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    New chicken isolating herself

    I have a flock of 20 hens and one roo and they free range. I have 20 10 week old poults that I just introduced into the flock. I have one poult who has chosen to live on my porch instead of with the flock. This started this week when I first let them out with the existing flock. I have tried...
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    Newly hatched chick: what is this?

    I hatched chicks for my students at school. Came in today and one that hatched last night has something black coming from it's lower abdomen, around it's foot, back into it's abdomen. Tried to get pictures, they are not the best. From my limited understanding of embryology their abdomens are...
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    Would you eat these eggs?

    This morning I found 6 eggs outside the coop. My girls had been on "lock down" in their coop because they free range and they just started laying the beginning of November. I wanted them to learn to lay in the nest boxes. They were doing good so last week I let them out. I know these eggs are...
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    Help me id my ornamental layers from MM please:)

    This is my first chicken raising experience so please excuse my total lack of breed knowledge. I have 14 layers. I am pretty sure one is a black silkie and I have several different polish but a few I dont know. I do think my surprise is a Barred Rock which I love since I wanted some! Let me know...
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    Coop in an old corn crib

    We just moved to an old farm and I am raising my first batch of chicks who will be layers. There is an old corn crib that was used as a coop by previous owners. My intention was to use it for one as well. I went in to check it out last night and now I'm questioning it. My worries are over the...
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    Egg Yolk was a huge hit

    I've had a little pasty butt going on with my new chicks. I read yogurt, egg yolks, and Braggs vinegar can help. Last night I mashed up cooked egg yolk and put it on a paper plate along with some greek yogurt I had mixed up with a bit of their feed. It was hilarious to watch. They were going...
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    Got my first chicks today!!

    I got the ornamental layer collection from Murray McMurray. Thinking it may of been good to order specific breeds the first time but it will be fun to find out what I have. For now they are very happy in a plastic tote. Hoping to have time this weekend to make a larger brooder. The chicken coop...
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