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    Broody Hatching Disaster! She's trying to kill them!

    I have a broody that is sitting on way to many eggs...15 they are all at different rates. Got home today to 3 hatching but they were not under her at all. She had them sitting on front of her, not sure if that is normal. I walked out of the coop to start getting food and water ready for her...
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    First Broody hatch questions

    My hen(thay was my first incubator hatch!) has eggs hatching now, she has hatched 2, 3rd in progress. I moved her and clutch to our "baby coop" yesterday because I came home and 1 chick was missing completely. Although she was at ground level of the main coop with everything she needed, that...
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    My first broody hen! Need advice.

    I finally have my first broody hen! I've been wanting one to go broody and now I'm so nervous. I found her sitting on eggs yesterday and she's still there today so I'm assuming this is it. She's about a year and half old golden comet. I'm not sure how many eggs she's sitting on right now, but I...
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    Polish pip question-day 18?!

    I am currently in lockdown of a very unsuccessful incubation process. I started with 7 eggs, but after incubator issues early on went into lockdown yesterday with only 2 hatchable. One is my polish egg that does not appear to be a banty, although her eggs are small. It should be a polish/silkie...
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    Managing Roosters...

    I have had some bad luck with purchasing pullets that have turned out to be roos this year... I have 7 roosters and 29 hens along with a Turkey and 2 guineas in the coop. I obviously need to rehome several roosters. I just need some advise on how many and the best to keep. 4 are full size- my...
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    Sick chicks and injured hen...

    I have two situations I would live advise on... 1st- My chicks(pics attached) are acting lethargic. They are a little puffed up and keeping their necks/heads tucked in if that makes since. They are all just standing around, not really doing much. Usually this is a sign that something is wrong...
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    What is wrong with this chickens neck

    Can a chicken live with a broken neck?. It otherwise isn't acting weird, but this is a serious problem. It was fine last night in the coop and this morning it was sitting behind something when I opened it up this morning.
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    Breeds... 5 weeks and not sure what they are.

    These were chicks donated to my classroom by the owner of a feed store. I am told they are pure and fairly rare breeds, but I'm not sure what they are. The only that's not pure is the banty 1 which is an intentional mix of something the owner is trying to create. The store did tell me they that...
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    3 week old chick injured or sick?

    Yesterday I came home from work to find this chick pinned with its neck twisted in the bars. It had pushed it's head through and got its head stuck between the kennel bars and the chicken wire. I'm not sure how long it had been like that. I actually though she was dead, but she was still moving...
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    Small stores on baby duck! How should I treat?

    I'm new to ducks and I'd never seen anything like this on my chicks. I'm attaching a pic of these small sores we have seen on it. It looked as though the setting may have been bleeding. There are 5 of them all almost 2 weeks old. I haven't noticed anyone picking on anyone else. Behavior...
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    Is this a Frizzle?

    I recently got several baby chicks from a hatching at the elementary school I teach at. They are various breeds donated by the owner of a local feed store. I have some neat chicks from them including an Ayam cemani and lavender Orpington. I was thinking this was a maran BC of the feathers on the...
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    Hatching duck cracked egg but yolk isn't absorbed

    A first grade class at my school is hatching duck eggs. I've hatched chicks before, but don't have experience with ducks. The other 3 hatched 3 days ago. It's on day 31. There was movement in the egg so they cracked into the air cell area to assist. One other needed assistance and this one...
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    3 Banty roosters and only 1 banty hen??

    I assume they're banty's be they are so small, but I'm new to these breeds. It turns out that my 2 Silkie/Cochins are roosters and it looks like one of my silkies is a roo. Very hard to tell with the silkie, but my husband says he sees it crowing. I believe they are about 17 weeks. I'm worried...
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    Hatching day advice! Should the eggs be moving?

    My eggs are in Day 20. My incubator is homeade. I locked down on 18, but had to open on day 19 to switch the bulb bc temp was dropping to 97 all night long. I had a lot of fluctuations to keep temp up for the first day of lockdown. Nothing was for too long. I hope it didn't cause problems. I...
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    Worming effectively and naturally without throwing out eggs

    I found worms(round worms I think) in the poop deck. I'm not positive who they belong to. Either way would I need to work everyone (21 in all)? I have read of a few natural remedies such as cayenne pepper, but want to know if they are extremely effective. I have safeguard but really don't...
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    Working effectively and naturally without throwing out eggs

    I found worms(round worms I think) in the poop deck. I'm not positive who they belong to. Either way would I need to work everyone (21 in all)? I have read of a few natural remedies such as cayenne pepper, but want to know if they are extremely effective. I have safeguard but really don't...
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    I'm worried about my incubator failing...anything I can do?

    I bought the cheap incubator just to try hatching for fun. My araucana never returned to the coop, but left an egg that I would really like to hatch. I'm in Day 3 with this cheap incubator and the reviews say it usually fails to hatch surviving chicks, but they are mostly developed some even...
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    Video of 6 week chick with walking problems

    I'm starting a new thread because I have finally figured out how to post a video. It's been almost 1 1/2-2 weeks now. No other symptoms. She can't walk without tripping all over herself and falling forward. She gets around but can no longer climb the ladder to the coop. It was a sudden change...
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    6 week old silkie Cochin still stumbling- what's wrong?

    She(I hope) is about 6 weeks I believe. She just started walking funny one evening and hasn't gotten better. It's been over a week. No other symptoms. It's like she can't catch her balance and is stumbling and falling forward as she walks. If it was an injury I would have expected some...
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    Silkie Cochin with black skin

    I have this "silkie Cochin" it's skin is black. Does that sound right? I bought 2 and the other has a red comb. Although the other has a more pronounced comb I think this is a roo. He jumps out of the coop crowing in the morning. It's so cute! I know that doesn't have to be an indicator, but the...
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