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    Hatched chicks panting. Help please.

    So if anyone read my previous post, I had a Brahma who was sitting on eggs killed by a raccoon last week. I wasn't sure about the eggs because they were cold for at least 12 hours. Put them in an incubator and hoped for the best. Well 4 of them hatched so far today! This is my first time...
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    Broody was killed last night, Help!

    I had a brahma that had been sitting on 8 eggs for 2 weeks…well, today would've been day 14. She was killed by a raccoon who figured out how to open the broody coop last night :( My mom found her late this morning so I don't know how long they were alone. I ran out and got an incubator (nope...
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    Broody hatching questions. First timer!

    Ok. I have an adult Brahma that I got from a swap about 2 months ago. Last week we realized she's broody and since I've lost so many girls to foxes I was super excited to hatch some eggs. I have an EE rooster and 2 EE hens so I decided I'd let her sit on some EE eggs (I'm not even sure if 2 EEs...
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    Does this look fertile?

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    Early bloomers?

    I have 12 LF birds I got from a hatchery that I was told hatched 1/19. So they're not yet 4 months. The 2 that turned out to be Roos started crowing at 8 weeks (I gave one away, and the one we kept mates them all, all day long!) and last week we got our first 2 eggs! I wasn't expecting eggs till...
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    9 week old EEs crowing.

    I have 2 EEs with 10 other LF laying varieties. Yesterday morning they both started crowing. I got them from a hatchery and they were supposed to be sexed pullets. They both have pretty large bright red combs. Does this mean they are for sure cockerels? Here's a couple pics of one of them...
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    Silkie sexing

    Hello, I posted a couple of times in the Silkie sexing thread but no one replies. I have 3 silkies that are 13 weeks old. Can anyone give me an idea on sex?
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    Integrating 2 ages of chicks.

    I have 3 silkies that are almost 6 weeks old. They've been out in the coop for 3 weeks. A week ago got 12 day old LF chicks of a few different varieties. I planned to put a divider between them until they got used to eachother. Today I decided to put them all together in the coop and see how...
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    Damsel in distress

    That's what I've named one of my barred rock chicks that keeps jumping up on top of MHP and then crying until I come in to look at her. It's pretty funny, but I'm wondering if it's normal? I know she can get down, I've seen her do it. Her peeps are soooo loud! It's a full on distress call.
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    Shipping chicks in winter

    I ordered 30 chicks from Meyers poultry in PA (3 hrs from me) and they assured me as long as there was 25 they should be fine. They were shipped on Monday and came in at 5 am this morning. The post office called me when they got there, but sadly they were all dead. I was sick over it. I called...
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    Help me with my first coop, pretty please!

    I hired a guy to build me a coop based on pictures of one he built that I liked. I told him I needed one big enough for 10-12 hens. I'm new to all of this and he builds coops, and has chickens himself. The coop interior is 4x4 with exterior nesting boxes and an attached 8x4 run. Now that...
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    Mixing young chicks with older chicks.

    I will have 10 hatchlings (buff orps, barred rocks, GLW, EE) delivered in Jan and a friend offered me 2 of her silkie chicks that will be 3-4 weeks old when I get the delivery. I've always wanted silkies but I'm not sure how to integrate them. I plan to brood the babies in my garage and then...
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    New chicks coming 1/11. Brooding outside

    Hi there. I read up on Blooie's MHP brooding method and I'm definitely going to go that route. I will have 10 chicks, and will be brooding in my garage. There's no heat in there but it never really gets below 35 or 40. On the absolute coldest days. I plan to have them in there from day one...
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