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    Chicken half dead out of the blue

    HELP! I found one of my hens half dead this morning laying on the coop floor. PLEASE no rude comments. I’m incredibly heartbroken. I know at this point she isn’t going to make it, I’m just trying to figure out the cause now. I brought her inside to be safe and warm as she passes. I’m putting her...
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    Chicken still sick AFTER being egg bound

    Hello. My chicken was egg bound. I noticed her acting funny last night and then this morning she wasn’t walking and had the regular egg-bound symptoms. I soaked her in epsom salt bath and gave her extra calcium. I left her alone in a dark and quiet place and she laid an egg shortly after. The...
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    Please help! Roosters head pecked raw!

    Hello. I'm a pretty experienced chicken raiser but i've never had this problem. I have one flock of chicks (almost 2 months) and another flock that are about a month old. I tried to integrate them last night (never had a problem before) but I had a beautiful white creasted polish rooster who the...
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    HELP! Not sure if chick can get out of egg!

    I posted last night looking for advice and I have updates. After 25 hours, she cannot seem to get out. Her pip hole was low down and irregular. She clearly could not zip. Her beak has been stuck out and moving and chirping. She is trying to get out and can't. As it has been 24 hours, I helped...
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    Does this pip look strange to anyone?

    My camera takes low quality photos but this pip seems off to me. She started about an hour and 1/2 ago and no movement. The pip hole looks strange, like she's trying to zip but can't. It also seems low down
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    Incubating my own eggs - help!

    This is the first year my flock has had a rooster in it. I plan to hatch my own eggs this year. My question is - When I ordered hatching eggs last year, I was instructed to let them set for a day in room temperature before placing them in the bator. Do I have to do this as well with my own...
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    Oatmeal Sunday!

    Every Sunday I make a batch of oatmeal for my flock and they devour every bite! This past weekend I got stuck in the blizzard and the flock was extra excited for the oatmeal due to this! Thought I would share this picture with everyone!
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    sick rooster or just his personality?

    hi all, hoping to get some advice on my roo. I hatched him myself in spring of 2015 so he's almost a year old. he's a dominquie rooster. I also have another rooster who is very lively. they do not fight at all. this rooster has always been kind of docile and not very rooster like. he didn't crow...
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    sad loss :(

    tonight I came home to find one of my beautiful speckled sussex dead. she was attacked and left in the pasture. I have a donkey so I'm certain she chased the preditor away but sadly left a half consumed chicken for me to see. I hatched her myself this spring so that made the loss even harder. I...
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    Is my chicken sick?

    My white Cochin chicken is 3 months old, I hatched him myself. I went down to the coop and noticed a little blood, very little, on the ground so I checked him over but couldn't find anything. when I picked him up he started drooling profusely and when I put him down he stumbled and couldn't walk...
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    Advice on what to do with baby roosters?

    Hello all! I've just hatched 11 beautiful babies! I am wondering if anyone has any advice on what to do if I end up with too many roosters. I want to keep one MAYBE two and a friend wants one but if I get more what do you guys usually do with too many roosters in a new flock? I would never kill...
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    Day 23 egg. Advice?

    I have one egg left in the bator and it's on day 23. When I candled yesterday (day 22) I saw just all dark. I had a hard time finding an air cell, it was all darkness. I have seen no pips or peeping or movement in the egg. I tapped the egg yesterday and heard nothing, I thought I maybe heard a...
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    New chick has deformed feet/toes

    I posted this is the hatching forum but I will try here I posted this yesterday (friday) "My 12th baby hatched today (friday) around 3:30 pm and it's 9 pm now. It has been peeping and breathing and looks completely normal. The problem is I noticed his foot is not right. All the other chicks...
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    Chick has deformed foot/toes. Help!

    My 12th baby hatched today around 3:30 pm and it's 9 pm now. It has been peeping and breathing and looks completely normal. The problem is I noticed his foot is not right. All the other chicks have the normal 4 toes with the one in back and the one long one. this chick's toes are deformed on...
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    Advice on my egg that is hatching?

    First off, thank you to everyone who has given me advice and helped with questions for the last two weeks! I am on the night of day 20. I had 19 eggs in the bator and I had them shipped. I had some bumps in the road but miracles happened and 8 have hatched already! 14 out of 19 are alive when...
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    Help! Hatching on day 19!

    I am the night of day 19 and there is an external pip and peeping from two eggs! Is this too early? I am worried it's from the humidity. Last night I think the humidity got way too high. Could that cause them to start hatching? I'm worried it's too early
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    How to catch internal pip if I am in lockdown

    How do I check for an internal pip if I am in lockdown? I know you candle the egg to see if there is a beak in the air cell but aren't you not suppose to open the incubator and mess with the egg during lockdown? I am not day 19 and I am just curious.
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    Can't get humidity higher. Tips?

    Today is lockdown day and I am struggling to get my humidity up to 70% or higher. It will spike up but won't stay. I have 4 small, glass cups in there right now with hot water and have the water cells filled. Any tricks or tips?
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    14 out of 19 eggs!

    I got my eggs shipped from my pet chicken so I didn't expect much because they were shipped but tonight (day 17) I candled and 14 out of 19 of them are alive with pretty good looking air cells!! Two were infertile and 3, sadly, died during growth. But 14 out of 19 for shipped eggs is great I...
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    Chickens only using one nest

    I have 7 chickens currently in my flock and I am about to add more so I would like to figure this out before I do! I have a shelf in the coop with 3 boxes in it for egg laying. For some strange reason, ALL 7 of my chickens use the same one box for egg laying. It's becoming an issue because they...
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