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    Drawn out hatch day

    When I candled my eggs before lockdown they looked somewhat smaller than i expected them to be. Now it's day 21 and not a bit of action. I kinda figured it would be delayed cuz of the rollercoaster these buggers have been through (temperature problems throughout, power outage, etc. See...
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    Cracked egg advice?

    On day 7 while candling my chicken eggs, my grip slipped and i dropped the one i was holding! Only an inch or two but enough to crack the shell. I quickly patched him up with melted candle wax ( read it somewhere??) and put it back in the incubator with my fingers crossed. Now tonight (day 12)...
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    Rooster or hen?

    Still a beginner with chickens so not too sure with this one! Gimpy is about 4.5 months, I'm guessing EE/ameraucana/who knows what mix. I read that with pea combs the males have3 rows of bumps but this guy just looks like he has a bunch of bumps all over, no rows. What ya think? No crowing or...
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    Can't do the deed and frustrated

    I feel like an idiot :/ I just can't bring myself to kill the bird. He's hanging and I've tried 4 times but I can't bring myself to slice. So mad right now and frustrated.
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    Going away, what to do?

    Hello to all! I'm looking for advice and opinions! My chicks are a week old today and are with mama in a small closed off area inside the main coop with the other chickens(9 others). When I get home from work, I shoo the other chickens out, close the coop door and open up the brooder area so...
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    Mareks vaccine in CANADA?

    im sorry if this has been posted already but i swear ive spent the past few hours searching here and on google on where to find it here in canada (im in BC). jeffers pets doesnt ship it to canada and first state charges $58 just for the shipping :S so im at a total loss of where to purchase it...
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    Chicken run post spacing

    so finally getting around to planning the run for my coop and im wondering what is the best spacing for the posts. im planning to use treated 2x4x8 with 2ft dug into the ground for a 6' height. ill use 1x4 planks to run across the top of the posts and maybe a few diagonally to help keep it all...
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    Boat glass and shower rods!

    Hello all! New chickener here (/wave! ), I'm building (read: gathering materials to build ) for my first coop and I wanted to run a few items by ya'lls to see if I'm good. First off I'm trying to recycle, re-use, up cycle as much as I can hence the mish mash of materials in question. I swear...
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    Hello :)

    Hi all chicken people, I'm new to all things chicken and am pretty stoked to actually have the chance to start this project. We just bought our first house and I'm feeling more excited about getting some chickens set up than working on my own home ;) We have about 2.4 acres of property but half...
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