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My chickies are 1 week old. I had one after 2days that had a gimpy leg that it could not stand on or tuck underneath its body (it stuck-out perpendicular to its body). So I culled it because it was starving to death(evidenced by its sunken belly and nothing left for egg sac). Well...
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24 days ago I received 16 assorted eggs from halo in florida. Well here is the report. 5/5 EEs hatch woohoo , 5/5 welsummers sadly one had a leg deformity and could not stand., 0/6 of rock mix (upon eggtopsy 5 were unfertilized (no bulleyes) and one inmature embryo.
So 9...
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When a roo mates with a hen, how long does the sperm stay in the hen? Is the sperm used each mating per egg, or does the hen store the sperm for several fertilizations? If she stores it, how long after the roo is removed will she lay fertile eggs?
thanks:
kenny
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I too have caught the bug for Gallus Domesticus. I had been thinking about backyard chickens for about a year now. So in mid december I had a craftsman/tradesman friend build me a coop (He is selling them on Craiglist). I aquired 3 pullets about a month ago. 1 white leghorn and 2...