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    Emergency!!! Chick has bad eye infection!!!!

    One of my chicks eyes is swollen and has clear goo and bubbles coming out of it! Its swollen!! It started about 4 days ago, (chick is only a week old.) None of my chickens have ever had this before! When it first started out it was a little wet around the edges of her eyes. It just looked likes...
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    Day 22 and Eggs Haven't Hatched?!

    I have a Cukoo Maran hen sitting on about 15 eggs and a yellow/brownish mixed breed sitting on about 5. It is day 22 for the Cukoo Maran and day 20 for the mixed breed and nothing has hatched... normal..? Yesterday I candled about 4 eggs each from their nests and I couldn't see anything inside...
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    What Breed Is this Rooster??

    What breed is this rooster and how much do you think he could sell for?? Thanks!! (; ~farmgirl
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    Broody hen still sitting on eggs that have not hatched

    My broody hen has been sitting on 10 eggs. Only 3 of them hatched about 1 or 2:00 PM yesterday, (one of the 3 hatched like an hour or 30 min. later than the rest) .I think yesterday was day 20. Should I go ahead and take the remaining eggs out from underneath her? Or is there any chance they...
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    How long does it take for chicks to hatch?

    How long does it take for chicks to hatch? I have researched it some and different people say different things, so I really don't know who or what to believe! haha. I have 10 eggs under a broody hen and today is day 19. Could they hatch today, possibly?
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    What to do with a cracked fertile egg?? THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!!

    I have a cracked silkie egg that my chicken kicked out of the nest. The crack is pretty small and there is no egg yolk coming out. It is on the top of the egg, and it looks like a spider web. It is also a little caved in, and looks like a chicken pecked it. It is cold, and I'm not sure how long...
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    do Silkie roosters crow loud as other breeds?

    I overheard someone saying that Silkie roosters don't crow as loud as other breeds like Australorps and Buffs, and are much more quiet. Is this true??
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    Broody Hen Keeps Breaking/Eating Eggs!

    Penny broke her 2cnd egg in two days today! It is her first time being a broody, as she was born last August in 2014. I'm not sure if she is stepping on them when she rearranges them/gets back into her nest, or actually eating them, but each time she has had egg yolk on her beak with shavings...
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    any ideas for chicken toys???

    Does anybody have ideas for chicken toys? It's been raining outside for days and my chickens are SO bored b/c they can't go outside.. hate to see those glum chicken faces staring at me through the chicken wire! thanks!
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    Chickens Ate Chocolate...help!

    This afternoon when my mom came home from grocery shopping she brought some chocolate chip cookies. My little brothers, 5 and 3, went outside to help unload the groceries when the chickens came up and snatched the cookies right out of their hands. I think my flock (5 hens) ate about 2 and a half...
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    Egg Question

    Hey, I recently went to gather some eggs 2 nights ago and I noticed one had broken. Apparently one of the hens ate it to clean up the mess and the other 4 eggs in that box got some egg yolk on them. Are they okay to eat? I was scared the yolk from the broken egg had washed off the special...
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    POST PICS OF YOUR FIRST EGGS!!!!!!

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    23 Week Old Pullets not Laying

    I have two 23 week old hens that have not laid yet. They are both mix breeds. They haven't laid yet. A chicken friend of mine told me not to give them layers mash until after they lay. So I have been feeding them Purina Flock Raiser, and whole corn on cold nights, (only when they need it to keep...
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    Methods for Worming Chickens

    Hello, lately I have been noticing poop spots on my hen's eggs. Somebody told me that it was because they needed to be wormed. Can somebody tell me how to worm them? Thank you.
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    What breed is this Hen?

    I don't know if this is a Black Star or Black Astralourp.....
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    Lazy Hens

    Hi, Just recently the last 3 or four months my hens have become ridiculously lazy. I am not sure if they are getting older or what, but they sit under my glass door on my porch preening for hours, and they only scratch for I'd say about 1 hour a day. They hardly ever take dust baths and a few...
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    Heat Lamps

    Hello everyone!! How many of ya'll out there use heat lamps to make your chickens lay eggs during the winter? I have never used heat lamps before and my chickens have always laid during the winter.... a few laid during their molts and laid during severe ice storms. But this year they are...
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    Keeping The Coop Warm In The Winter

    Hey, there!! (: I have been trying to find some succsessful ways in keeping the coop warm in the winter. For keeping the wind out I have always put cardboard duct taped over the windows and on ecspecially cold nights, putting duct tape strips over the vent holes. The cardboard over the windows...
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    What Treats Did Your Chickens Get Today?

    Mine got yogurt, flock raiser, grits, sunflower seeds, raisins, flax seeds, corn, and a few grasshoppers. Sorry, I know I spoiled them today, but I think they deserved a little holiday treat! (:
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    Fencing Chickens in with Goats?

    Is it okay to fence my chickens in with goats? Will the goats be a bother to them or hurt them? I might be getting some goats soon, so I need to know. Another question, but what is a good breed of goat for milking? Thanks, Farmgirl
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