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    Duck Incubation!

    Hi my duckling friends! We are attempting our number 2 hatch of runner ducks in the incubator. First one was a terrible hatch rate, and I am just not sure what went wrong! Hoping for 50-55% humidity during the first 3 weeks. Debating on hand turning instead of using the auto turner. Should I...
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    Found my favourite chicken...dead on the coop floor this morning. :(

    I'm not sure what happened to her.. one other girl was standing over top of her sprawled out body clucking telling me something was wrong. :( she was acting weird the other day and was crouched down on the ground while the other hens pecked at seeds in the ground...normally she would be all over...
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    Fertilized egg??

    So we recently discovered one of our hens is a rooster!! Haha. I cracked open an egg after about a week of not cooking eggs and noticed this dot in the center...is this what a fertilized egg looks like???
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    New chicken mama with a broody hen!

    Ok...so i might sound dumb, but here goes...! I got these 2 little bantams from a local farmer 2 months ago..i was told they were both hens, and while their combs do look different, I didn't think much of it.....until one of our hens started crowing last week!!! LOL. So, that leads to my...
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    New chicken and guinea mama!

    Hey all! I am new to all this! I live in southern Ontario in Canada...We moved to the country for a life away from the city a year ago and got our first birds 2 months ago. we have 6 guineas, 11 weeks old, 3 ameracaunas, a year and a half old, and 2 small black heritage chickens (not sure the...
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    Guineas fluffed feathers? sick?

    Hey all! I have 6 guineas that are 11 weeks old... Last week one of them got really fluffed up neck feathers (like they stayed fluffed and crazy looking), and she started acting sick...would let me pick her up, wasnt eating or drinking very muh and would just lay down/not follow the rest of her...
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    pine chips for coop bedding?

    hey! i am new this summer to chicken keeping and havea question regarding bedding! i just got a ton of pine chips delivered and they are mixed with some elm wood chips and pine needles...is this appropriate for the coop floor? or are the pine needles going to hurt the ladies' feet? is elm ok...
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