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  1. acbear93

    wholly cow!!

    One of my buff rocks laid this monster egg over the weekend, and we just couldnt believe it...the other 2 eggs are normal size eggs...
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    inside out egg???

    My daughter was cleaning out our chicken coop today, and she saw one of our hens lay an egg which appeared to come out in stages..first she said the white part came out, then the yolk and then the shell, all seperately. The hen did not appear to be straining to lay this blob of stuff, but what...
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    has anyone ever seen this???

    Ok, I took a peek in the coop this afternoon to find one of my black- sexlink hens standing in the nest box...she appeared to be straining, so I slowly walked over to her, and it sort of concerned me, as I could hear her actually making straining noises, she would take a deep breath and strain...
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    just curious...what do you think we are???

    Ok, back in summer when I was desperate to find some fertile eggs for a first time broody, I bought some on ebay.....they were SUPPOSED to be Red Stars, a breed that I have had in the past and loved...when they were born, 3 were light yellow, and we thought they were the males...1 was reddish...
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    how soon do cockerels mature?

    I have a couple of "baby" roos, about 10 weeks of age, red stars...They are the only roos in with my girls...I cracked open two eggs yesterday for baking, and one had the plain white dot on the yolk, as a normal infertile egg would have, and the other had the bullseye mark on it as a normal...
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    the waiting is killing me!

    My baby chicks are due to hatch today, and here I am at work!!! It seems like forever that you have to wait for the day to finally come, and here it is, and I am stuck here at work, and cant stop thinking about if they are arriving at this very moment or what??? Cant wait to go home and see...
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    so far so good...

    Well, I candled for the first time with this batch of eggs on day 11 yesterday, and out of the 11 eggs my girl is setting on, 10 of them look like they are alive and kicking! We tossed the dud, as there was just a little black spot that looked like a clot or something, and didnt look healthy...
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    pictures of red-star chicks at about 2 months of age?

    I am looking for pictures to compare my chicks with other same-breed chicks at 2 months of age...the chicks I have are supposed to be red-stars, but they dont look like the ones I had...bought some hatching eggs, and guy swears thats what they are...I dont think they are what he says, but would...
  9. acbear93

    here we go again....

    Ok, I cant believe we are doing this again.....buuuuuttttttt.....I had this crazy chicken who went broody over the summer, we got her some fertile eggs to sit on, with the time it took to order eggs thru the mail, she was setting for too long and forgot what she was doing I think, and it didnt...
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    A hen with mental problems???

    I have a Ameracauna hen that went broody, was seperated by her own doing from the flock outdoors for about 10 days before we found her and her nest, so I isolated her in a rabbit cage in the barn, and got her some hatching eggs...and half way thru she got retarded and lost track of her eggs...
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    What do you do about food??

    Ok, I have mama and chicks moved in with rest of the flock in the coop/run...they have been isolated from the rest of the girls so far, everyone else is outside yet, I watned to give them a chance to settle in and get comfortable before the others come in tonight...Mama found her corner that she...
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    How soon can you let chicks out in the yard??

    Ok, I have 4 chicks out of 5, hatched on 8/6...they are in a rabbit cage with their mama...I am trying to decide what to do here, I would like to let mama just do what she does, and be their mama...I have noticed already that they are out and about, zipping around in the cage, and mama is...
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    how do you know if you have a dud??

    Its day 21 here, 4 of our babies hatched yesterday on day 20 with a hen, not an incubator. I had been candling, and know that it WAS alive...even last night, I felt movement in that last egg, but no chirping like the others did, and no pip yet...I am wondering, how long do I wait, will the...
  14. acbear93

    Ok, this is addicting....w/pics!!!!

    Well....so far, its a boy, its a girl, its a boy, its a boy, and one that hasnt decided to reveal itself yet!! Two are completely hatched, two are still working on it, and the last one hasnt started, but the egg moves in my hand, so its still alive in there, just keeping us in suspense.... I...
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    Day 20 here, we have a pip!!! Chirping!!!

    Woohoo!! We heard peeping last night, and we checked, no action...Kids said they heard peeping, so I went to check again, first egg I grabbed, nothing yet, second one, had a tiny hole in it, so we had our quick look, and put it back... Now we wait....how long from a pip to a zip? We are...
  16. acbear93

    Day 14 here...

    Just came in from candling, havent done it in a few days...trying not to be a pest...I have such an understanding hen!!! Looks like all 5 eggs she is setting on have growing peeps, bigger then last time I candled, alive and all kicking still.... Now its really starting to get nervewracking...
  17. acbear93

    peeps!!!

    Ok, day 8 here on our first time ever hatching eggs with our 2 broodys...Just came in from candling eggs... Black sexlink, sitting on 6 eggs that we had ordered thru the mail (Red Star), 5 had peeps and I even saw one move a little! The 6th egg was dark, all the way thru so I removed it...I...
  18. acbear93

    Can you mix Bantams with Standard breeds?

    I am considering getting some silkie chicks, and I am concerned though, I dont know if I can keep them together with my "regular" chickens?
  19. acbear93

    Exciting!!!!

    I know its early on, but I made a home made candler, and tested it out....Day 6, and I can see the peep developing the veins, and floating on top in 5 of 6 eggs one of my broodys, lil mama, is mothering ...The 3 eggs under broody number 1, we call her Chloe, I think they chilled and died, as...
  20. acbear93

    first time with a broody hen, actually 2 of them!

    I have had chickens for almost 6 years now, and this is the first time I have ever experienced having a broody hen, an Ameracana. She disappeared for days at a time, and I thought she was a gonner for a while. We discovered her and her"nest" outside in some tall grass, and decided to not break...
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