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    Are they still good?

    My chicken has been sitting on eggs for 3 days and today at noon she was still sitting on them but i just got home from work at 6 and she was sitting on a different nest box. I put her back on the right one right away but the eggs already felt cool. Are my eggs ruined??? Do i have to start over?
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    My chickens broody!

    So my chickens were born the last week of Feb. So that makes them 6mths. My question is the eggs are still small and med. size so will they even hatch? I dont want to break her of her broody bc I do want to have chicks if not now, in the future. So should i just let her sit on them and hope or...
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    Egg shells to thick

    My egg shells are very thick and hard to crack. I'm not feeding them calcium or I would take that out of there diet, all I'm feeding them is laying pellets and scratch once or twice a day. How do I make my shells thinner so it is easier to crack?
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    How long till eggs get bigger

    my hens are starting to lay and one of them has been laying for a 3 weeks and i was wondering when they will quit being pee wee and starting turning into large.
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    My chickens arent interested in my nest box.

    They want nothing to do with the nest box i havent seen one go near it. Its 3ft high is it to high? I'm going to add golf balls so they know what to do but if they dont go near it im not sure how it will help. Do i need to lower my nest box some how? i bought it off of eggcartons bc my dad got...
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    A couple of roosters what breed.

    I have a couple of roosters that came from Mcmurrays fly tyers special. There are a couple of them that i think i know i just want to make sure. and then the last one i have no idea what it is. #1 i think is a silver laced rock #2 #3 im thinking maybe a splash andalusian bc i have a...
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    My sisters stupid dog!!

    So my sister has a west highland terrier. She loves to chase my chickens from one side of the coop to the other and she runs around the coop while they are inside. She is crazy when it comes to my chickens. I try to keep her calm and teach her chickens arent her food they are mine. Well i went...
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    how to make my chickens like me?

    whenever i stick my hand in the box all the chickens run from me my week olds only come when i have food in my hand. and my couple of day olds dont come to me at all. how do u get them to like you?
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    giving gatorade to chicks

    i have a couple of chicks not doing to good from the trip. is it ok to give them some deluted gatorade? i think im going to have to cull one but the other two i think will be ok i just have to give them something to give them more energy.
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    I hate Alabama WEATHER!!!

    So last week it was in the 70's, yesterday it was raining all day, today it was in the 50s, and now they say we are supposed to get the snow tonight !!!! and guess what my chickens are suppose to come TOMORROW! i want to do this but with my chickens coming im doing this here i was thinking...
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    Poo eating chickens?

    My chickens peck at everything! i covered up the pine shavings with puppy pads and they scratch and start eating at the pine shavings. then their poo in very dry and they peck at that and eat it. i try to stop them but i cant watch them 24-7 is this ok or how can i stop it.
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    I didn't plan on this w/ PIC

    Today i get a phone call from my brother, and he said that one of his friends in arizona was supposed to get chickens but instead they got shipped to the billing address here in alabama , so his mom had nowhere to keep them and low and behold i now have somewhere around 26 chickens downstairs '...
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    Does Mcmurray call after shipping?

    Will McMurray email me or call me so i know what day they get shipped from their store. They told me they would be to my house the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and i was just wondering if they could give me a heads up? I know the PO calls but i didnt know about them.
  14. beginnerchick08

    Thoughts about J.M hatchery

    I was wondering what people thought about Jm hatchery. i'm looking to raise some guineas but i dont want to wait till may. Jm has them all year long. Are they a good hatchery for the most part?
  15. beginnerchick08

    Should i be worried

    I want to build a chicken coop but i have a well. I was wondering if when it rains the chicken poop can sink into the ground and contaminate the water? The well doesn't have an open top its completely underground but i wanted to know if the poop could leak into the well. If you have any idea it...
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    how much do you sell eggs for?

    I was wondering how much yall sell your eggs for? and who do u sell them to? neighbors friends or grocery stores.
  17. beginnerchick08

    I placed my order!!!

    Ok so one day I was online and I saw something on AOL about raising chickens one thing led to another and now i have 26 chicks coming on march 2. i better get busy building a coop.; I order 3 dominiques, 3 araucanas, 3 anconas, 3 buff lcaed polish, 4 cuckoo maran, 3 golden laced wyandottes, 4...
  18. beginnerchick08

    What type to buy?

    I am so lost, I want to get some chickens but I'm not sure which type to get. I want them to be pretty but I also want them to produce alot of eggs. I live in Alabama so we dont have cold winters and we have very hot summers. Should this make a difference in the type of chickens I get? I was...
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