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    Putting chicks under broody

    I just got some new chicks today from a breeder my question is i have a maran that went broody. She has been that way about 3 days. She has raised chicks before and was a great mother but last time she was broody about 2 weeks before i gave her chicks. Do you think it would be too soon to give...
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    Silkies, how did I get this color?

    I don't know much at all about breeding silkies, I just had my first hatch from my own chickens and I'm trying to figure out which rooster is the dad to have gotten the colors I got. The momma hen is black split to paint. I have a blue rooster and a splash rooster. The babies are partridge...
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    Day 22 under a broody

    HI, this is my silkies first time being broody so I gave her some fertile eggs. I have never hatched out eggs before. We are now on day 22 and no piping or anything. I candled one of the eggs this morning and it is completely dark and I can't see anything through it. ( I really don't even...
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    Chicken Coop Plans

    Hi, I am looking for some free coop plans online and not having much luck.. It kept bringing up old post about a Free Purina Mills design but the link must not be there any longer because I can't seem to find it on their website. I have a coop now but am looking for something a little smaller...
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    Help! What could be wrong??

    I am about to go out of town tomorrow and have a sick pullet and have no idea what to do with her. She has been lethargic and not eating/drinking for the last 4 days. I have gotten a little down her by syringe. I have added corid to water and also wormed her 3 days ago...still no improvement...
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    Help! Sick Rooster. Don't know what else to do.

    I have a sick silkie rooster who is about 8 months old. Has been fine until about last Tuesday when I came home and noticed him hanging out by himself, I noticed he had diarrhea so I started everyone on electrolytes and pro biotics. Wasn't' much change the next day but on Thursday he was...
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    Rooster or Hen?

    These two are both 3 months old, I thought they were both Roosters but the more I watch the one in the 2nd pic I think it kind of looks like a hen. The Comb and wattle are smaller and the definite rooster is bigger in size. Both are much bigger than my other chicks of the same age, I didn't...
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    Hen or Roo?

    These two are both 3 months old, I thought they were both Roosters but the more I watch the one in the 2nd pic I think it kind of looks like a hen. The Comb and wattle are smaller and the definite rooster is bigger in size. Both are much bigger than my other chicks of the same age, I didn't...
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    Help! 8 week old silkie chick suddenly can't walk

    I have an 8week old silkie chick who was fine on Saturday (running around being her normal self) and when I went to feed Sunday morning she was laying on her side in the coop. I took her out and set her down, she was able to run away from me and then would fall down on her chest then eventually...
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