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    young lethargic rooster

    I have a young rooster, 4 months old, cuckoo marans, that acts different from everyone else in the coop. He has coordination problems, when outside he doesn't move around much but stands in one spot and his head will slowly sink towards the ground and he keeps his eyes closed most of the time...
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    Dog Attack

    We normally supervise our chickens when they are out, but for the last few months have not been as diligent and have gotten lax. Today I let them out a couple hours earlier than normal cuz it's been such rainy weather. I went back into the house, took off my boots and by the time I got to the...
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    Can Roosters tell?

    I currently have 11 chickens and one rooster. Not all of my girls are laying yet. I've noticed that my rooster seems to be able to pick out the girl that is going to start laying next and does his thing with her and then in a few days we'll get another egg. Last night I noticed that he...
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    Egg w/o ANY shell

    My NHR just started laying last week, but I haven't seen any eggs from her this week. Today I was out earlier than normal to take care of the girls. I noticed that Hermione was acting strangely, but didn't think anything of it. All of a sudden the other girls were around where Hermione had...
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    Caught a coon

    We have a couple of big coons, and babies, in our area and so far all they've been eating is the cat food, but I'm not taking any chances so bought a live trap the other day. Yesterday morning I checked the trap and let one of our cats out. Yesterday afternoon I let another cat out. This...
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    Sooooo Frustrated

    I have Mareks in my flock. The birds that I've hatched myself have all died because I didn't vaccinate for Mareks, not knowing that I had it. My hatchery birds have been ok...until tonight. One of my buff orpington girls died today. She was fine this morning although appeared tired, but dead...
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    Buckeye Roosters

    FREE - I have two buckeye roosters, hatched around April 1st, ready to go home with someone. They are already crowing and are in my basement. Pickup only or depending on distance, can meet you halfway.
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    EE Roosters - Free

    I have three hatchery EE Roosters, one is a barred rock. I also have an additional EE Rooster that I hatched. These are for pickup only or will meet. Pictures upon request.
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    Delaware chicks

    I bought two chicks from the local feed store back in April. Wanted two pullets but got one of each. The pullet is getting black in her tail feathers and on her neck. The cockeral is plain white...is this normal or did I get something else? john
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    Rooster Tastes Different?

    I was chatting with my mil just the other day and talking about butchering the extra roosters. She said that she wouldn't eat a rooster cuz they'd be stringy and not any good. I questioned her about the age of the bird she was eating, but she didn't waiver and said age didn't matter. So my...
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    incubator temp inconsistent

    I have a HP1602 sitting on the kitchen table and at night the room temp drops and wanted to know if inconsistent temps, 93 to 99, delay the hatch or do I still go into lockdown mode on the 18th day?
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    Hatched eggs and feedstore chicks

    I am going to have hatched eggs hatching about the same time that feedstore chicks will be arriving and my plans were to just put the two groups together, but now I'm thinking that I probably ought to quarantine the feedstore chicks from my hatchlings for 30 days. Am I correct? This should be...
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    Newbie from Oregon

    Hi everyone! I'm not new to raising animals for family consumption (rabbits), but I have never raised chickens. I've already placed my order at the local feed store for my first chicks and they should be in this coming March. I've got ten chicks ordered: 2 NHR, 2 DE, 2 BR, 2 BO and 2 EE's...
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    Home canned veggies

    I have some home canned greenbeans, tomatoes and pickled beets that have aged longer than most people would eat...can I feed these to my chickens?
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