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    Can a hen keep herself from getting her eggs fertilized?

    I have a silver hen that is 2 yrs old and has had chicks and is proven. I have two cockerels 7 months old and 8 months old. The younger one was with this hen and I had clear eggs. Therefore, I used my older rooster who has fertilized eggs with two different hens on my silver hen. However, I...
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    Sick Chickens have White Chalky wet poop and don't eat or drink and not active

    I don't know what it is but I have a few chickens die even though I try to treat them and keep them warm. I noticed a few days before that my best hen is less active and kinda puffed up. It was a cold morning that day so wasn't sure if she was cold or sick. She ate but a little less than she...
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    Heat in the Hen House is around 103 deg F in the afternoon, would that affect hatching?

    I live in Central California where it can get hot in the afternoon between 2pm and 6pm. The hen house is near shade in the afternoon but it still gets hot in the hen house around 100 - 104 deg F for a few hours. Would this start the incubation on the eggs in the nest box or kill developing...
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    My hen started eating her eggs. What do I do?

    I have a serama hen about 1 year old and I just noticed that she has been eating her eggs. I didn't notice this behavior until owning her for 6 months. At first I thought was not getting a balanced diet, so I feed them a mixture of grains, layer crumbles, and Nutra Blend Gold to her. I also...
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    Is it normal for the broody hen to peck and scratch at the waterer and put water on food to feed her

    Is it normal for the broody hen to peck and scratch at the water dispenser in order put water on food to feed her chicks? The reason for my concern is that it would create a bad habit and cause coccidiosis for her and the chicks in the summer heat in there pen especially if they have poopy...
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    My Cockerel won't eat and is not active. Goes to the corner and sleep. Day 2 like this. Help plea

    Three days ago, it rained a little off and on, so I moved them into the shed that night and put them back in there outside pen the next day because it was sunny. The ground seem pretty dry, maybe a little damp in the edges. Well I noticed yesterday and today that he was not active. So i put...
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    What Triggers the Hen to Start Sitting on Her Eggs?

    My Hen has been laying eggs for a few months and she hasn't gone broody yet. So I stopped collecting her eggs and just want to know what will trigger her to start sitting. What will make her hormones kick in to start incubating? Is it the number of eggs? Is it when she finish laying a clutch...
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    Is a drop in humidity to like 17% for a period of time compromise the incubation?

    I check every morning to see what the humidity was at and I found that it was at 17%, so I added water immediately. However, I am concerned that maybe it was low all night until morning. I am not sure if it was 55% the night before. This was on Day 6. Does this mean that the embryos are dead...
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    How long should I give the chick to hatch after piping?

    It is now going on day 22 and the little chick started piping late on day 19. There has been progress since but not much. The hole he opened up is only a 1/4 of an inch. It doesn't seem like he is trying hard enough. Should I help him out or let him keep trying until he gives up?
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    Hen Drinks too much Water and has Watery Poop!!

    I have a 1 1/2 year old serama hen that just started drinking a lot and has a lot of water in her poops in the last 4 days. She drinks most of it towards the afternoon. It hottest it gets around 75 - 80 degrees and no direct sunlight. She is not panting or anything. Other chickens near her are...
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    Ivermectin or Fenbendazole wormer on 2-1/2 month old chicks

    Is it safe to give a 2-1/2 month old Serama Chick worming treatment like Safeguard liquid goat wormer (Fenbendazole), Ivermectin, or Valbazen? Does Pour on Ivermectin mean it is given topical?
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    Blue Laced Serama Cockerel and Pullet

    Up for re-homing are young 3 -1/2 month cockerel and pullet both for only $35. Shipping will be about $50. They are blue with some lacing and are small and tame. Please PM me if interested or have any questions. I will check it often.
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    What do you do if your chickens start getting picky with the food and wasting it.

    My Seramas are starting to pick out the scratch out of the chicken mix that I feed them. Do I just give them more scratch or wait it out until they will eat all the food that they left out? I am just afraid that they will not eat and get and sick or die. Any suggestions or advise?
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    Need Help My Rooster is lethargic and not active. He lost his appetite Coccidiosis or Sour Crop?

    Need Help Please! I just noticed my rooster is inactive and not really moving or making noise. I don't know what is wrong with him. I do know that his crow the morning before he got sick sounded different. His stool is watery and is very pale yellow almost white. His feathers is not puffed...
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    Quarantining New Chickens

    I understand that you should quarantine new chickens from your existing flock but how about in this case. If I bought 2 chickens from two different places, can they be quarantined in the same shed but different cages? Probably could not quarantine them together in the same cage since they are...
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    First Time Hen Starting to Lay Eggs Seems Undecided to Sit on Eggs

    I Have a 7 month hen starting to lay eggs and she has 6 eggs in the nest and two that I took away. Well yesterday she kept getting off and on the nest until she stayed on overnight. The next morning she was off the nest waiting for food with the others. Well she was not making any clucking...
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    Does my Rooster Have Favus or Fowl Pox? Need Help for Treatment

    My Favorite Rooster recently got these sores on his comb that I don't recognize being new to chickens. I did some research and I am not sure what he has and how to cure it. I really need some advise Please. When I noticed the sore, I looked at pictures I took a couple days before I notice it...
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    Is it too cold for a hen to hatch out eggs

    I have a hen laying eggs and it has been cold in the mornings. The coldest is about 49 degrees in the morning in California. The nest box is in a partially covered outside coop. Will the chick development be jeopardized when the hen gets off to stretch and eat for 45 minutes? Please advise!
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    How Old Does a Rooster have to Be Before He Stops Breeding?

    I have a rooster that is about a year and a half old and I put a hen in and it mounted her. Then I decided to switch her out with two different hens and took the first one out. It has been four days and I haven't seen him mount any of the two hens yet. Is the roosters monogamous or is he too...
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    Cockerel with an older Pullet and younger pullet, Older pullet Dominant

    I have a cockerel that is about 16 weeks and younger pullet that is 11 weeks old. They seem to get alone and stick together. I also have an older pullet that is 20 weeks old. The cockerel is afraid of her and runs away when she comes around. The cockerel is only a little smaller than her and...
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