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    When to move broody and chicks

    We have an Australorp who has been broody for 10 days now. Last year when we moved her to the ground she stayed there and hatched with no problems. We moved her a couple days ago and after about 24 hours she moved back up to a nesting box. She is no longer in a favorite box so we don't mind...
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    Day 16 ok to introduce chicks?

    Our hen has been broody since monday and this morning I slipped some ceramic eggs under her which she took with no problem. In 12 days a local store has chicks we would love to get but is this too soon to introduce chicks? It would be day 16 from going broody and day 12 from when I slipped the...
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    broody hen question

    Our hen has been sitting on eggs for 2 days now. Can I take them out from under her and put them back Friday or Saturday or will this affect development?
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    OK to not put eggs under broody hen for a few days?

    Our hen went broody yesterday but we are thinking about pulling what is under her and putting everything we want to hatch under on friday. Our local farm store is getting a chick shipment 3 weeks from saturday and we were hoping to buy a few sexed chicks to add under her. Is it likely she will...
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    Ivermectin paste?

    I am running into our local store today to get wormer for our chickens as I have seen a couple round worms on the poop board. I was debating between Ivermectin and Valbazen but our local store only has Ivermectin. I am not sure if they have the pour on though so I'm looking for more info on...
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    how to collect poop sample?

    We lost a chicken yesterday and another I'm pretty sure is going to pass tonight. She pooped a little but I'm not sure if it is enough, it's pretty small and in wood shavings. Do I just collect it all in a tupperware to bring it into the vet?
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    milky diarrhea and listless chickens

    Back in January we had one of our chickens die, she had had diarrhea for several months (we did worm them during this time). It was sometimes bloody but usually just watery and almost milky looking. For the last 2 weeks or so one of our chickens started having similar diarrhea, but no blood...
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    tips for keeping mess down?

    I think I read somewhere that putting the feeder and water in a container with sand will help keep the mess down. We have chick feeder and waterer that use mason jars. But the bigger chickens keep knocking the water over into the wood chips, they seem to prefer it over their water, I'm...
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    Are these 2 eggs not going to hatch?

    We had 6 eggs under our broody hen. One we threw out on day 18 because it had not developed past a week. One of the remaining 5 we couldn't see well because it is a blueish egg. We had 1 hatch on day 20 and 2 on day 21. Two eggs are left and they are on days 23 and 24. The hen is still...
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    Heard a peep from one of Miss Broody's eggs!

    I was putting fresh water and food in the coop last night knowing today is day 20 and 21. I lifted up one of her wings to get a quick look and heard a distinctive peep! So exciting! I tried looking around her more but could only find 4 of the 5 eggs when she started to get annoyed with me so...
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    Day 18 too late to move broody hen to food/water?

    Our BA is on day 18 on 5 eggs. The first few days we saw her get up and move around and it was at the same time so I have tried to get out at that time most days but I haven't seen her move since day 5 or so. A few times I think I saw a broody poop on the poop board but it has been several...
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    how far do babies wander from their mama

    We have had chickens for 2 years now but we have always gotten them at 4-8 months old. Our BA is on day 17 on 6 eggs and I'm getting excited but nervous! I'm mostly nervous about the chicks being outside. When I asked at our feed store when the mom takes them out they told me about 2 weeks...
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    Can we add a 2 week old chick to newly hatched chicks?

    Our hen is on day 16 of sitting on 6 eggs. I just found out my aunt has a week old chick that she doesn't want (only 1 of her 4 hatched and she doesn't want to wait to introduce just 1). We thought it would be smarter to wait until the chicks hatch before introducing it, but I thought I'd ask...
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    How old when mama takes them outside?

    This is our first time (hopefully) hatching baby chicks. Our 2 year old Australorp has been sitting on eggs for 5 days now. We successfully moved her from the nest box to a box on the floor. I asked at our local farm store how old the chicks would be before their mom took them outside and he...
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    One of the eggs smaller than others under broody hen

    This is our first time hatching eggs, we have always gotten hens when they are 4-6 months old. Our hen went broody friday and now has 6 eggs under her, 3 from saturday, 2 from sunday and 1 from this AM. We wanted 6 and hopefully 2 of them from our EE so this is perfect for us. But when I...
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    Tiiming of hatch if our chicken stays broody

    Yesterday afternoon I noticed one of our black Australorps was in the nest box. When she was still there at night we put her on the roost and noticed that she has already pulled out her feathers. She has been in the box all day and has pulled out more feathers. Our Plymouth Rock went broody...
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    possible prolapsed vent

    I noticed a couple days ago that one of our hens had a little blood near her vent and that she has no feathers in the area either, I assumed it was from her molting and she is acting normal (active with the flock, eating, etc.) I decided to get a closer look last night and noticed she has a...
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    How to mix Rooster Booster wormer with sweet potato

    Our chickens have been picking out the Rooster Booster (and making a huge mess out of their food!) since we started adding it. I saw a tip to add it to mashed sweet potato but does anyone know how much to add and the best way to give it to them? With the pecking order some of the hens never...
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    unknown cause of diarrhea

    For several weeks now one of our chickens has had diarrhea. When it first started we wormed the flock, knowing we were due anyway and a few had abnormal poops. After the worming they all had better poop except once. I think I have it narrowed down to 2 of the 9 (after going out early one...
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    Adopting a chicken that showed up at our neighbors

    Two weeks ago our neighbors called and said one of our chickens was in their yard. We all have about 2 acres and none of our chickens have wandered that far, at least not in that direction so we thought it was weird. When my husband got there it was not one of our chickens but he brought her...
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