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  1. thechickgal

    White leghorn not laying white eggs?

    I have 4 young hens who just came into lay, well at least 3 laying now. Rural king had them labeled as ISA browns and White leghorns. I’m getting blue and Olive green eggs! The “white leghorns” look exactly down to the T like a leghorn, slender bodies on the smaller side of standard and white...
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    Nubby

    Nubby is my little miracle girl. She is about 4-5 months old. She was a strong little chick. I got her from rural king late last year. We ended up having a bad winter. One night we couldn’t find her, all the rest of the flock were in the coop for the night. We searched for a couple hours then...
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    Overweight roo!

    I recently got 2 cornish cross( roo and hen) and a welsummer hen. The rooster is it least 20 lbs. He gets out of breath sometimes and can barely run. He’s very sweet and so is the hen. They’re just so big! Does anyone have any advice on how to help bring their weight down. I was told they were...
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    Cornish cross as a pet?

    I recently purchased 2 guineas, 2 turkeys, 1 new Hampshire red, 1 is brown, 2 dominique, 2 English blue orpington, and a mystery yellow chick. All were purchased at rural king besides the orpingtons those were at a local farm. The turkeys I had got to eventually eat. The rest are all for pets...
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    Help! weak chick!

    A couple days ago I went to rural king and got some chicks, 2 leghorns, a jersey giant, a buff orpington, and 4 bantam chicks. all the chicks are doing great except for the tiniest bantam. Shes been acting very weak and just lays around. I haven't seen her eat, and her crop always looks so...
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    When will my cockerel crow?

    I have a salmon faverolle cockerel I've had since the end of summer last year. The hen ISA hen I have just began laying but my rooster hasn't crowed or showed any signs of being a rooster. He's definitely a boy, due to his coloring.
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    Sick chick?

    Hi, I just picked up two buff orpington, two black australorp, and two barred rock chicks at rural king. They look just a few days old, one even had it's egg tooth still. One of the little barred rocks is acting sick. He/she just lays most of the time, just gets up to drink and eat. One eye also...
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    Please Help

    I'm a beginner when it comes to hatching. I have a Styro incubator that I've hatched chicks twice in. I currently have eggs in it again and they all have died but I think one. The temperature kept fluctuating no matter how hard I tried to keep it constant. I'm looking for a new incubator but...
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    incubating chicken eggs and guinea eggs

    I just received 4 guinea eggs and 14 chicken eggs. I'm setting up the incubator now and plan on putting the guinea eggs in soon. I planned on waiting 7 days then putting in the chicken eggs. Any advice or tips would be great. Ill try updating daily on the eggs.
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    Duck egg rescue

    Hi, thanks for reading my thread. I spotted a duck nest near my school. Everyday I came I'd check in on the nest. Always keeping my distance. The duck hadn't begun sitting yet, just laying. Some kids thought it funny to terrorize her. So I waited a couple days and she never returned. So I gently...
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    Odd behaviour?

    I have posted about these hens in an couple other posts. I have these hens I got a few days ago. The lady originally got them as started pullets at a hatchery. One is malnourished but the others are very healthy. Other than them having been debeaked or clipped. They appear to eat good but the...
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    adding new hens to flock

    Hi, I just got some buff orps and I'm eager to add them in. The flock I have all have normal beaks but these four hens have short clipped beaks. I'm worried they won't get enough to eat due to this fact. Will they still be able to eat fine or will the others just leave them with left over crumbs?
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    buff orps

    Hi, I just got 4 buff or hens today. They were given to me and I was told they were 2 Years old. They are beautiful hens. But one is very small compared to the others. Does this mean she is at the bottom of the pecking order?
  14. thechickgal

    The Flock and Lilly

    Hi, I have a flock the consists of a barred rock roo (zoro ), 2 barred rock hens ( zebra and Kaia ), 2 ISA brown hens (Buffy and goldie ) , 2 light Brahma hens (angel and mini) , 1 Rhode Island red roo (rhodie ) , 1 Rhode Island red hen (rose) , and 2 silver laced wyandotte roos ( dot and spot)...
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    canadian goose

    Hi, I am a chicken raiser and last spring I rescued a little Canadian goose gosling. I put it with my flock of 3 month old chicks and it got attached to them and is now apart of the flock. She has seen geese fly over but she just honks back and goes back to foraging with the hens. She can fly...
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    how broody are buff orpingtons

    Hi, this weekend I will be getting 4, 2 year old , buff orp hens. I was wondering how often they go broody and how long they lay eggs. All my hens never want to go broody so I wanted at least one hen that will maybe next spring.
  17. thechickgal

    Help! I dont know what is wrong with my hen.

    Hi I have a goldish colored hen I have only had her for 3 weeks, she has some unknown sickness. She came with a australorp which has been with her since. The other hen has not shown any sign of sickness at all except for her odd looking swelled feet. Which I can't figure that out either. The hen...
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    Using an incubator as a brooder?

    Hi, I currently have had five chicks hatch. They are very little because they came out of pullet eggs. I put food and water in my incubator and lowered the temp to what chicks need. Would this work until they get too big to be in the bator? I have a couple of older chicks that are a week old...
  19. thechickgal

    help respiratory troubles!

    Hi, I just got two hens one has for sure some type of respiratory problem. She coughs,sneezes,wheezes and is very under weight. The other has severe leg mites. I have them separate from my flock. I just got respiratory support meds at rural king. I have been giving this to them and applying...
  20. thechickgal

    Help! My hen is sick!!

    Hi, I just got this hen and I know for a fact she is sick, just not what's wrong. I just got her today from someone in my neighborhood. I also got a hen from them who is perfectly fine but have swollen, scaly feet. The sick one has been sneezing, has a runny nose, coughs, and seems a little...
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