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    Its Happening

    Okay friends, I know you have heard this a million times but I have tried for a year to incubate some eggs. I first a giant homemade one that was given to me that makes a better bator for plants than chicks as I never got one hatch. I got a I think its called a Little Man and couldnt get the...
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    My duck eggs smell swampy

    Now this is going to sound really silly, but my duck eggs smell swampy and they lay with my chickens whose eggs smell fine. My kids dont want to eat them because of the smell. Let me rephrase, the shell smells swampy not the inside. Is there a way to clean them to get rid of the smell. I will be...
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    Ordering chickens for a 12 year old boy in 4h

    Hey guys, Its been along time since i have logged on. Wow I have had my chickens for over 2 years now. I have a had several varieties and I know what I like. My son who is 12 joined 4H this year with Poultry. I told him in spring time i would order him a couple of chicks of his choice to start...
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    My home grown fryers are way to tough, ideas?

    This is probably a silly post but I am wondering why the fryers we have grown from babies and now are in the freezer are so tough. Every single one that we have cooked have been so hard to eat. The store bought chicken is not that way. I am cooking the same exact way. What could I be doing wrong...
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    article on a hatchery with poor treatment of chicks.

    By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted chicks by sending them alive into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor. Chicago-based Mercy for...
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    Tansy

    I was curious if Tansy is toxic to goats as it is to Horses, would any of you know that?
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    I was told...

    Good Morning Everyone I recently recieved my new duck friends. They will be a year old in Novemeber and are laying consistently. I was told that I could not feed them the chickens Layer Crumble and that they needed an all purpose poultry food. I was told that the Layer crumble could not be...
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    Observed bahavior

    My americauna is getting ready to lay an egg so I thought I would sit in and watch. She was sitting in her nest and grabbing shavings and pieces of hay from around her and putting them on her back. Other stuff she would nuzzle up next to her. She looked pretty comfortable and like this was...
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    1.5 year old Beautiful Silver Laced Rooster - Roy, WASHINGTON

    1.5 year old Beautiful Silver Laced Rooster we call Fred. He needs more hens than I have. My girls need a break as they are completely oversexed. We have not found one of our eggs not fertilized in the last nine months. He is a great protector of the flock, beautiful to look at and he...
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    Horrible Problem and very angry

    I have 2 silver laced babies that are about 2 months old, and every day that I go into the coop, they have killed another chicken. I ended up putting them in with the big girls as I am sure they can hold their own. Im not sure what to think about this. Why are they doing it. The chickens they...
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    Silver Penciled Wyandotte Owners/Breeders

    Well, I have finally figured out what our rare chick was from McMurrays. Silver Penciled Wyandotte. I have looked online to find out more about this chick and why it is a rare chick but every article says the same thing. They all must have copied the original author. So to all of you out there...
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    thought this picture may help new chick hatcher

    I found this and I find it helpful in understand what stages my unhatched chicks are in. My eggs are dark brown and hard to view. Enjoy P.S. If this is too small for you to view well, message me and I will email it to you.
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    intro to the big girls

    when and how is a good time to introduce my chicks to the adults outside? They are getting too big for my brooder and my chicken house is big they will be fine in there and will have a heat light. I just dont want to cause troubles outside in the pen.
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    bantam eggs

    Here is a really silly questions. I recieved some very beautiful aracauna chicks today. Can you eat their eggs or rather is it worth it? i have 5 chicks
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    YEA, incubating eggs

    Well I had to share with my new friends who love chickens as much as i do. My everyday friends just dont seem to understand my excitement. So, I started incubation in my new homemade incubator and was really nervous. After reading all the stories on here, I just decided to go for it. What was it...
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    to help prevent and treat respiratory problems

    From a lady who raises very expensive Malaysian Seramas. Might help those of you who have birds who are sick... I dont know if this works but I thought I would share. Would you like to use some natural, household ingredients, to whip up a tonic for your birds to help prevent and treat...
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    how to position the egg in the incubator

    So I am a little confused on which way to lay the egg in my incubator. I have a homemade one that uses cartons. However I know you store them big side up. and I know they need to be turned. When you think of the hen, she doesnt have her eggs big side up. What is the best way to position them and...
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    eatting fertilized eggs

    Okay so I was approached by a friend who had been eatting the eggs I was sharing and was asked if it was okay to eat the eggs if they were fertilized. I said I have been doing if for quite awhile and noticed to difference. Its not like my eggs sit under the chicken and start to grow, we remove...
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    My new babies

    I received my new wyandotte babies today. I also picked up a homemade incubator and it is keeping them wonderfully. I took all of the incubating stuff out but it is keeping them plenty warm and happy. thanks for looking and sharing my joy
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    Introduction

    Well Hello All, My name is Kelly. I have been viewing this site for quite some time. I got my chicks in the end of May and 2 of the 5 have started to lay. Im very excited. I love my girls and they are great pets. Often their nails are painted . I live in Washington State and I have five hens and...
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