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    chicken trying to cluck but nothing's coming out

    I noticed a chicken today who seemed to be trying to make some noise but nothing was coming out - almost a gasping when it opened it's beak, but no sound. It was eating and running around ok...but I am worried. has anyone seen this? Is it a sign of something bigger? and worse? The coop hasn't...
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    No Eggs!!!!

    Hi all- I have 10 hens that are in prime laying age...and were, throughout the winter giving me 6 eggs a day. In the past month I am lucky if I get 1 or 2 a day...all of a sudden they have come to a screeching halt...and I have no clue why!! They have food, water, a clean coop, plenty of...
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    Rooster management question - need some advice!!

    I have 3 roosters, 2 that were given to me and 1 that my hens hatched. I have a friend who raises chickens on his farm who will give one or more of my roosters a good home...and given the fighting of the 2 brothers who were given to me (australope mix - BEAUTIFUL birds) I need to thin out the...
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    Suddenly...NO EGGS!

    Hi all - I have 8 layyers who have been giving me about 4-5 eggs a day all summer/early fall..and suddenly, no eggs for the last 3 days. NONE! There don't seem to be any predators getting in adn taking them. Now, I was in the hospital for a week and they ran out of food the day before I got...
  5. bethrich

    Need a rooster in Southern Maine

    Hi all - I am in need of a rooster - my lovely blue cochin bantam went out one day and never returned...probably found a young chick somewhere. If anyone knows of one available - free or to buy - I'd be interested in knowing about him. Thanks Beth
  6. bethrich

    When to move chicks to the coop?

    Hi Friends- the last time I posted we had just celebrated the arrival of two new chicks, laid and hatched by one of my hens - the chicks are a cross between a bantam blue cochin father and aracauna mother. They are now 6 weeks old and have been rasied since about day 2 in a protected crate (and...
  7. bethrich

    The Chick has ARRIVED!!!

    Chick number one is here! baby appeared between 9:30 last night and 9:30 this morning - the mom hopped off thenest when I threw some corn on the ground and there it was - cute, fuzzy and peeping up a storm. Mom is sitting on 2 other eggs that should hatch, if fertile, sometime in the next few...
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    1st time having an egg hatch...what do I do????

    Last time, my fully developed chick didn't hatch and you were all so much help. Well, my blue cochin mamma has been sitting on 3 eggs for 21 days and one egg is peeping!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!! But, my friends, what do I do???? Boil water? Make a bed? Buy baby gifts? I ahve laways rasied my hens...
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    HELP with almost born chick

    I just checked on the hen who has been on an egg for almost a month. When I picked p the egg, the shell cracked - the membrance did not rupture, though, and I cold see a fully formed chick inside. But, I couldn't tell if it was alive. I immediately put it back under the hen. What do you...
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