today I picked up duramycin-10, poly vi sol, and apple cider vinegar and put it...
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    chick moves head/chest wierd

    One or both of my silkies moves head and chest kinda weird they're about 1-2 weeks i'm guessing.(ts had on sale) So what it does and it seem random and I cant watch long enough to see both do it cause of kids and wife. But what they do is sorta like a snake charmer head wobble and where the...
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