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    When to go into lockdown for shipped bantam eggs?

    I am currently incubating bantam eggs that were shipped to me... I put them into the incubator on the 12th just before noon (11:30 to be precise). Some people say this counts as day 0, others say this counts as day 1. I am also unclear when they should go into lockdown... Again, I am getting...
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    How to proceed with this 'funky', saddled air cell?

    Not counting the first day, I am on day 10 of my incubation of shipped bantam eggs. They spent the first 6 days in an upright egg turner. Then I laid them on their sides. Today I candled them again and realized that one had developed a huge saddled air cell. Yikes! After discovering this egg...
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    Adding essential oil to water reservoir in incubator?

    Has anyone experimented with the addition of essential oils that have antiviral and antimicrobial properties (such as Tea Tree Oil) to the water that evaporates inside the incubator? I am not pouring water into the bottom of my incubator but am using a separate glass container instead. And I am...
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    Combining 2 different batches of eggs. Should I sanitize them?

    I bought 2 different batches of hatching eggs from 2 different breeders. Both are being shipped to me. I don't know the conditions in which they were hatched. So I am wondering if it might be a good idea to sanitize both batches before placing them in the incubator together... I have never...
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    Dust-free substrate recommendations for indoor 'coop'?

    Our indoor coop/aviary is nearing its completion and I am researching dust-free substrates - as much a reduction of dust can be achieved. I have used sand in the past and loved the ease to keep it clean - but that was in my outdoor coops where dust didn't much matter. If staying with sand is my...
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    pullet doing the penguin walk…

    this young bird is approximately 3 months old now: unfortunately i am not 100% sure about her age - which is why i placed her next to a small garbage can and an empty beer bottle (for size :)). admittedly i am also only assuming that this is a female bird. :confused: in any event...
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    Wanted: Barbu d'Anvers aka: Antwerp Belgian or Belgian Bearded d'Anvers

    :frow as the title suggest, i am looking for hatching eggs of the bantam variety known as "barbu d'anvers". pearl grey would be fantastic but other colour mutations are also welcome. i need only a few eggs and they would have to be shipped to canada... :love
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    skin problems in quails raised on chicken starter vs. turkey starter?

    yesterday, i picked up a group of 2-week-old quails from a person who supplied me with fertilized eggs from which i hatched 4 chicks. his group had been incubated just 2 days prior to mine and, thus, hatched 2 days earlier. they were then fed with chicken starter whereas i fed turkey starter to...
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    rearing CTX quail with bantam mother hen?

    dear quail enthusiasts... i need your expertise! i have some coturnix eggs in the incubator and i am debating whether i or 1 of my bantam hens (an orpington who is an absolutely AMAZING mother hen and who happens to be broody but sitting on ‘duds’) should be raising the chicks. does anybody...
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    drooping wing(s) plus limping in month old chick

    i first noticed the drooping right wing. a day later, i am seeing the little chick also hobbling, clearly favouring its left foot. in the meantime, both wings are drooping (the right more than the left). i can not feel the tendon slipping, the joint also does not appear swollen (at least not...
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    is this a 'special needs' bantam? a malformation? a breed i don't know? or - *gasp* - marek's?

    i ‘rescued’ 3 bantam chickens which - i was told - needed to be re-homed due to being pecked at by other, bigger chickens… the lady was anxious to find a home before the winter. (winter? according to my calendar, that's not going happen before november.) in any event, i was also told that the...
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    half naked hen

    i got esmeralda in october 2014. the first thing i noticed about her is that when her crop extends, she shows a large spot of bare skin - - which is why i decided to take her and my other 3 bantams inside for the winter months when the temperatures plummeted. in our climate, we get -25 to...
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    l-lysine for poultry?

    two of my chickens are exhibiting signs of respiratory disease and i am reluctant to treat the whole flock with antibiotics - which, as we all know, does very little against viruses. i am familiar with the benefits of l-lysine supplementation against the herpes simplex virus as well as against...
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    please help identify these 2 bantam hens

    what breed could these two girls be? i am guessing that the brown hen is a barbu d'anvers (bearded d'anvers) but i am lost regarding the black girl. she has a great personality and i'd love to know the breed - or breeds involved in the creation of this agile little cutie:
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    swollen padding? what is going on with my silkie's feet??

    i recently got 2 silkies and noticed that one was quite unsteady on her feathered feet. their feet were crusted with dried faeces and i attributed her gait to that and gave both a foot bath. during the next days, she was still wobbly and seemed to favour either feet. i also noticed that she...
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    broody in canada? questions for silkie experts.

    okay, so... recently we got our first silkie hen and after observing her for a while, we felt she was a reincarnation and named her dodo - but a few weeks later and all joking aside, i was getting seriously worried. her intake of food is low as is her range of movement and she seems to be...
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    how long before eggs from chickens on "traditional feed" are without traces of meds?

    hello everybody! we added 2 hens that were raised by "maple leaf" - a large grower in our area here in canada - to our small flock. the hens are doing great and have started laying eggs within days of getting them. they are also amazingly tame and - to my greatest surprise - trusting. (one is...
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    greetings everybody!

    hello @ BYC, i am a newbie to raising chickens and have been very encouraged by the many useful tips & interesting information provided here. thank you for making this exchange possible. greetings from the canada!
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