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    Mom has left the nest, is there anyway to salvage the rest of the eggs

    Well mom has decided that 8 chicks is enough and left the eggs. Is there anyway to salvage them without a incubator? I’ve got one of the chick warmers they go under. Maybe I can put the eggs under that? Or will it just cook them?
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    What breed r we??

    Mixed ducklings got me today at TS and ideas about breed. I'm guessing runner by the way they r standing, but I'm not positive.
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    Will geese help with weeding a small creek?

    We have a small creek that runs through a grassy area in front of our house that is a PAIN in the butt to keep the grass down with a weed eater. So originally I was going to get a couple of goats to keep the area cleaned up but it's really mucky and wet, I have jumped across it and sunk up to...
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    I'm thinking roo?

    Do I have another rooster? He/she is about 3 1/2 months old.
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    lethargic chicken what can i do??

    Polly is a 1 1/2 year old barrred rock. She started showing signs of not feeling well yesterday but was still moving around normally all be it slower so I figured Id keep an eye on her. Well today she is just standing around NOT her normal self! SO I brought her inside and gave her a...
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    ROO or HEN???

    What do you think this baby is? hatched 8-5-11 a little girl or boy? Its daddy is a japanese barred mix of somekind and the mamma is a buff cochin.
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    sneaky silkie!! i need advice!!

    while I thought i was collecting all the eggs everyday my broody silkie which has now turned into two broody silkies had a couple eggs hiding in the corner of the nest box, well surprise!! I now have a baby chick in my coop!! should I move the chick, the unhatched egg out and moms out. or will...
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    Whatcha think any roos???

    #1 Pearl is about 8 weeks old and a Japanese Black tail, Im pretty sure she is a she but just checking #2 Boots is a cochin and about 8 weeks old also, Im pretty sure she is a girl also. #3 Milly, is a Mille Fluer Old english Game bantam between 6 and 8 weeks old pretty sure shes a girly...
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    should I start buttering DH up now?????

    for another coop or is my current coop ok? I have 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Easter Eggers and 3 silkies in a 4x8 coop with a 16x12 run. I ended up with a bit of chick fever and got 1 Japanese Black Tail, 1 cochin banty, 2 mille fluer Old English Game bantams and 3 blue Old English game bantams. The...
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    any ideas for a sloped run?

    I'd like to cover my run and put down gravel or something maybe to help with mud but there is a tree in the run and its on a slope, Anyone got any ideas??? should I terrace it or leave it sloped with gravel??
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    the sweetest chicks EVER!!!!!!!

    I just got some chicks from a fellow 5 Old English Game Bantams 1 japanese Black tail and 1 buff cochin. The are so calm! Im very pleasently surprised. Last year our chicks ees brs silkies were skittish and ran from us all when we would try to pick them up but these just let us scoop them up...
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    want to add OEGB to flock advice

    I have a smallish flock of 2 Barred Rocks 2 EE's and 3 silkies, I have chick fever something bad and am thinking of adding some Old English Game bantams. From what Ive read they say to add birds when they are the same size but the OEGB wont get as big as the brs and ees. Do you think they will...
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    Hawk attacked my girls this evening! I have a couple of questions

    I had just let them out of their run for a hour of yard time and was inside the house when I heard the girls clucking like mad outside, well I went running out there cause it just didn't sound right and what I thought was a chicken under a bush was actually a hawk! it was under there going after...
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    broody silkie advice

    I have a 7-8 month old silkie that has been broodie for a while now, I take her out of the nest box twice a day to get water and food. How long is standard for a silkie being broody??
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    how many eggs do they lay a day???

    I had the glorious surprise Tuesday of finding our first eggs, there were two perfect minty green eggs in the nest box, it was so exciting!! best present Ive gotten in a long time!! So the next morning we got one more this morning another then I heard a little racket coming from the coop a...
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    how many roosters can one flock handle??

    I have 10 chickens 2 ees 2 brs and 6 silkies, turns out 3 of the silkies are roos and I was wondering how many are ok to have in one flock?? should i go ahead and rehome one or two of them?? i dont want them to start fighting and hurt each other they are 4 months old right now.
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    what do you think??

    Im guessing BO and RIR what do yall think
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    will silkies use a ladder???

    I have a board with sticks screwed to it for the chickens to go in and out of the coop but the silkies that are 3 months old WILL NOT use the thing, they will just huddle in a corner of the run till i come in and then they come up to me to be lifted into the coop, its about 18 inches off the...
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    Anyone up for a game of sex the Silkie??? ((Update on genders))

    Here are my 12 week old Silkies what are your guesses??? Ive posted them here when they were younger but they have a way of changing on ya #1 Mr Rooster, is his name fitting lol #2 Sookie #3 Goldie #4 Tara #5 Sunny #6 Elvira
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    windows???

    How much light does my coop need to have? Im cutting out spaces for windows sized 8x10 inches and was wondering how many I should have?
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