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    Two legged predator !!! how to stop the person...

    Hello fellow chicken lovers !!! I have a two legged predator, the person or persons have been visiting our coops and keep taking the silkie hens and thursday night they took the babies even !! the question if someone accidently put a hot wire on the handle would it just shock them or hurt them...
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    Menonite chicken layer !!!

    Has anyone feed menonite chicken layer to your flock ?? just bought 200 pounds for $31.00 and it smells great you can see all the grains in it and it is not ground up like flour also it has a little molasses in it which makes it smell great.Feed some to the chickens and they went nuts !!!
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    Silkie hatching problem !!

    Hello everyone I am having serious problems with my silkies,when they hatch some look fine and then there are some that have feet problems such as toes are curled, I have never had this problem before and some just seem to die in a couple days.I had a problem for a week with a wafer thermostat...
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    Help Skunks killing our chickens

    Hello everyone, we are having MAJOR Skunk Problems at our house.. I have shot three in a week and they keep coming, I have trapped one in a live trap and the others my son and I have caught them in the coop and shot them. can these stinky pests climb ??? reason is I found some spots in the wire...
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    Baby sislkie Sick swollen neck area

    Hello everyone, I have a baby silkie about 1 month old and he/she has a swollen neck do believe it is having croup problems, I noticed this morning and all day I have massaged around and it goes down and when it eats it swells up.I have just tried a mixture of olive oil and food and it gobbled...
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    Newly hatched chick problem doesnt walk right.?????

    One of the baby chicks that hatched late yersterday is not walking on his feet, when he does walk he walks on his knees not his feet, what has happened ??? will the baby chick correct this or do I need to cull the baby.Thanks for any help.
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    Day 21 and nothing happening !!!!

    It is day 21 and using a homemade bator temp has been 99.5-99.99 using the waterwand not air temp.Candled and all I can see is airsac and it looks good and the rest is to dark to see. Any suggestions ??? dont hear any chirps like I did when hatched ducks last go around wonder if the babies have...
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    Beef food pellets ??

    Does anyone know anytihng about beef food pellets?? I was at a local flea market and asked the lady what she feed her ducks (the ducks were very nice) and she said she feed them beef pellets .I have never heard of this and wondered if anyone on BYC knew.Thanks for any help !!
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    Wafer Thermostat horizontal or vertical ??

    Hello everyone !! Just purchased a wafer thermostat for my homemade incubator do you mount the wafer vertical or horizontal ??? I have it horizontal and having temp problems.Thanks for any help or tips anyone has !!
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    Duck egg has dark spot ?

    What does it mean when a dark spot appears under the shell ?? I can hear the duck but it hasnt pipped yet, is the membrane possible to thick ?? do I need to make a small hole at the dark spot ?? any help would be grateful just dont want the duck to die inside.
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    Turkey eggs when r they to old ???

    Hello everyone !! does anyone know how many days till turkey eggs are to old to incubate??? Thanks for any help anyone has !!
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    Duckies Dying !!

    Hello everyone,just wanted other duck hatchers to know to watch your baby ducks carefully right now. We just had two 3 wk-old duckies to die because of pneumonia due to the crazy weather, went to local feed store here in Lebanon ,TN and they said others are having same problems.symptoms are...
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    HELP !! I cracked a egg ( only 3 days to hatch )

    Hello everyone, I had a smelly egg in incubator and went to retrieve the smelly thing and I dropped the egg on another egg and it broke the shell but not the membrane and the egg has 3 days till hatch what do I do ? Have I killed my baby ?? I have put a damp cloth over the broken part, will it...
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    Duck Hatching when do you help ???

    Hello everyone!! we have our first duck to start to hatching !! the duckling started friday evening and sill hasnt came out of its shell does the baby need help ??? I have read that when u do try ,and if u see blood,u stop correct ? I have been very lightly misting so the outer membrane would...
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