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    how to kill a chicken?

    hey guys, my neighbors have 4 to many roosters and they would like me to kill them for them, they clean them they just can't actually kill it. I don't have a sharp hatchet, but could a machete work? also I have heard of ringing its neck, but that seems like it won't work 100 percent of the time...
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    Hey guys!

    so when I bought these chickens I picked them out. They were 4 months old so I thought I picked all hens. But as it happens I have 2 that are for sure roosters, and one I’m not sure, he had the long neck feathers but no droopy tail feathers. He is the one on the right. What is it?
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    I’ve got a bit of a problem

    ok, so. My chickens will be 1 year old this April. They just started laying about 5 weeks ago. I have 9 hens and at first I only got 1 or 2 a day. Then I got 7. And it has veried between 6 - 7 eggs a day every day since then. And all of a sudden, one day earlier this week, I got only 2 eggs...
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    2 problems

    I have two big problems, and I think they might be connected. So first off, I hVe 15 6 month old chickens who sent laying. I live in South Carolina and right now it's about 55 degrees outside. I read somewhere that chickens don't kilt there first year so... Why aren't I getting eggs? Also, my...
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    please help. introducing a baby chicken

    I have a 3 month old chicken named blue. she's an easter eager. her 2 friends died of sickness and now only she is left. my family loves her and right now we have her in dog kennel with shelter, warmth, water and food under our deck steps. she seems fine for now but I know chickens need to be...
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    If I run into to one more stressful problem, I'm gonna give these chicks away.

    GUYS, I wanna shoot this freaking incubator. Why ant I just have a normal hatch? It's day 19 and 11 have hatched. I took the first To out since they were the only ones and they were fluffy this morning. Now there are 9 in this incubator. They just won't dry, and the humidity is liek 80 cause...
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    If I run into to one more stressful problem, I'm gonna give these chicks away.

    GUYS, I wanna shoot this freaking incubator. Why ant I just have a normal hatch? It's day 19 and 11 have hatched. I took the first To out since they were the only ones and they were fluffy this morning. Now there are 9 in this incubator. They just won't dry, and the humidity is liek 80 cause...
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    OH MY GOSH!

    Guys, so today is day 18. Lockdown day. I locked them down this morning. I've been gone all day. I just got home and I hear chirping, is that ok? I mean I thought that was like day 20-21 when they chirp. And also one has peaped the shell just a little bit
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    BIG PROBLEM!

    ok so, through this hatch of 40 eggs, my humidity reader says I loose about 10 percent of humidity a day. Which means at the beginning of each day I fill it to around 55 percent and at the end of the day it's at 40 percent. Today is lockdown day, how am I suppose to keep adding water each day as...
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    Please help

    i just put 7 new hens into my free range flock. They immediately stRted fighting, but after that they were fine. Then when I let them out of my coop into the open lawn the new ones separated from the old flock by lack 100 yards. Will they run away? Or will they stay here since they have gotten...
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    How do I sex chicks?

    I have 16 chicks and they have 2 categories. About half have long tails and the other half have little to no tail. They are 10 weeks old
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    SHE IS GEORGIOUS!!

    anybody know what breed she is?
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    SHE IS GEORGIOUS!!

    anybody know what breed she is?
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    Moving chickens

    Hi guys. It's me again. I have recently finished my new coop. It is more like a shack than a coop. I have pictures. Either way, my chickens are use to there small coop and giant run. How should I transport them without them going right back to the other coop? The fence I'm moving them into is...
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    Guys please help me!

    ok, so. I have hatched one batch before a few months ago. This is my second batch and I'm trying to start. However. No matter how dry the incubator is the humidity gage keeps telling me it's like 70-80 degreees. I have dried it with a towel, blow dried it. Wiped it down till not a single drop of...
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    Hey guys, is this normal?

    I put 41 eggs in my incubator 24 days ago. Here's the thing, only 20 hatched. Is that ok for first round? That not even 50 percent. And also, the 21 that didn't hatch we cracked open outside to see what happened and 13 of them died during the process, 2 of the died while they were hatching...
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    Help! I just went into lockdown mode with my chicks.

    as I said, I just went into lockdown with the chicks, and I'm having problems. The humidity is staying around 73 after I added all the water, is this fine for hatch? If not how do I lower it?
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    Help!! Day 18 with chicks what are the red plugs?

    i have have a circulated air farm innovations inccubator, and today is lock down!!!! I have removed the egg turner, filled the water trays, and put the eggs on the metal tray. I noticed there are 2 red plugs in my incubator, do I pull those out or no because it's circulated air? Also, it says...
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    Hey guys, need some chick help

    so, I'm hatching chicks right now, they are expected to hatch this weekend (7 days). I have a run for them near where my big chickens are. The dogs scare of predators for the most part, still a fox may get one now and then. However, I don't think chicks would be able to fight against a possum or...
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    HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!

    i just put in 40 eggs into my brand new incubator. I ran it a week ago and it maintained 100 F all night, now, it got up to 99 so I put the eggs in, and it has been 30 minutes and the temperature is stuck between 89.5 and 90. What do I do!? I'm freaking out guys, it's my first time incubating...
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