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  1. NikolasGuy1234

    A different method. Thoughts?

    When my dad was younger he would always spray the eggs in the incubator once a day or every other day instead of adding water to the slots. He tells me that when he did it he got really good hatch rates. When he was my age he raised all types of fowl. Chickens, pheasants, ducks, etc. What do you...
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    I was told to ask advice about a chick i made a post about.

    I was told to post this here to ask for advice about the chick i am talking about. Sorry i didnt retype it. Im just a bit busy To say the least, i am content. Very please with myself. And the poor chick who tougheded it out with me. So yesterday, i was doing my daily feedings of my...
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    A horrible scare with a happy ending! (So far)

    To say the least, i am content. Very please with myself. And the poor chick who tuffed it out with me. So yesterday, i was doing my daily feedings of my flock. And out of nowhere, my sweetest hen (an isa brown) attacked my last surviving silkie chick. Shes about 8 weeks old. She grabbed the...
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    BROODY MAMA DISASTER. i need help.

    The video will explain it all!
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    Questions about icelandics!

    Alrighty! So i have an offer to trade some chicks when they hatch with someone who has icelandic chickens. But, the thing about me is that i like my hen types to have a few traits before i get a breed so i have a few questions. 1. Are they calm and friendly like an australorp, or more scared...
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    Help!

    Ok so my isa brown is sitting on eggs and earlier today i watched her sibling crack an egg. (afterwards i blocked the broody hen off.) anyways i checked the egg and the most i saw was a tiny tiny splotch of blood. She has been on the eggs for almost 4 days. Is this normal? I candled 2 others and...
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    Broody sex link tips please.

    I have had a red sex link (isa brown i think) go broody and she has been on the eggs for a few days but she should have her chicks around the 25th and im pretty excited. When they are born, should i just let the mom take care of them in the coop or separate the hen and chicks from the other...
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    Help getting a hen broody?

    Alright! so, as everyone knows, its almost spring! and spring means new chicks! and the thought of buying new chicks got me thinking. could i get my hens to sit on their eggs? So, I have 3 red star hens. (Not sure if they are even laying or not yet. might put a camera in the coop to find out.)...
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    missing pullets :( what can i do?

    ok. so, i went to check on my chickens to close their coop up and saw that 2 of my younger isa browns are missing! i'm extremely afraid because the 2 girls that are missing are my favorites. they are around 14 weeks i'd say and i really dont wanna loose my girls. i want complete honesty...
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    FIRST EGG FINALLY!

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! MY Most mature girl, lotus, layed her first egg today! i have been waiting for so long and have not been this excited in a good while. Finally!! after 6 and a half months! has anyone else had to wait this long? my girl is a black australorp.
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    EGGS DANG IT!

    ALRIGHT. I've had my black australorps for precisely 6 months and 20 days. can you guess how many eggs I've gotten? the holy number of 0.:hit one of my hens has gone blind in one eye and she is the only one that squats, although i do not know if it may be just because she does it as a defense...
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    I learned my lesson about buying straight runs and locally! (Story)

    Alrighty! this is my story of straight runs and buying locally. this is to help people decide what to do if they are going to go the cheaper route of straight runs or the bit more expensive route getting them sexed. I don't know about you, but i personally like to get my chickens for eggs...
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    Cockerel or pullet? please help.

    Alrighty i feel Really stupid for asking this but, basically this video will explain everything. thank you.
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    ugh... what type of chicken is this and what is its gender?

    my grandfather got a few chicks at tractor supply for my little cousins a while back. i was to watch them till they could go into his coop. im keeping them now. it was five little brownish yellow ones and a black one. i now believe that they are red stars and the black on a black star... the...
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    When do hatcheries restock chicks?

    I looked at the McMurray hatchery and a few others and the hens are all out of stock while Roo's are not... When will they sell hens again? Like, month, or if possible a date?
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    A good chicken breed?

    Man, i have to say that i am loving this site to the highest extent possible. lovely community, lovely people, its great. Anyways. i have black Australorps and some young red stars. i have read, and seen that my Australorp kind of lack a "personality"? if you will. they kind of all just do the...
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    Will my rooster take position of leader?

    SO, if you've seen other posts of mine (probably haven't) you'll know ive been having a ton of problems with getting rid of my 10 roosters. (got rid of four today:celebrate) so now i only have to get rid of six and its wayyyy less daunting. Phew! they are very friendly, pretty and i love them to...
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    How do i sex red stars?

    i have 4 red star chicks. i dont have pictures right now but i have a pic that looks just like them on google. anyways, they are sex links, so im supposed to be able to tell, right? are they all hens, or all roo's?(god forbid) or do they have differences i dont see? i know what the adults look...
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    How do i get ride of my Roo's and get more hens?

    Im kinda new to managing a flock, I have 10 roosters that I HAVE to get rid of them! I don't want to kill them, or eat them, and I think it will be incredibly hard to get people to take them, how can I get them away asap? Also, I only have 3 little hens and I really want more, but I don't want...
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    I think all my hens are actually roosters! :(

    OKAY. so, my flock of what i believed to be hens, may actually mostly be roosters. my black australorp "hens" have the rooster like tail that arcs over, they also are more brightly colored then the little hens i have that i know for a fact are hens. the ones i KNOW are hens, have a stubbyish...
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