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    Excessive time to lay egg?

    I have a Brahma hen that has lately been sitting on the nest for up to 2 hours before she lays her egg. It seems a bit odd to me since I've never had a hen take that long. Yesterday she was on the nest from 2:00 to 4:00. She seems well every other way, but I'm wondering if anyone else has...
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    Silkies on and off the eggs

    So, my Silkies have decided that they'll set on the egg at night, but they go wandering during the day. Seems to me this would be worst than them not setting at all. I know they're heading toward broody, but I don't think they're there yet. Should I remove the eggs and give them substitutes...
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    wondering what to do

    One of my Silkies disappeared about 3 weeks ago. A few days later I discovered her behind a bale of hay, which I hastily replaced as she was setting eggs. I didn't mark the date on a calendar, so I'm not sure exactly when all this started. So, I took 4 of the 10 eggs and candled them today...
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    Eggs left for 4 hours--will any hatch?

    I have a RR broody hen that's been sitting eggs for about 2-12 weeks. She got off the next to go eat and I found her setting newly laid eggs in the main coop about 4 hours later. The original nest had been left but it was a warm day (70's) so I put her back on her nest and closed the door. Is...
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    keets free ranging?

    One of my guinea hens disappeared back in early June. I found her a couple of weeks ago nesting under a plum tree surrounded by tall grass. Today 6 keets have hatched, and the hen abandoned the other 20 or so eggs. One keet couldn't keep up, so I scooped it up and placed it under one of my...
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    Is it too late to introduce new chicks?

    One of my Silkies hatched out two RR chicks last week. Another hen sat unsuccessfully on some eggs, and today I went out and got 6 chicks, about a week old, and put 4 of them under the setting hen. She's accepted them very well, but I'm still debating whether to put the last 2 under her or...
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    HELP! hen killing hatching chicks!

    One of my Silkie hens has been setting eggs since early May, and i knew the eggs should be hatching soon. I looked under her today and found an egg completely destroyed, with a hatchling still covered in membrane. I removed the egg, suspecting the hen had done it, since I had a Buff Orpington...
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    No shell on eggs

    I have one hen that has started laying shell-less eggs. This is day 5 or 6. They have plenty of calcium, good feed, pasture-range all afternoon. Any thoughts or suggestions? My hens are all 2 y.o.
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    Setting on air

    I have a couple of broody Silkies, one of which is setting on 6 RR eggs, and the other went broody about a week or so ago--with nothing under her. She's just setting on air! Okay, so I wanted Silkies because they'll go broody at the drop of a hat, but this is ridiculous! I was really hoping...
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    Looking for Black Copper Maran chicks--or Welsummer

    I'm in midcoast Maine and would drive to get them if they're within an hour or so, but if you can ship, I'm interested. I'd really prefer the BCMs but if I can't get them, I'll settle for Welsummers.
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    Too late to add eggs?

    One of my bantams has gone broody, so after a few days I decided to let her hatch out a couple of Silkie eggs. Now I'm wondering if it's too late to add more eggs for her to hatch. This is day 3. I think she's still laying, but she's always on the nest.
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    Catching Bantam Hens

    I have three bantam hens that refuse to come into the coop, and I can't find where they roost, nor where they lay. There were 4 out, but I caught one a couple of days ago. The other three are so skittish that I can't get near them, and the barn (built in 1790 or thereabouts) is constructed in...
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    What color is this Silkie rooster?

    I was thinking maybe a Partridge?
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    Do Silkies roost?

    I just acquired four Silkie hens. They are so talkative and cute, and my flip-footed Silkie rooster is no longer the only "weird looking chicken". Now, the rooster is always on the ground, but that goes with his flipped foot. All my other Bantams roost. The Silkie hens, though, don't seem...
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    A Bantam hen just went broody!

    A couple of weeks ago I moved my RR hens from the front coop to the back coop so all my chickens could (theoretically) be together. I have one bantam hen that is wild, and she isn't contained with the others. For a few days the only egg I got was from her, but then the egg stopped appearing...
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    Keets hatching, now what?

    I have my first keet hatched this morning, and looks like two more eggs getting ready. My incubator spiked to 103.5F about 10 days ago and I was sure that was the end of that--but looks like at least one, and possibly more made it through. I was told to leave the temperature approximately...
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    Is she gone for good?

    After keeping my guinea pair confined for 5 weeks, I finally let them out on Monday, cock first, and a few hours later, after he had returned to the barn several times, the hen. They did not come back to the barn, so far as I know, except for wandering around a bit, though they hung right...
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    Slug bait okay around chickens?

    I bought some Escar-Go! from Gardens Alive and just sprinkled it around my badly slug-eaten kale. Is this safe around my chickens? It says "don't have to be concerned about secondary poisoning of wildlife or pets", but I'm really not sure what that means. The active ingredient is iron oxide...
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    Keets hatching soon, now what?

    So, I wanted some guinea fowl to take care of the tick population. I couldn't find any adults, so I got eggs to incubate. A couple of days later, I found an adult pair. The hen is laying eggs in one spot now, but not setting. Eggs in the brooder are due to hatch next week. Can I put the...
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    Hens killing chicks?

    I bought 9 Welsummer eggs in April, and my Buff Orpington hen sat on them and sat on them and sat on them. Around three weeks nothing was happening, but shortly thereafter, a smell began to eminate. Finally, at 28 days, the smell was overpowering. I bought her a few chicks locally to care for...
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