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    Beginner at Incubating and Worried About Humidity

    This is my first time incubating eggs (chickens) and it all happened in a bit of a rush - I had initially had bought fertilized eggs for my broody hen who promptly decided she was done with motherhood and left me with a bunch of eggs to raise! So I quickly bought the best incubator I could find...
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    Oddly Behavong Hen - Possibly Ill?

    I've got a weird list of symptoms I can't seem to piece together for this hen. For reference she is an easter egger, about 1.5-2 years old. Had her for 6 months now. This hen has mostly just been lethargic these past few days. Sleeping a lot during the day and not keeping up with the flock so...
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    Helping my Hen Go Broody and Preparing for my First Time Hatching Eggs

    Hey, all! Hopefully I've found the right category for this thread as it could really fit in a few different areas. I've been raising hens for several years now and raised chicks twice. Now, my hen that I got as a day-old last year has started going broody. I'm so proud! But the keyword here...
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    Gender of my 8 chicks (1 1/2 months)

    I'm pretty sure I know what I have, but I'm curious to see what others my think these guys are. Not 100% sure on a few of them. I've got 1 buff orpington, 2 copper marans, and 5 barnyard mixes (not posted in that order). Thanks!
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    1 of 8 Chicks Distress Calling Regularly

    I have 8 chicks at just about half a week old. All are content, move freely from heat source, drinking and eating. One chick distress calls pretty frequently though. I've seen him drink, eat and go to shelter (i say he based off a very amateur wing sexing i did). He won't do it continuously; he...
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    New Brahma Hen not Tolerating the Cold

    Hello everyone, Just last night I picked up three new hens, one of which is a Buff Brahma about 5 months old im guessing. This morning I noticed the Brahma sneezing, but the woman I got her from said she had never noticed her sneeze and the other two were fine, so I chalked it up to stress...
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    4 Beautiful Laying Hens, Wyandotte Cross, near Toronto

    For free! These 4 beautiful hens would make a wonderful addition to any flock. Take as many or as few as you'd like. As it's winter, they're currently laying about 1-2 eggs a day altogether, but it becomes 2-4 in summer (so about an egg every other day each). All are just under 1 year old. I'm...
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    Chicken sneezing, scratching face, breathing with mouth open

    6-month old, Wyandotte/barnyard cross. She seems well enough during the day - maybe a tiny bit sick looking, but it’s so slight that I may just be paranoid. But during the night while on the roost all her symptoms come out. She scratches her face a lot to the point where she’s created a sore or...
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    Very Sick Hen

    my beautiful Wyandotte cross has been looking very unwell since this morning. Symptoms are: Very lethargic (sitting/lying often, eyes half-closed, not following flock around); lack of appetite; puffing up; gasping for breath (sometimes stretching neck); runny, “milky” poop; white flecks stuck to...
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    Hen Gurgling, Sneezing

    I have a 4-month old silver laced Wyandotte who has been making some funny noises. She’s done a bit of gurgling, but not constantly when she breathes, which seems to be more common. Instead it seems to just be when she’s trying to “speak”. She’s also sneezing a bit more than I think is normal...
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    A Lovely Coincidence

    I bought my Golden-Laced Wyandotte/Branyard Cross chicks at 3 weeks old and named them long before they had finished feathering. One earned the name “Ada Lovelace”, after the mathematician (and a small pun on her breed). A bit older now, and fitting her name better than ever with these fantastic...
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    Everyone’s Favourite Game - Guess the Roo!

    I know this question gets asked a lot and believe me, I have been in and out of forums for hours now... but I’m very new to chicken ownership and I think I’d feel a bit more at ease getting an opinion on these guys (or ladies?) specifically. All of them are Wyandotte barnyard crosses and are...
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    Where to get Chicken Grit Near Toronto

    this has been very frustrating. There seems to be nowhere online that offers chicken grit (before you ask, Tractor Supply only offers grit for the states). No feed stores near me offer it either (not to mention the nearest feed store is an hour away). Sand apparently isn’t coarse enough. And I...
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    Undigested Grass in Chick Poop

    I’ve been letting my chicks out on longer and longer “field trips” outside as they are approaching 8 weeks (still too cold at night for staying outdoors permanently). But I’m starting to find that when I clean their brooder, their poops contain a lot of undigested grass. They otherwise seem...
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    Breed of my Chicks?

    i have 6 7-week old chicks I’ve had for 4 weeks now. I got them from another backyard farmer who told me the mother was pure gold-laced Wyandotte and the father was an unknown breed, but black feathered. I didn’t get to see either of the parents so I can’t confirm any of this, but I have no...
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    Chicks Eating Shavings

    so I recently got 6 3-week old Wyandotte cross chicks. Their original caregiver had them on straw, but I switched them to aspen bedding. But I found they were eating it bit by bit - not a ton, but would occasionally pick out and gobble down smaller pieces. I Decided to be on the safe side id...
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    Chick Brooder with Towel Bedding - Weird Behaviour?

    So I just brought home my first ever chicks - six golden laced Wyandottes, all three weeks old. Their original caregiver was using straw as the bedding for their brooder, but I put them on aspen shavings. I didn’t think they’d take to eating the shavings, being theyre already three weeks old...
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    Chicks and Grit

    Hi, I'm very excited to be getting chicks soon. As I've been doing research, I've noticed a lot of controversy surrounding how to introduce grit into a chick's diet. Some people say they leave the grit in a separate dish for them to pick through, though some say they'll eat too much of it and...
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    Using Medicated Feed

    Hello all, I'll be getting my first ever chicks in mid April and have been doing plenty of research in order to prepare. I've decided to go with medicated feed, but have been reading that this feed doesn't work like a vaccination - instead it works to limit the growth of the bacteria in their...
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    Looking for Ready-to-Lay Hens Southern Ontario

    Hi guys, Just wondering if anybody knew of any places that had more variety of breeds that are currently (or will soon be) offering ready to lay hens in the Southern Ontario Region (Toronto, Niagara Falls, Kingston, Oshawa, Stouffville, etc... I'm in Toronto but willing to travel pretty far)...
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