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    Silkie Sunburn

    I was just reading an old thread on sunburn. What color Silkie is least susceptible to sunburn.
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    Chicken carcass found with smelly crop-Need Feedback

    I need some thoughts on a disturbing discovery today. I’ve had a sick chicken and haven’t been able to isolate the problem. She was slowly loosing weight and spit up water a couple days ago. So I emptied her crop and it was smelly. I began treating her with vinegar and olive oil. Today I found...
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    Advice on putting 2 Broodies together

    I’m wondering if I can put two broody hens together that have hatched chicks one week apart? They were together initially, but on separate nests and seemed to tolerate each other’s presence. The problem… the second broody is only going to hatch one egg. I have a space problem and keeping them...
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    Tough membrane

    How do you determine if a chick can break thru the membrane or not? Started pip at 9 last night. Getting nervous 😳
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    Float Test for Fertilized Eggs

    I just did the float test on a few questionable eggs at 18 days before I do lock down. THEN... I read where the float test is a bad idea. This is my first experience with an incubator and I was trying to avoid an exploding egg. Has anyone ever done a float test and the egg survives? One person...
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    Blue eggs, Dark inside?

    Hi Everyone. I have 3 light Easter Egger chicken eggs that are dark inside all the way thru, and they have been since the beginning. They have an air cell and if I look closely... I might see veins down at the bottom toward the air cell. I have no idea if these eggs are viable or not. They are...
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    Is it ok to slip an extra egg in the incubator after 24 hours?

    Is it ok to slip an extra egg in the incubator after 24 hours?
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    Roo or pullet?

    Any guesses on this 12-14 wk old silkie mix?
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    Wry Neck - Nutrition Question...

    I've lost 3 young chickens in the last 3 weeks to what I believe to be Wry Neck. After reading about the solution being vitamin E and Selenium, I was wondering how they could be vitamin deficient when I've had them on a medicated chick starter. They are all about 12-14 weeks old. I'm just...
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    Buff Orpington hen or Roo?

    About 4 months old. Any opinions?
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    What am I?

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    6 week old and wondering about gender and breed. I'm a newby.

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