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    Sick chick won't eat

    Yesterday morning I found one of my week-old chicks sprawled in the run looking dead, but turned out to be only almost-dead. Once warmed, it perked up considerably. I gave it water/electrolyte, but couldn't convince it to eat, and thought it might be more likely to eat if returned to mama &...
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    Chicks not hatching

    I thought there was pipping this morning (day 22), but this is what the egg looks like this evening. I don't see the membrane punctured anywhere and it appears to be drying out now. I'm not noticing movement and assume it's too late, but have left it under mama. Thoughts? Something I should have...
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    Thin-shelled eggs = retirement time?

    One of my 2-year old ISAs has been laying thin shelled eggs since about new years. Which means I'm constantly cleaning goo off the other eggs, replacing shavings in the nests, and worrying about somebody getting a taste for raw eggs. Such a waste of the poor dear's almost daily efforts! They're...
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    Coop camera lens = dust magnet

    I'm addicted to watching the camera I installed in the coop a couple weeks ago - as if I didn't waste enough time watching chickens already! I'm constantly having to wipe dust off the lens, and wondered if anyone has dust repellent suggestions?
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    Link between beards & blue eggs?

    I have 4 pullets from my ameraucana (since they don't meet sop, I guess they're EE's?) hen & rooster. All 4 have pea combs & slate legs, but only 2 have the muff/beard. They are now 5 months and one of the smooth-cheeked girls has started laying tinted/beige/pink eggs. Is there a link between...
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    How cold is too cold for molting chicken?

    One of my chickens is molting HARD and the weather is well below freezing tonight. The coop has a heater that keeps it above freezing, and I've put her between 2 other hens at the heater end of the roost, but she's got hardly anything to fluff, and I'd feel horrible if she froze. Today she...
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    soft-shelled and shell-less eggs

    At the end of March our 8-week chicks moved out of our house and into the big girl coop. The big girls were understandably not thrilled at having to suddenly share their room with a bunch of younger siblings... One of my hens started laying soft-shelled eggs, occasionally a normal egg, and for...
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    These are boys, right?

    Has anybody ever had an 8-week old with a comb like these end up laying eggs?
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    Confused about medicated feed...

    My 5-week old chicks are in the house, unvaccinated, and not on medicated feed. They've got a container of outside dirt to play with, but sooner or later (hubby says sooner!), they've got to make the move to the big girl coop. I've read some conflicting posts, and I'm confused about the...
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    Giant chick?

    What's going on here? These are 2 of my 2-week-old ameraucanas. All my chicks are about the same size - with this one, glaring exception. The big one is slower feathering, and slower moving, spending more time than the others sitting down. It doesn't run around like the others, and generally...
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    stray peacock...

    One evening, 2 peacocks and a peahen wandered into our yard. The peahen soon left, walking back up the road with one of the peacocks. The other peacock remained. It's been 2 weeks now, and he's still here! Roosting each night in a tree at the back of the property, and making a whole lot more...
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