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  1. bobbilyn2000

    Dark Brahma Roo or Hen?

    This baby is 10 weeks old and was the free chick that the breeder sent with my order. I have to cull several Roosters and am trying to figure out which ones to keep. If this is a Rooster, I'll definitely keep him and cull a different one instead. He is so chill.
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    Chicks pooping on hatching eggs

    This is my first time incubating. I obsessively cleaned the incubator and once the eggs had been rinsed with warm Hydrogen Peroxide, i only handled them with latex gloves. Now 5 babies have hatched with a few pips still to go. I have them on lock down. The babies are all over the incubator...
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    Help! Hatchlings pooping on unhatched eggs

    i have 3 chicks that hatched today. I have 5 eggs with pips. I've not opened my bator. The chicks are pooping on the unhatched eggs. I'm concerned bacteria will get into the eggs. Do I risk lowering humidity to remove the chicks? Or is this normal? Help? My first time at this. Thanks!!
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    Eggs and Permethrin

    Can anyone tell me if they keep their eggs and eat them while dusting the coop and chickens with Permethrin? If you don't eat them can they be incubated or is this something that would cause birth defects or infertility in the chicks? If I need to throw out the eggs, and I need to use the...
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    feather loss on my Roo

    I have a mixed breed flock of 23 hens and 1 roo in one of my coops. Many of the hens have bare butts that are red. I've used DE and poultry protector and cleaned the coop multiple times. now my Roo has a small patch around his vent missing feathers. His neck feathers look like they are loose...
  6. bobbilyn2000

    Bare Butts

    Help! I have 2 coops of chickens. In 1 coop I have 23 hens and a Rooster. Many of the hens have their entire butt showing with no feathers. Now a couple of them are also missing neck feathers. My welsummer looks like she might be losing them on her chest as well. Other than that they seem...
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