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    My new breeder rabbits and a question

    My husband built me a 4 hole rabbitry, I bought thes bunnys last week, does anyone feed calf manna to the does, the breeder I talked to said it was good for them? Here they are Hope these pics worked
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    leg bar eggs and power going out.

    we have severe storm watch, high wind already, the power is flashing on and off, i have 24 cream leg bar , and a few mutts, ee-leg bar, cooking, how long and what temp do i have to put em under my shirt and wrap up, its 90 degrees here now, i dont want to lose them, i meant 24 total, some are...
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    giant egg, any reason?

    well i must have a sore bird, this egg is huge and only one yolk
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    8 week old chicks, adult rooster behavior, question?

    i have 2 coops side by side, one with adult birds one with chicks, they have been side by side for a few weeks now, the chick yard is small and wrapped in hardware cloth so hard to see through exept for the door, we need to get these guys together (more peeps need to go out soon,) we brought the...
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    berrys and bananna peel for chick treats?

    i have 21 birds, 6 adults, 10, 6 week old 5, 3+ week old, all but the babies get treats, im taking the little peeps out for some air and sunshine today wondered if blueberrys , wild balck raspberrys , banana peels along with kale and clover i usually give the bigger chicks, (in tiny amts of...
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    chick treats, blueberrys, wild black raspberrys, bananna peels?

    i have 21 birds, 6 adults, 10 ,6 week olds 5, 3+ week olds, all the oldest ones are treat beggars , im taking the 3 week olds out to get some fresh air for the first time today and want to start giving treats, i have never given fruit to any, will it be ok to give the fruits and peels along with...
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    seven and a half week old flock of ten to big for chick coop need to integrate with big birds

    i have a flock of chicks, almoast as big as my adult hens, the coop is to small, they have been cooped right next to my roo and 5 hens for 4 weeks, if my big roo makes the run and hide noise to his hens the chicks hide to, the little roos are trying to crow, we are building a 10 by 12 coop...
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    feather plucking, balding bird?

    one of my red sexlink hens is really balding, these birds were given to me in the fall, they had been with a roo so i thought he was the problem, but when they molted, she must have picked out and chewed off feathers as they came in, she looks terrible. the other hens have some missing on the...
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    can EE chicks be sexed by pattern or wing feathering?

    i have different patterns on these chicks, just wondered, was hoping one of these supposed pullets would be a roo? thanks.
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    araucana chicks, . ? really ees? ordered from local feed mill, im sure they are ees, just wanted to

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    three week old chicks to big for brooder, my fix pics.

    had to make this tub bigger, cut a hole and added range hood box, they also liked the fresh clover and clean sand, i put paper in the add on to keep them from filling water and feed with pine,
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    candled egg pics, worried

    well i candled some eggs today, day 7, they dont look fertile to ,me, best pics i could get, some look like i can see the yolk, but the green and light eggs are mottled and seem empty, what do ya think, my last hatch went great, these eggs are not from my birds, thanks
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    set 24 eggs, some are EE hen eggs 2 different colores of green

    set the eggs today, the EE hen eggs are different shades of green, the roo is SLW/RIR, wonder if ill get beards or fluffy cheeks, ???
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    hatching eggs put in fridge, any chance of hatch?

    i had a guy collecting EE eggs for me, he called and had 12 green ones for me, he put them in the fridge, could they still be ok?
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    sexlink hens/silver laced wyandott /ee , roo, chick picks,

    the father of these chicks was killed a few days ago defending his girls, coyote, he is the one on my profile pic, i read sexlinks dont breed true anyway , but i just hatched 10 different color chicks, i have 5 red stars and one black star hens ,will i still have good layers, or what do i have...
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    EGGS PEEPING TO EARLY TO HATCH?

    hello all, ii have 16 eggs due to hatch on saturday, one egg is peeping at me now, should i remove vent plugs? could they be hatching now? im using little giant still air, thanks
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    broody sexlink?

    any chance my sexlinks could go broody, i hate to use incubators, but want to see what this mix breeds, is there a full size bird i can get that will get broody?
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    PROBLEM youlk outside of egg????

    i went for eggs today i got 5 out of 6 witch is how it goes, but the eggs were stuck to the clean straw with yolk, all hens seem fine free ranged all day and all came running for their 4 pm veggies and apples, no signs of a broken egg, ?????? should o probe tham all for broken egg inside????
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    middle ofe november, still geting 6 eggs a day, sexlinks, its dark at 5

    its dark at 5 here but my 6 hens are laying, still, my silkies never did???
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    BALD BACKS ON 2 HENS, THOUGHT FROM ROO THEY HAD BEFORE I GOT EM, NOT MOLTING?DONT WANT THEM COLD?

    i was given these sexlink girls, i think they are a couple yrs old, 2 of em have bare back, should have come back by now, had em for 2 months,no molting i can see and no feathers chewed up, someones picking i think? i always had silk birds, never had probs, my roo isnt doing it, i do have heat...
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