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    Co-hatching

    Hello all! I've had broodies co-hatch before but this time I replaced the eggs on one of my silkies three days later. Should I separate them at the time the eggs on the first one start pipping? Each one has her own place inside a crate.
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    Broken neck

    Ten days ago a marten managed to open the gate of one of my coops creating havoc.. I was absent at the time and found the next day all four of my ayam cemani hens killed.. Sole survivor was their rooster who was in a terrible condition with bite injuries and his neck broken unable to lift or...
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    4yo roo. Broken wing and staggering.

    My poor old ayam cemani roo had his wing broken by a goose a couple of years back. Since then I try to keep him out of trouble, but a few days ago it seems that the wing broke at the same spot again during a cockfight. A day or two later he started to stagger and if he falls off on his bad...
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    Sexing orpingtons, marans, polish

    I'd appreciate some help towards sexing my 8wo orpingtons: Also is there a chance to find out at this time the sex of the - also 8wo- silkie on the left? What about the araucana at the right? Is it a true bred or a mutt? I have no splash birds in my (true) araucana coop, only silver and black...
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    Going broody toogether

    Two of my pullets decided to go broody at the same nest at the same time. I have put both of them together -on different nests- at a quiet place at a cellar but I haven't yet placed eggs under them, just one on each to keep them broody. Should I place eggs on both of them the same day so that...
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    Keeping genders separately

    I have a friend who raises brahma chickens of several different colorations. He keeps the whole year the hens and the roosters separately in two large coops, and only twice a year, May and September, he joins the birds in several smaller coops by color, in order to get fertilized eggs and new...
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    Fertilization question

    How soon can a hen after being mount lay a fertile egg? Is it a process that happens quick enough or does she usually have to lay the current egg in her oviduct first for the next ones to be fertile?
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    Replacing eggs on a hen.

    Can I replace the eggs of a hen that is already sitting on another -infertile on candling- batch for 10-15 days? What are the chances of successfully incubating them and not abandon them once 20-25 days of total sitting time has passed?
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    Using a turkey for chicken egg hatching

    Among all the chicken I have one 1yo female turkey. The previous two weeks she used to disappear in the mornings and return to the rest of the flock at noon. Initial attempts to locate her were unsuccessful. Two days ago it was raining and she didn't return for the night but next day she did...
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    Dermatological issue?

    My gooses neck is for quite some time now -months- in this condition. Would anyone know if it something that can be treated? Has not spread elsewhere in her body nor in to any other bird in the coop.
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    Shut eye

    Hi all, It's been a couple of days now since the roo in picture has his eye shut. He behaves normally and his other eye is fine. I notice a foam like liquid emerging from his eyelid. Any ideas?
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    Hatchlings killed

    I've had two hens sat down with five days difference.. The first chicks hatched yesterday -4 out of 8 eggs- but then the hen abandoned the rest of the eggs. I've tested putting two of those abandoned eggs to the second hen and today I encoured both the little chicks being hatched but killed by...
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    Leave unhatched eggs with hen?

    Today four chicks have hatched under the hen, my first ever! There are however five more eggs that have not hatched yet and I am afraid this is due to another chicken that continued for several days to lay eggs at the same nest and the broody hen adopted them. So I don't have a clue when they...
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    Silkies' first -and only- egg

    I was keeping a good eye on a silkie poulet to see when she'd lay her first egg, being almost 8mo. Indeed that time came and she laid a small whiteish one but afterwards nothing. It's been two weeks now that she hasn't layed again. Is that normal?
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    Semi-open eyes on chick

    I've got a barred rock poulet for about a month now (should be 2-2.5 months old) and all this time she has her eyelids semi-closed. She eats and drinks and forages normally, is quite active and follows the rest of the flock at their activities. Would it be something of concern?
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    Breeding pairs coop

    Having almost finished the new run enclosure for my birds, I need help with ideas for a simple oblong coop that I'll build inside, with compartments housing a breeding pair each. I have four different pairs/breeds, now on coops of their own, but I need to house them all together in their new...
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    Would a bourbon red tom be suited as a 'pet' turkey?

    I have a small flock of a few (10-15) chicken, a geese couple and a turkey hen, all very well tempered and going along pretty well. I was given the opportunity to purchase a bourbon red tom (the hen I already have is another, commercial variety), about 8-10 weeks old and I am considering it. I...
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    Chick swallowed nylon ribbon

    One of five 8wo chicks I keep in a small enclosure, dropped the feeder which was hanged with the ribbon and most probably swallowed it. The chicks are all different breeds, but I saw many times a silkie trying to peck at the ribbon. Two days ago I found the feeder on the ground and no sign of...
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