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    Broody Hen with Trader Joe's Fertile Eggs....

    I had a very broody hen who was losing weight and showing no sign of giving up so I bought a dozen fertile eggs at Trader Joe's and put them under her. Day 5 we candled and only found 10 eggs (maybe other 2 are buried in shavings), 7 of them were viable. Anyway, it's been so many years since I...
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    Easter Egger Breed?

    Anyone want to venture a guess as to the breed of this chick. She was in a bin marked "easter egger layers" at the feed store. She is so beautiful!! I can't begin to make a guess so I am hoping someone out there can!
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    To medicate or not.......

    Hi All, I am receiving a batch of barred rock chicks from Meyer's this week and am deciding whether to buy medicated starter or not. I have only ever hatched eggs and have preferred non-medicated starter. Is there any good reason to go with medicated for hatchery chicks? CJ
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    What to expect when expecting order from hatchery......

    Hi all... I have been hatching and raising my own chicks or buying from local people for years and I just ordered 20 barred rocks from Meyer's. Hoping my first experience with shipped chicks goes well, but I do understand it maybe a crap shoot this time of year. I was hoping for some advice on...
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    Chicken Breed Comparison Chart

    There used to be a very simple, informative chicken breed chart on BYC and I can't seem to find it anymore. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I thought it was in the "Breeds" tab but when I go there all I see are the breeds listed with peoples reviews. While I appreciate this, it was...
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    Feather Picking

    I am getting tired of dealing with feather picking. After the winter is over and moulting has stopped and I can tell which hens will get their feathers back and which won't, I am thinking of culling those that are bare naked due to feather picking and only keeping those that look good still. But...
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    two day old chicks not able to stand....HELP PLEASE!!!

    We have two, two day old chicks that were fine yesterday. Standing tall, walking around. Woke up this morning and they are sitting down with their legs out in front of them. When they try to stand they just fall back down. They will stretch a leg out in front of them but then do nothing else...
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    Day 22, no movement...

    I am on day 22 of incubation and all my eggs have hatched except for three bantams. Upon candling, one of them does not look normal, the air sac is about half the size of the egg and crooked and it looks to have a lot of blood in it. The other two seem to have good air sacs and I can see there...
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    Electrolytes and probiotics

    I am in process of hatching and looking forward to brooding.....my husband came home with some electrolytes and probiotics....should I use them? Are they necessary or just helpful and if so, for how long? CJ
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    NEED HELP!!!

    If anyone is up out there, could you tell me if I need to be concerned or do anything at this point. I have a hovabator and both temp and humidity have been spot on until lockdown today. I filled both troughs and can't get humidity above 56%. To complicate matters, one of the chicks actually...
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    Medicated or Not?

    It has been awhile since I raised chicks from hatch. I am hoping I can get some feedback on the benefits of using medicated versus non-medicated chick starter? Anyone have any opinions on what you use and why? CJ
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    How To Place Eggs for Hatching in Incubator

    I am getting ready to go to lockdown on Thursday and have a couple of questions: I have heard some say that they remove the eggs from the turner and place them on "something" other than the bottom of the incubator. Anyone have any suggestions as to what they use? How it looks? Also, is there a...
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    Bantam & Standard Eggs in same incubator

    Has anyone set both bantam and standard eggs in the same incubator? How/Did it work? Any issues that might arise? This will be my first attempt at hatching via an incubator and want to minimize issues, not increase them. But it is a 4H project so I would like to let people hatch the eggs they...
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    Shipping Fertile Eggs Question

    I am considering having some fertile eggs shipped to me. The trip will not be a long one, a 5-6 hour drive, but no telling how the box gets treated by the post office. I believe the person selling the eggs does a great job of packing them. (each egg wrapped in bubble wrapped and placed in it's...
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    Cockerel Question

    Hi All, I have 27 hens (half RIR's, half EE's) and 1 EE cockerel, all around 7 months old. The cockerel only seems to be mounting a couple of the hens and two in particular are starting to show some serious wear on their backsides. I am wondering if he will get busy with more of the hens as he...
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    Is my math correct?

    I am multiplying length x width and dividing by 4 to get the size for my run. Is this correct? I will let my hens out when I am home during the day but they will need a run big enough to stay happy in most of the time. I will have 20-30 hens. Thanks for your input! CJ
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    Roosts

    Is there a rule of thumb for amount of roosting bar (by feet) needed per chicken? I know my 11 girls used to all huddle on about 5 ft of an 8ft bar but they used the whole 8ft getting up and on it. I am going to have around 20-30 chickens and am wondering how to roost them all? Thinking maybe a...
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    Nesting Box Questions

    I am building a new coop and working on the design for the nest boxes. I plan to build two rows of boxes with 5 on top and 5 on the bottom. In looking at coop pictures I see some people have a bar that runs across the front of their top row of nest boxes for the hens to jump up on. Can anyone...
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    egg with a little blue kote on it.....

    I sprayed my hens backside with some blue kote to try to get the other hens from picking at her feathers and a little smear of it is now on her egg she laid right after. Is it safe to eat the egg????
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    Will a rooster mount a pullet that isn't laying.....

    I have a 21 week old lavendar rooster and a 20 week old BCM, I didn't think the marans was laying yet as the only dark brown egg I am currently getting is from my black cochin and the marans comb is somewhat red but not as bright as I would expect it to be if she were laying. Today I saw the...
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