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    Muscovy Eggs

    I have some Muscovy eggs that I took from my broody hen and a few of them seem to me like they aren't alive anymore but I was hoping to get a second opinion before I give up on them. They are kind of cloudy with little to no signs of veins depending on the egg. The ones I know are alive I can...
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    Ducks vs chickens

    I'm moving to a new property in Kentucky this week and after doing some research ducks seem pretty amazing. I have had chickens since 2014 and we have loved the eggs but it sounds like for eggs ducks lay even more. The only downsides I have been able to find are not handling confinement well and...
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    Best way to move mama and her babies to the main coop

    I have a hen raising 3 chicks I would like to move them back into the main coop since it is more secure and warmer. What would the best way be to do that? My gut says just move them at night and they wake up in their new home but I would love some more experienced input. The chicks are 2.5 weeks...
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    Integrating chicks into free range flock

    I have 6 chicks that are about 5-6 weeks old now and have been raised in a brooder in in the coop with full visibility to the rest of the flock. I integrated my last group if chicks about that age and if went great but at the time my flock wasn't free range and I noticed that the new chicks...
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    Broody drama

    I have a pullet who went broody and I gave her 7 eggs to hatch. She has been quite diligent and I noticed today while gathering eggs added to the best that one of the eggs has cracked and a chick is hatching. This is great but the pullet that was sitting on the nest got kicked off today and one...
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    Experience switching out my cockerel

    I have two hens that are four years old and 7 pullets that are about 6 months at this point. Our cockerel who came with our 7 pullets developed an orthopedic issue and had to be euthanized so we searched for a new cockerel/rooster to join the flock. I found one on the local classifieds site that...
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    Is this a fertile egg?

    I found one of my young hens has made a little nest she hid and has been sitting on them. Since our rooster is young and she is also I wasn't sure if they had gotten things right yet. Does this look like a fertile egg? It seems like it to me but I might just be getting my hopes up.
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    Old favorite hen breed?

    I bought this hen as a chick from the assorted rare breed bin at the feed store a number of years ago. I never found out what she was besides a lot fun. I don't have any other pictures then the two that are attached because she was killed by a dog about a year ago. She is the gray one...
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    Possible fertile eggs after being exposed to Rooster in January

    I have a couple of older hens who seem like they are laying fertile eggs but their last exposure to a mature rooster was in January or February. before I lost 3 hens and the rooster to a raccoon. I do have a cockerel with them who was bought as a chick on March 9th. Is it even possible for them...
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    Almost bought some ducklings

    I was at tractor supply today (not buying poultry) and couldn't resist peeking at the chicks and other birds. I don't need ducks and have enough with my chickens but holy cow when I glanced in at the ducks one stood up cocked its head at me and gave the cutest little quack. It was hard to resist...
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    Pullets or Cockerels?

    I have 8 growing chicks that are about 6 weeks old give or take I purchased them on March 9th from a feed store. I have three Easter eggers which I'm very unsure about, one buff orpington who I am reasonably sure is a pullet, a copper maran who I think is a pullet but am a bit unsure, a...
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    Pullet or Roo

    I have just started my flock and my Rhode Island red pullet is making me wonder. She is a lot more aggressive than everyone else and has thicker legs and is a lot bigger. I have a mixed flock so I don't have another Rhode Island reds to compare to. Is there any chance she really is a she? She is...
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