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    Egg yolk peritonitis? How would I know?

    I have a black marans that has already gone broody this spring. She usually lays really large eggs with meat spots in them. After raising her chicks she went back to laying, but her eggs started out small, then gradually became larger. She is about a year old, or a little older. She went in...
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    Broody Marans

    I have a broody marans, and have been taking eggs out from under her every day, and scooting her out of the nest for about a week now. Will she stop on her own? I don't have means to put her in an area off ground to keep her bottom cooled. Any other suggestions to break her would be great...
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    Roo's or Pullets?? Blue laced or gold laced. Help. :D

    I have three chicks that are 6 weeks old. One I am sure is a roo (one of the wyandottes). I had bought Welsummer and Blue Laced Wyandottes hatching eggs, but they Wyandottes look very dark. Are they blue or gold laced. I do not know the difference. Two of the chicks are Wyandottes and the...
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    Broody hens, help!!!

    I have a broody splash marans that has been sitting on eggs about 3 weeks now. (Fertile eggs I placed under her are due to hatch next Friday). A few days ago, my black copper marans went broody. I had originally bought 8 fertile eggs, but found 14 eggs underneath the first broody bird, and...
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    What should I do with broody hen

    I have a slash Marans hen that has been laying for about 6 or 8 months. She started getting broody yesterday. I do not have a rooster, and was thinking about getting fertile eggs for her. I was looking to get a few more chicks anyway. My concern is how broody this breed is, and if she will...
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    Coop big enough for 10 chickens?

    I currently have 7 hens, and am looking to expand to 10. I have a fully sheltered/enclosed 6'x10' coop with the roosting area at 3'x4' (roughly). I also let them outside of the coop during 85% of the day inside a fenced off section in my back yard. Fenced off section is about 30'x30'. My...
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    Marans egg color variations and laying concerns

    Hi. I have a black copper marans that has been laying for a couple of months now. Her eggs are not very dark, and are spotted, but are larger than my splash marans and rhode Island red. I really wanted this breed for the dark color. Will these eggs get any darker as time goes on? My splash...
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    Egg laying problems.

    I have a couple of young hens that are having problems laying. My Easter Egger has been laying eggs for a couple of months now, and for the past week or more, she has not laid one egg. As far as I can tell, she is fine. She is eating, and running around with the other chickens. I know the...
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    Buff Orpington acting weird....

    I have a buff orpingtion that has been laying eggs for about a month now. Last night when I went to close the coop, I saw her in the egg laying box (she usually roosts up on a perch). Went to check early this morning, and she was still there. Around noon, still there, but found no egg...
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    Splash marans?

    Can anyone tell me about splash marans. I no little to nothing about marans. I have two splash marans that are about 3-4 weeks old. They are mostly white with a few blue feathers here and there. One has the dark grey feet with feathers, and the other has pink feet with small amount of grey...
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    Need advice as to possible sex of chicks.

    I have three chicks, one blue maran and two black copper marans. They are around 4 weeks old, but may be days apart from each other with the blue chick being the youngest. I have had them since they were days old. I am almost certain one of the black copper marans is a roo. I was hoping to...
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    New member from South East

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I am new to chickens, just got 6 pullets two weeks ago, and 3 baby chicks this past Sunday (had an 8 week old I just got Sunday die today). (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9 (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Buff...
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    Wondering what happened to my chickie. :(

    I just bought a supposedly 8 week old chick yesturday (looked to be younger, as my chicks in coop are six weeks and looks bigger than this chick). The bird seemed to be fine, scratched at food, was drinking water, yesturday evening. This morning the chick was standing up, sleeping, and did...
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    4 week old chick with hard smooth crop that turns soft and mushy?

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. Americana (Easter Egger), 4 weeks old, ??oz 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Eats and drinks fine, more active today, than yesterday morning. 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Noticed enlarged crop yesterday morning, when she was...
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    New to keeping hens-Question about pullet behavior.

    I am new to having chickens. I bought 6 chicks about 3-4 weeks old (maybe a week older?). I have put them in a coop, since it is so warm here now, with exception of last few days. I do have a heat lamp in coop for keeping them warm. During the last few cold days, I kept them in the coop, and...
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