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    Co-parenting new chicks - Have you seen it?

    Several weeks ago I had a hen go broody so I decided to let her hatch a few eggs. First broody was a White American Bresse. We gave her 4 eggs, but when we went on vacation a week later some of the sneaky girls laid 2 more under her. She hatched 4; one died, but three days later she was ready...
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    Help/advice baby chicks in nesting box 2 feet above ground

    So we decided to quit fighting the broodies and just let them attempt to hatch a few eggs. One of my broodies was successful and hatched a baby in the nest box, which is one of 5, in a long tin (or metal) box that came from an old chicken house. The other chickens also use this box, and the...
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    How do I know if my feet are still good?

    I processed some birds a week and a day ago. I put them in a cooler b/c I didn't have room in the fridge. The cooler is not a high quality one, and the bag of ice I put on top melted before I realized and the chickens got a little warm. I put another bag of ice on them but it was 2 days total...
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    Chick sex - can you tell by the tail?

    I remember reading somewhere that, in general, baby chicks might be gender identified the tail length at a young age (2 weeks). But I don't remember which one had the long tail versus no/short tail. I almost think it was the pullets that had a longer tail first, and the roosters had short/no...
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    Fart eggs - do you eat them?

    Are they edible? Is it worth it? I know it will probably be all white, but do you use them?
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    Safe to eat??

    I have a pen of 4 month olds; some full blooded White Bresses and some mixed White Bresse/Doms. One of the smaller hens was picked on and the others picked a spot on the back of her head that started bleeding. Before I got to her, they had picked part of her skin off and exposed the skull. I...
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    Why didn't my feet cook down?

    I processed four roosters that were 4-5 months old and two old hens that were 3-4 years old. The Roos were mixed breeds, but the laying hens were too (they were EEs). I cooked all of the feet, necks and extra skin in the same pot for about 3 hours. The younger Roo feet broke down, but the...
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    Chicken Feet - Worth the trouble?

    So I cleaned my second batch of feet to cook down in the stock pot. First time I used 4 pairs of feet cooked with the necks, extra skin and tails. This time I cleaned 6 pairs of feet and am currently cooking down with necks, extra skin and some fat from the old laying hens. Cleaning and...
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    Problem with young chicken/small egg hatches?

    I had some young chickens (just over 4 months old) that I didn't expect to start laying. I had them in a pen with no boxes. Well I started finding eggs on the cold wet ground around Dec. 16th, and didn't get an egg box in there until the 21st. So what did I do with all the muddy eggs that...
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    Any guesses on these roosters?

    This guy above was sold to me as a "black sex link" chick (which I was told was definitely female - LOL.). As a chick, he was solid black with a yellow dot on his head and his legs were black. As a grown rooster he now has pinkish legs and very pink webbing in his toes, and silver/black lacing...
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    Rolling eggs (in incubator)

    My incubator is an old Hovabator, still-air model. The floor of the incubator is a metal grid that is warped and doesn't lay completely flat. I have tried straightening it out, but just can't get it to lay flat. So when I take the eggs out of the turner on lock down day and lay them on the...
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    How long??????

    So silly of me to be so excited about some barnyard mutts.......but.....they are in the incubator now. My first hatch (besides the three my broody just hatched). Anyway I was wondering how long it takes for the chicks to come out once the eggs start rocking? I swear the eggs started rocking...
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    Mamma stomps on hatching eggs

    I have an awesome 3 y/o broody. Never let her hatch until this year. She hatched two and we took them because she will not come down on the floor (broods only in the net box 2.5 feet high) and we are afraid the chicks will jump and fall when they become active. Well we have used the broody...
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    A propensity for sour crop?

    Do you think a chicken can have a propensity for sour crop? I ask because, out of my flock of 11, one chicken has had it twice now, while none of the others has had it at all. My black australorp named "Mother Plucker" (she had a feather plucking issue when she was a chick and reigned...
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    Need Help - Sour crop and tape worms?!?!?!?

    So I noticed for 2 days in a row that when I opened the coop door in the morning and filled the feeder, 10 of my birds run to the feeder (inside the coop) and one just goes out into the yard without eating. This is the same bird that had sour crop a few months ago. So today (2nd day of...
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    Well, the ladies are going to start paying for their feed!

    My girls have been laying for about 3 months now, and I'm getting 7-9 eggs a day on average from 11 ladies. I'm having a hard time finding enough friends and family to give the eggs away, and also having no luck in getting anyone to buy them for $2.00 per dozen either. It's also becoming a...
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    Seriously??? Two broodies?!?!?!?

    So I selected 4 types of chickens from the hatchery for their egg laying ability and non-broody tendancies (RIRs, Black Australorps, Dominiques and Easter Eggers..... okay, so the easter eggers were just a "treat", but the other 3 kinds are supposed to be egg laying machines; right??) I had to...
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    My first 'bout with sour crop. Now I need advice

    So one of my black australorps, affectionately known as "mother plucker" was looking sort of down for a few days. I noticed when all the chickens were in the run, mother plucker (MP) would keep to herself, a bit stand offish, which is not normal for my flock. (I only have 11 birds in a 10 x 26...
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    Keeping pond water fresh

    I have a 35G pond liner made of heavy duty plastic that I keep in the duck pen for the ducks. It has no drain/outlet, and no pump, and after about 24 hours the water is sour and the ducks can't swim or drink in it. I have to drain it and dump it out (not an easy task) and then re-fill it with...
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    False alarms?

    Do your chickens have false alarms when it comes to laying? On a few occasions I catch a hen in the nestbox, and I go back out after she's "done" and there's no egg. It hasn't happened often, but the "false alarm" today was one of my only 2 green egg layers, so I know for a fact she didn't lay...
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