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    EE: Could he be a pullet after all?

    Hello! I’ve got a decent record of calling pulley/cockerel at a fairly young age and I was CERTAIN that this one was a rooster from the moment I got him home, but as they’re growing, he’s not hitting the milestones that I’d expected and now I’m wondering if he’s a hen. Got four chicks on March...
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    Duckling Hatched with Bruised Legs?

    Hello! I have a broody duck that hatched two ducklings overnight. One seems perfectly healthy, but the other hatched with what appeared to be very bruised legs. Both legs were deep purple and appeared to have either blood pooling around the joints or large veins very near the surface of the...
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    Coccidiosis- What Now?

    I have several chicks that are a month old today (hatched June 11). I had 15 healthy, happy chicks that I had been takingoutside periodically, always confined within a pen in my dogs' fenced yard. Late last week, I moved their pen into the garden (which the rest of the flock has access to only...
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    Pipping the Wrong End - Cause?

    Hello! I'm hatching for the first time in my Incuview incubator and I can't tell you how much I love this thing! I did almost everything wrong and it's still (so far) been a great experience. I apologize for the wall of text that follows. Bold text throughout to mark the most important stuff...
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    I think it's a roo, BUT...

    Hello! This little guy is 1/2 Speckled Sussex, 1/4 Salmon Faverolle, 1/4 Partridge Rock mix. He's 4 weeks old today and looking a bit manly, but there's one thing holding me back from calling it. His mother looked almost identical at this age-exceptionally slow feathering, heavy body, long thick...
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    First timer! How old is too old for the eggs?

    Hello! I have hatched a few clutches under broody hens, but my first incubator was delivered at my door as I was typing the title for this thread, so I'm new to the incubator game. I have been collecting eggs for a week and a half and have ended up with nearly 4 dozen eggs, although my incubator...
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    Is this wry neck? 2 chicks in 3 weeks

    Hello all! I have 10 Swedish Flower Hen chicks that I purchased from a breeder. Seven are 7-weeks-old today and three are a week younger. They are living inside currently and eating non-medicated chick starter. Bedding in their cage is newspaper under foam shelf liner, and they do not damage or...
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    Double Yolk Egg Incubating - Help Me Prepare!

    Early last week, I unexpectedly lost Helen, one of my favorite ducks. Since I had a stubbornly broody chicken, I gathered up the freshest duck eggs I had and tossed them under her. There are 8 total, and I thought I only had one egg from Helen, but I candled last night had noticed that the...
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    Gray tissue in duck eggs?

    I have a young black Swedish duck that began laying eggs about two months ago. I'm getting so many duck eggs that I'm not able to use them all, so I can't pinpoint exactly when this started, but I've recently begun finding gray tissue in her eggs. It's the little band of tissue that binds the...
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    Charcoal egg from Swedish duck?

    I think my youngest duck laid her first egg this morning! It was a fairly dark gray egg, and because I wasn't expecting it when I collected eggs before sunrise, I missed it and it froze. My question, though, is that I have only Swedish and Pekin ducks, although I've been questioning the breed of...
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    Are they really Sussex?

    Early last week, I got these two young ladies from someone on Craigslist. They were advertised simply as "Sussex". I'm not extremely familiar with the breed, but they looked right according to the quick googling I'd done. After I got them home and took a closer look at them, however, I started...
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    Found a secret nest - are the eggs okay to eat?

    One of my girls has been sneaking around! I thought the girls started laying their first eggs on Monday when I found the a cache hidden in the corner of their coop, but today I found a secret nest with eight beautiful eggs in an overgrown part of my garden! The nest was partially shaded by weeds...
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    Building economically - where can I safely use cheaper materials?

    I'm in the design phase of my coop/run, and am trying to spend as little money as possible while still keeping my coop safe & secure. I'll be housing four or five hens (3 LF, 1 or 2 bantams) and will be sectioning off the back portion of my garage for their coop. The run will 14' long and 4-6'...
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    Feeding Ducks & Chicks Together

    Hello! I am a new member, and am raising my first small flock. I currently have six chicks and two Swedish ducks that are living together in a large brooder (12 sq. ft. total). Because they are housed together and eating the same food & water, I want to be sure that the needs of each species are...
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