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    what happened to sufficient self?

    what happened to ss forums? are they still up? I'm getting forbidden pages when I try to visit the site.
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    Homemade incubator success

    We had a darn good hatch rate for a homemade incubator made from an old space heater
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    Chicken labor force

    Our chickens are great workers. If youre not doing this you should give it a shot!
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    Roosters red feet

    I noticed both of my roosters have this going on. Is it some kind of mite?
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    Hen with bronchitis. Now others sneezing

    yesterday I found one of my hens was having a hard time breathing. She was making odd sounds, could have been sneezing. Her chest was very congested. After some reading I figured she had a virus. I culled her, cleaned the coop and sanitized everything. Today more are sneezing and one has nasal...
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    spots on comb. Some sneezing

    some of my chickens are showing black spots on their combs. Very tiny spot on most. It seems the worst on the rooster. He's been like this for over a month. Now I noticed he is sneezing sometimes. Some of the hens are sneezing as well. I looked in his mouth and didn't see any thing odd. No...
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    My first incubator build

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    New incubator new hygrometer

    So I got tired of the temp swings from my little giant and built a wooden forced air incubator. I put a ranco line voltage control on it with remote bulb. Set at 100 it will over shoot to 101 for a short time. The air temp can fluctuate between 99 and 101. So it should be quite a step up from...
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    Adding chics to a broody hen

    Hello. It's been a while since I have been here. The homestead has been very busy. I have a broody hen that has 5 chicks right now. I'm wondering what would happen if I picked up a couple more from tsc and put them in the pen with her and her chicks. They would be very close in size and age to...
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    powdered eggs

    whats your favorite powdered egg recipe? im getting a dozen a day and have 6 more pullets about to come into lay. i was thinking of making some powdered eggs
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    Sex help please

    Can j guys tell what this chicken is? My duaghter swears she seen it crowing. I'm hoping pullet....
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    Drop in egg production. Double yolks

    My 9 hens' production has dropped from 7-8 a day to 4-5. In the past two weeks i have gotten 5 double yolks. Im starting to wonder if its caused by diet. The diet consists of 22% start grow lay (mixed flock) , mixed grain with roasted soy beans, table scraps and they always have oyster shell and...
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    Molting in the spring?

    Back in march i bought 10 red sex link hens that were 13 months old. They are good birds, lay everyday like clockwork. Now i notice a couple of them are starting to lose feathers on their backs and some wig feathers as well. It seems new feathers are coming in but im not 100% sure about that...
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    Amending sandy soil

    Hello all. Im a chicken newb, rabbit newb and garden newb and im knee deep in all of it this year for the first time. What i have is a 40x40 garden plot that is very sandy. I have been letting my chickens run on it for a couple months and have also dumped a couple wheel barrow loads of rabbit...
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    Need to put wiegh on rabbits

    2 of my 3 does are having trouble bouncing back from their last litters. Is there a high calorie food i can give them to help put wiegh back on?
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    8-9 week old chicks loosing feathers

    Guys i need a little help here. I just found that 3 of my seven chicks that share a space are loosing feathers. I dont know if they are fighting, have mites or some disease. I have the 3 quarantined right now but i am afraid they need to be culled asap. Pics to follow. Thanks for the help
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    Getting a little envious here

    Ok folks i have been seeing many of your pics of beautiful egg baskets full of rich dark brown, bright blue, different shades of green and sometimes even pink eggs. Im getting kinda tired of my run of the mill brown eggs. How do i get the flock producing baskets like these? What i have: black...
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    Introducing chicks to the flock

    Whats the best age to introduce chicks to the flock and how would you go about it? Also as far as feed goes, i dont think laying pellets are good for them. Could i feed the whole flock 20% grower crumbles for a few weeks with oyster shell available? The reason i bring this up is i just...
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    Rabbit with neck growth

    One of my does recently developed a growth on her neck. Right under her chin. Its a large lump and the hair has fallen off of it. Anyone got any ideas for treatment?
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    4 week chick sex help

    Is it possible to get a good guess at sex by 4 weeks? If so here are some pics
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