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    "Farm Fresh Eggs Are Pooped On" R U Kidding?

    I sell most of my eggs to a professional pastry chef and the rest go to a few regular customers at work. I occassionally give a dozen eggs to someone to try and "hook" them and most of the time it works. The other day, a coworker I gave eggs to said she would buy them if she didn't have to eat...
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    Wanted - Show Quality Standard Light Brahmas

    Title says it all. Looking for show quality light brahmas. Eggs or young fowl.
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    What caused my rooster's tail to get droopy?

    I have a gorgeous Buff Brahma Bantam Rooster who is about 6 months old. He was just fine until last week when I noticed his tail feathers are no longer arched - they are sagging and droopy. He does not seem ill but it sure looks bizzarre. Anyone?
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    Gentle Rooster Turned Aggressive Turned Chicken Dinner

    I had a wonderful Barred Rock Rooster - hatched him in November 2008 and he had been the most wonderful boy up until the past couple of weeks - he started randomly attacking my son while he would feed, water and collect eggs. I thought he was doing something to provoke the Roo but hubby said he...
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    Fertile Buff Brahma Bantam Eggs - 8+

    For Sale - 8+ Fertile Buff Brahman Bantam Hatching Eggs - Purebred - out of show stock. Eggs collected daily - will ship at conclusion of auction. I can accept PayPal for immediate shipping. I currently have 25 eggs in the incubator for a hatch date of May 1st, May 4th and May 9th. You will...
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    Vent Attack - Graphic but Need Help/Advice

    My son found a pullet in the flock this morning with a seriously attacked vent - I'm thinking the nearly 4 oz egg in the barn came from her and must have caused a bit of prolapse and the other chickens really attacked her - she was very bloody and "extruded" when I found her - I brought her to...
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    Happy New Year to NINE baby White Leghorn Bantams!

    Checked the incubator at midnight and had 5 pips on 10 eggs. Woke up at about 5:30 am to 3 newly hatched chicks and 2 more by 8 am. The 6th chick needed a little assistance as the shell was zipped about 90% but the membrane was starting to dry on the down so I used a wet paper towel to moisten...
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    Nasty Eggs from New Pullet - will it go away?

    I have new pullets starting to lay - one in particular is laying the weirdest/oddest shaped and textured eggs with curly cues on the end that look like an ice cream swirl, very rough sandpaper like texture and every single egg for the past week has had nasty blood gunk spots in it. I am not...
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    What caused my rooster to die?

    It was rainy all yesterday - one of the 5 month old cockerel Buff Brahma Bantams was not in the barn last night around 6 but was back at 10:30 soaking wet. This morning he was dead. I have no clue. Should I have brought him inside and dried him off?
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    Duramycin-10 Need answer for laying hens

    I purchased Duramycin-10 (tetracycline hydrochloride soluble powder) because my birds are wheezing since bringing them home from the fair. It says to treat for 7-14 days but not for use in laying hens producing eggs for human consumption. What is the withdrawal period and when are the eggs...
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    Opossum - pest or predator?

    My son went to the barn the other night and found a baby opossum (not terribly small but able to squeeze through a 2 inch place between the 4"x6" post and the wall and it was in with my 3 month old chicks. It left promptly - the chicks were highly distressed - it didn't bother them - don't know...
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    How soon after hatching chicks will a broody hen start to lay?

    I had a young hen go broody and she just hatched her chicks on June 1, 2 & 3rd - how long before she will start to lay eggs again?
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    Scrambled Eggs and Broody Hen

    I have a Barred Rock hen who decided 10 days ago that she would be broody. Now my book from Meyers says "infrequent" for broodiness on a BR but someone forgot to tell this hen. I don't mind - it's my first time ever having a hen that will hatch chicks. I'm going to move her tonight though -...
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    Day 19 - Eggs are pipping!

    Is this bad? I have an incubator full of eggs - 36 of them - incubating in a classroom setting and I did not have complete control and access to the eggs like I would have at home. A couple of times the temp spiked - when eggs hatch early, what are the drawbacks? Is this bad? I brought the...
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    I should NOT have gone to TSC!

    They had 13 Cornish Cross Broiler chicks on clearance for $1 each - I could not resist. I went back 5 hours later and got them. I think my husband is going to freak out! I was so glad I got them - they are so sweet and they had no water left or feed in the pen so they were very happy when I...
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    A Journey To Hatch

    We set 39 eggs yesterday in my son's classroom - all the chicks will go back to the farm where the eggs came from. Learning from my last hatching disaster, I went back to the traditional thermometer taped to the top of an egg and a meat thermomenter which is amazingly accurate - while they are...
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    I culled my BR - hard to do but necessary

    About six weeks ago, I posted about one of my 6 month Barred Rock pullets suddenly started limping and then went semi-paralyzed. She remained alert, eating and drinking but would not stand or walk. She was laying eggs so I was trying to give her time to recover. She had recovered to the point...
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    My AMAZING Miracle Chick!

    My very last chick just hatched out - I mean, just. hatched. out. Minutes ago. This is Day 24 for this chick - it's truly a miracle. The chick pipped the egg yesterday - I finally cracked the perimeter around 3pm but saw blood and immediately my heart sank as I was pretty sure it would die...
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    Please help. When chicks hatch late and they come out goopy/slimy

    What do I need to fix on my next incubation? I realize the temp ran low this time, resulting in a late hatch Day 22 & 23. I have lost a few that pipped but quit - they look dried out inside - fully formed and wonderful looking chick. The chicks that have hatched seemed slimy/wet and they...
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    Anyone in Ohio looking for an incubator?

    This is not my ad but if you are looking for a reasonably priced incubator, check this out http://mansfield.craigslist.org/grd/1113619008.html Hopefully, I'm not breaking any rules by posting this.
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