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    What breed?

    Hello! I bought what I thought was bronze breasted turkey poults at my local feed store. 9 weeks in and their feathers are coming in awefully slow and they aren't very big. Could they be a different breed than advertised? They are on a high protein feed for meatbirds. Its the same feed I use for...
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    Help please wheezing hen!

    Please help. I let my girls free range today since we were outside with them. Everyone was fine and well but I just wrangled them back in and one hen was standing at the edge of the woods gasping for air. She is wheezing terribly. Sounds like she is havinh an asthma attack. As she exhales she...
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    When can you eat eggs after giving Antibiotics?

    Hello. I have a hen who had an infection on her foot and was put on antibiotics. Sunday will be her last dose. How long do I need to wait before we can eat her eggs? I have her in quarantine so I can keep her eggs and water separate. She is on duramycin. Thanks!
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    Swollen feet help!

    I was outside locking up my girls for the night and noticed one of my hens feet looked swollen. In the second photo you can see a circular dot that is on the bottom of her foot. Both feet have this same dot. i tried to wipe it off thinking it was dirt but its not. :( After doing some research I...
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    First time hatching pullet or roo?

    This is my first time hatching my own chicks. I have always ordered pullets so no need to guess, except one time I got a surprise roo. :) anyways my babies are going on 4 weeks tomorrow and I was curious to see what everyone things. I think I see 3 roos but not 100%. Thanks!
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    Pullet or roo?

    I posted another question about one of these girls with a black comb and legs. Someone said one looked like a roo. Now I am going crazy staring at combs. They all look like pullets to be. They are 3 week old SLW. Opinions?
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    Silver laced wyandotte or not?

    I ordered 7 white leghorns and 6 SLW pullets. I am lucky enough to live 45 mins from a hatchery so I went and picked them up. At pick up I saw they gave me an extra SLW. Anyways they are 3 weeks old now and two of them look very different. One has a funny pattern and a black comb/beak and her...
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    Chicken genetics

    I have read a bunch of the old forums on how chicken genetics work. I get the basics but I just crossed eAster eggers and an ISA brown with a Jersey Giant roo. All the chicjs except 1 looks identical to a Jersey Giant chick. The one that doesnt is gray (i think its techinally blue). I was hoping...
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    Chick cant breathe what to do?

    Help! I just picked up 15 chicks wednesday from the hatchery. all doing great except one. She is taking shallow rapid breathes but her beak is closed. There is a clicking/popping sound as she breathes. I have a video but isk if I can post it. She is chitrping but wont keep her eyes open long...
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    Letting a hen hatch in winter yay or nay?

    I have a broody hen... In February! I took her egg this morning and she still has not left the nesting box. I have golf balls in them from when I first was training them but they all seem to like them so I have just left them. Anyways she is out there trying to hatch a golf ball. I dont know if...
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    meat bird coop ideas

    Last year I kept my beat birds in the coop with my layers. It was my firs time with crosses and lets just say I will never do it again. They are nasty little boogers. I was considering doing a simple hoop coop since I will only have them for 8 weeks-ish. My concern is with predators. When I...
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    brooder in unheated garage in winter with heat lamp... yay or nay?

    I have read several threads about brooders but most of them are people with chicks in late spring. I plan to use an old dog crate I have for a large dog as a brooder so all of my chicks can be in one brooder instead of two separate ones. Also I will be able to put in sticks for perches and room...
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    commet or leghorn?

    i am looking into expanding flock. I have a high demand for eggs and I have extra eggs each week but not nearly what I am asked for by friends and family. I am Looking for a great layer. I have GJ, EE, and ISA Browns. The ISAs are amazing but I like the variations of colors in my flock. Which of...
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    Frequent soft shell eggs... Why?

    Hello! I have a flock of 17. I Roo 10 hens and 6 pullets. My pullets are ISA browns. I have never had them before and are supposed to be comparable to leghorns as far as productivity. They started laying right after Christmas and over the past 10 days I have consistently been finding a soft...
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    Help! Rabbit with cluster of abscesses

    We got a blue dutch for my daughter for Christmas. The weekend before I noticed two abscesses between her ear and eye. The store we purchased her from covered any health issues in the first month. I took her in and they said itblooks like she was bit by another bunny. We have been doing warm...
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    What's going on with my hen?!?!

    I have a flock of 17. I have one roo and the rest are pullets. 5 are EE, 5 JG, and 6 Isa browns. They are 9 months old except the Isa browns which are 13 weeks. One of my JG has been missing feathers on her neck and above her tail feathers. I assumed it was from the roo over mating her but she...
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    Rabbits in a chicken coop... Is it safe?

    I know there are other threads on here but none answer my question specifically. I have a chicken "jail" we use to put meat birds in the day before we process them. We also use it as a brooder once the birds can go outside. We are getting my daughter a rabbit for christmas. We want it tk stay...
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    when can rabbits be put outside?

    Hello! We are talking about getting my daughter a bunny for Christmas. She has been begging for one for months and now she keeps telling us she will just ask Santa. Anyways we have no objection to having a bunny but we want it to be an outdoors one. We have a barn that our chickens are in and...
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    Low egg production

    I used to let my hens free tange but then we got a batch of crosses that were to dumb to back in at night so we started locking them in run. I have a few girls who know how to get out and I dont mind as long as the meat birds stayed in. Now that they are all processed we alstarted letting them...
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    Partial soft shell egg... Why?

    One of my girls laid a partial hard/soft shell egg late today. It was sometime between 630-9. They normally are done laying by 5ish. I know these things happen but I wanted to make sure its not abnormal. It bAsed on the color of the hard part it was one of my EE. I recently allowed my broilers...
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