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    which one am I?

    Hi everyone, I have some ?'s I hope y'all can help me with. I hatched some shipped eggs this spring. Some of them were black ameracauna roo over barred rock hens. Four of these hatched. Two of those are barred roosters. Pretty definite about them. Question is about the other 2. I looked up the...
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    search phrases for adoption of new chick with week olds and mama?

    Hi, had a tough time wording subject line I'm looking for search phrases for my problem. I feel sure someone else has done this but not coming up with good search parameters. I had a hen go broody. She hatched 5 of them then quit the rest. I'm pretty sure because of developmental stage...
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    forgotten egg peeping, what now?

    Hi all, I had a broody finally after 4 years of waiting!!! Yay!!! Well she did o.k. hatched 5 of 12. I knew they had been laid over at least several days so when she lost interest in the remaining eggs in favor of her already hatched and incredibly cute chicks I figured I'd pop a few of the...
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    broody with pale comb?

    Hi All, Hope this is in the right place. I have a hen who seems to be broody but only for about the past week. she has moved from nest box to nest box like she's trying them out. Finally today and yesterday she seems to have settled on one. I'm concerned though ,she seems to have a pale comb and...
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    bad egg?

    just want some input. Want to be sure it's bad before I check development. Had one egg stick to the turner, I got it loose but it has tiny yellow dots on it. No smell that I can smell through the shell, any one with experience with this or will it be so bad I should just chuck it . I have not...
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    Searched here and you tube,? on wiring fan for lg9200 with fan?

    Hi All, Hope someone can help me I'm putting the fan kit on mt lg9200 Think I have it right but jostling the wires disconnected one of the black wires from the power cord wire that should be in a wire nut connector thing. One wire nut has a black wire from the thermostat loop and a red wire...
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    feather mites?

    i've done some research on the site and did not see this addressed. If the hens have feather mites what do the remaining feathers look like? Are they ragged and broken? Can the skin be bare but still look healthy (not red,or weepy, or crusty, just bare)? I thought all my hens went through a molt...
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    will he crow less as he gets older?

    Hi all, I have a friend who is even newer to chickens than I am. He has a small flock for a school project and is down to just one roo. Not sure how long he has been solo roo, he's crowing all the time . Way too much for where they live. So my question is if he will slow down on amount of...
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    welsummer size?

    Just wondering, my welsummer pullets are 17 weeks now and my barred rock pullets are 4and a half weeks younger, they are nearly the same size. These are my first wellies, and they seem small. Are they slow growing? I looked at the expected size and they don't look like they will reach it. I have...
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    only 1 chick

    I recently tried my hand at incubating some of my own hens eggs. I was pretty sure that of the eight that started at least three or four were growing. I tried candling several times but could not see much , all the eggs were either brown or blue. Well, I only hatched 1 chick. It came out...
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    BILE

    I'm really new to this meat bird thing, we are getting ready to process our first birds. How bad is it if you cut the bile sac on the liver? Can anything be done about it? Is the whole bird a loss ? Can it be washed off? Any input would be great. Thanks.
  12. steward

    greetings!

    Hi there , fairly new to chickens and even newer to BYC. I am learning each day , love to watch the my gals and two roos. Have several of each, EE, Black Aus, SLW,RIR,trying??cornish cross,and waiting for 3 WELSUMMERS.
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