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  1. Sakai

    What's going on with my poor hen?

    So long story short...back in july a almost 3 year-old RIR hen started losing feathers. Hen pecked, over breeding, and molting were the suspects. She never grew them back while the other molters are. She has been separated and fed high protein foods. I made her a saddle to help keep her warm...
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    Picked and nearly naked hen.

    My hens molted hard this year. One is nearly naked. But she's been this way for months which led me to believe we had feather pickers. I gave more protein and 2 weeks later the rest look great but the naked one is still naked. I separated her and 2 others. Noticed one picking so i tossed her...
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    How much should a 6-7 week old chick eat?

    I've a cross beak chick. I haven't the heart to cull her out. She eats on her own but struggles to get enough. I noticed that she's starting to grow slower than her siblings. We weighed her on a empty crop and then again after she has a hour with food. She gained 16 grams. She seems constantly...
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    No eggs after broody episode?

    So my bantam went broody sometime in June. She had 5 little bantam eggs to sit on. We left her alone. 3 weeks later she was still on them so we candled the eggs and saw that they were duds. Not fertilized. Bantam rooster didn't do his job. We took them away. She was back to her regular self 2...
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    Chick with beak issue

    4 week old EE was normal looking 2 days ago. And now this? Is this scissor beak? I haven't seen this before. Only heard about it.
  6. Sakai

    Bug eyed baby?

    Just hatched but there is obviously something wrong with it's eye. Any Answers? It's my first time hatching and he's the first baby.
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    Are my hens molting?

    Hi! I've had chickens for over 10 years and in that time, I've never had one molt. (At least not an obvious molt) I have 4 RIR hens over 1-year old that look half-naked right now. They are missing feathers on their neck, back and the tops of the wings. At first, I thought it was possible they...
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    Lockdown Temp swing...Is it bad?

    It's day 19. Forced air incubator. I'm finding that as the humidity rises close to 70% the temp drops. I know the extra moisture in the air is making it hard to warm up. Today my thermostat alarm went off because my incubator dropped to 95. this was after we put in hot water. It seems to...
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    New ducks won't eat.

    We were gifted 4 full grown Peking ducks a few days ago. We moved them into a 10x10 pen with grass and a pool for them to swim in. My problem is that they don't seem to be eating. They have a shallow open dish with layer and scratch. I've read that ducks eat the same thing as chickens. I've no...
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    Help! What did I get myself into?

    I was given these 4 ducks. I talked my man out of slaughtering them right away and instead keeping them in the run we made for the chicks we expect soon. I've never had ducks before...they will be with us at least 6 weeks or longer if Mr. man gets attached. What do i need to know about ducks...
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  11. Sakai

    Mystery bantams

    We have a hen and roo couple. Curious as to what breed bantam they are.
  12. Sakai

    What is my roo?

    He was supposed to be a silver laced wynadotte hen. But he turned into this. He's smaller than the girls, and about 3 years old. Thanks in advance! ^.^
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    Pulling my hair out over my incubator.

    Newbie hatcher here. Our first round of hatching went bad and we believe the humidity was far too high so we tossed the cheap tiny incubator for a homemade one. It's much larger but we seem to be having issues. I've been posting my troubles with this incubator in the August-hatch-a-long, and...
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    first time candle-Not looking good.

    First of all... i'm still working on getting a light good enough to candle the eggs but the light I did have gave me some not so good news so far. bantam egg 14 days- solid dark mass on one side and a light pocket on the other side. I don't think this egg is alive. RIR eggs 7 days- I can see...
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    First time going broody and I have questions!

    I think my bantam hen has gone broody. Apparently she has been sitting in the nesting box for three days and my Boyfriend was too chicken ( no pun) to reach under her to check for eggs because he didn't want to get pecked (big baby) So today I checked her and she had one egg under her and was...
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    Ants?

    Well we finally git a bit of rain this week (finally, because of the hurricane in mexico) and I went out in the morning to feed the chickens. My lone Bantam Roo is in my dog kennel right now until we build him a coop of his own, (and will most likely give him two or three girls). Because of the...
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    Oyster Shell Question.

    One of my hens started laying but my other 4 hens haven't. (They are about 18-20 weeks old.) I've already started mixing a little oyster shell with their food. is it' okay? Even though the other hens haven't started laying?
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    Half Dozen eggs in one hand. (photos inside)

    How? Brahma Bantam eggs of course! She started laying about two weeks ago. We get about one egg a day, though sometimes we get two. One in the morning and one in the evening. They are cute and small and very light pink Here are half a dozen of her eggs in my boyfriend's hand And here is one...
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    3 day old chick not acting like the rest.

    I have a 3 day old Amerucauna (spelled wrong I'm sure)... and she's not acting like the rest of the 3 day old chicks. The others are running about...gobbling down water and food and digging around in their litter and such... this one though, only stands there, or she lays down or is flat out...
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    Dyed easter chick Mystery. Update photo 8/25

    Most of the colored chicks I see around easter are solid colors and they turn white as soon as their feathers come in. Yesterday when I went to buy a few chicks, my DF spotted the bin of colored chicks for easter and had to have one, A few there were not solid, but had strange patterns on them...
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