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    Hatching eggs ordering

    I am looking into ordering hatching eggs but am trying to figure out if they have to be picked up at the post office like live chicks or if the post office delivers the package with the eggs to your mailbox/house? Any suggestions on good hatcheries to order from are welcome too.
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    Broody hen?? advice on letting her hatch

    I believe my one of my hens has gone broody. Anything special I need to do? When do I candle her egss, move her to her own space, discard bad eggs ect? Ive had a broody duck before and just let her do her thing but it was just her and my Drake. I have 14 hens total and 1 rooster and this is my...
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    Is this lice and/or mites?

    Can anyone confirm if this is lice and/or mites? I've only seen Google images of them so I only kinda know what I'm looking for. I had 2 hens die a few months back from unknown reasons and I now think that it may have been from lice and /or mites. A few of my hens have bald spots on their...
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    Egg withdrawal

    2 hens with unknown cause of death. Should I toss the flocks eggs for a while in case others are sick? (All appeared fine and still do before the 2 died). Are there certain things like mites, lice, coccidosis, ect? That egg withdrawal is required for without treating( I know when giving meds...
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    what killed my chickens?

    I originally posted this in pest and predators section but it may be better suited here and i have a few mores questions to add. I just went to round up my chickens from free ranging and found 2 dead both in rigamortis. One was on the floor of the coop under the roosting bars and the other was...
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    how long for rigamortis to set in?

    I just went to round up my chickens from free ranging and found 2 dead both in rigamortis. One was on the floor of the coop under the roosting bars and the other was on the floor of the run. Strangely enough there was also a dead bird outside of their run. I let them out to free ran about 90...
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    Barred rock roo?

    I believe one of my barred rocks is a roo. But im having a hard time telling if the saddle and hackle feather are pointed. These are the best pictures I have right now. Around 16 weeks old now. What is your guess hen or roo?
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    Production tracking

    I'm looking to track my flocks egg production, feed cost, hatch rate, ect this year. I plan on making an Excel spreadsheet for tracking and looking for input on what exactly to track and how detailed to get. I never bothered tracking before so I'm not sure where to start. I've looked on...
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    Scaley leg mites?

    Can anyone tell me if this is scaley leg mites? Or could it just be dry skin? Can chickens even get dry skin? Lol I have Googled images and the bad cases are obvious but this doesn't look like what mostly comes up when I image search scaley leg mites. Only 2-3 of my hens legs/feet look like...
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    Barred rock hen or roo?

    Hen or roo about 8 weeks old. Barred rock (I think..I have 2 barred rock and 2 dominique and honestly can't really tell them apart lol).
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    Russian Orloff roo?

    I posted a while ago trying to figure out hen or roo for my only Orloff. Well now that it's been a while I am 99.9% sure he's a roo. But I still consider myself new to all this so just looking for confirmation that my big dude is in fact a dude. I believe he is about 13-14 weeks old now. Not...
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    Are these Wyandotte pullets?

    I got these girls (hopefully) at TSC they are supposed to be Wyandottes but I see there are many kinds like silver laced, blue laced, gold laced ect. I'm not familiar with Wyandotte can anyone confirm if there are in fact Wyandottes and what kind (silver laced, blue laced ect.) and if they are...
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    3 Russian orloff... supposedly

    I got these 3 at TSC all supposed to be Russian Orloff straight run. Only 1 looks like a Russian Orloff from my Google searching. Looking for ideas on what breed the other 2 maybe and of course trying to figure out hen or roo for all 3. I got them 6 weeks ago but TSC was clearing them out...
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    Coyote hanging around

    Anyone have suggestions on how to keep coyotes away? We have a rather large coyote that seems to thinks it's a dog and hangs out sun bathing in my Neighbors yard. It walks down the road jumps my first Neighbors fence who has a pit bull which coyote doesn't seem to care about the dog and the dog...
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    Eggs buried in garden?

    My hens have recently started free ranging full time (dogs finally go used to them and now don't try to eat them yay!) I have 1 hen who likes to lay under my tomatoe plant . She doesn't bother the plant (or eat it) but I found she is starting to lay there instead of her nesting box. I figured at...
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    Abandoned duck egg. Need help asap

    Okay so I posted earlier how we have a broody duck that had 3 eggs to hatch 1st hatched fine on its own then died a few hours later (pretty sure it was pecked to death) this was on Saturday. Yesterday (Sunday) egg #2 hatched and mama duck has just straight abandoned her baby/egg. #2 was cold and...
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    Broody duck/hatching questions

    Looking for advice. I have a broody duck who had 3 eggs that we developing. 1 hatched earlier today and seemed fine I went to check on it a few hours later and it had died. The only thing I saw was a patch of bare red skin(I think- I have a picture if someone wants to see it) no other signs of...
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    Show me you outdoor brooder!

    I am looking into making and out door brooder and would love to see what people have done in the past any advise is welcome as well. I live in southern AZ so it hot during the day and warm during the night. Looking to add some baby chicks in a few weeks but won't be able to keep them in the...
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    Help identifying plant with berries

    So I have this plant that is growing like crazy near my chicken coop and next to my tomato and peppers . I didn't plant it and have no idea what it is. I live in southern az if that helps. Trying to figure out what it is and if it it's animal (dog/goat/chicken/duck...ect) safe or not.
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    Removing dud eggs?

    I'm looking for options on removing dud eggs from my ducks nest. Last time she went broody she had 8 and only 2 that developed but she smooshed them both before they hatched and neither survived. Last time I left everything alone and just let her do her thing. So here we are at round 2. She...
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