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    Dead chicken :(

    Today we found our favorite chicken dead. She’s a buff Orpington and she is about 10 months old. We love her dearly. The chick we got her with was a rooster and she was living in a coop alone, unfortunately. She was right next to to other chicken’s coop but refused to be with them. Her feeder...
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    Lower breast balding

    My chicken has been acting very cranky lately and today I came home and she was in the nesting box sitting on all three of the eggs from today. I didn’t let them out today and don’t know if she’s been inside all day. I picked her up thinking she was broody because when I put an egg in front of...
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    Unabsorbed yolk sac duckling?

    Our ducks are hatching! Yay! We are so excited to introduce these precious babies to the world but have a couple worries.. we’re on day 26 going onto 27. 4 of our 8 eggs have pipped but this one is especially pipped. It’s going to hatch soon, his little beak is sticking out half way and he’s...
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    Early pips

    Hello! We have duck eggs and we just put them into lockdown yesterday. I’ve been keeping an eye on them and they are piping more and more every 2 hours. We are currently on day 26 of 28. Is it normal they are this early?
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    HELP! Sick bunny!

    Hi! First, I’d like to thank you for reading this and helping out. My bunny, I rescued from the local shelter, when I rescued him he looked young but full grown I’ve had him for 3 yrs. he has GI Stasis, we’ve taken him to the vet and as soon as he got home he ate a little bit it’s the next day...
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    Lockdown questions! Pls respond ASAP!

    Hi there! We are hatching Mallard duck eggs and Indian Runner duck eggs. Yay! We are wondering what the humidity should be, we’ve heard a bunch of different things but were planning on doing 75-80 I’ve heard that’s perfect and that’s too high. That’s just the easiest for us because that’s the...
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    Is this normal for a developing egg?

    I really don’t know what to think. I am really confused on what this is.. we have 8 duck eggs in the incubator and 6 or 7 of them have weird spots in them(some look different than others) they move as the embryo does. We are currently on day 19 and will attach images. I’d you’ve ever incubated...
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    Dark spot in egg?

    Hello! So we started incubating a batch of 9 duck eggs, on April 1st. We lost one on day 7ish but other than that, the rest looked great until now. We’re on day 17 going on 18 and there are these mysteries dark spots that are inside the egg; and aren’t in the rest of them. They look really odd...
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    Which pullet laid the egg

    Hello there!:) I have two pullets (26 wks) and have been waiting for some eggs for quite a while! Yesterday, my Silver Laced Wyandotte was squawking in the morning (6am) and I opened the coop up (to let them into the run) and went back inside, usually both chickens will run out but only my Light...
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    Egg candleing help

    Hi there! It’s my first time incubating eggs and we still have a lot to learn. We have nine eggs in the incubator. All nine are fertile. We are on day 7. For 5 of them, we can see the little body perfectly clearly and all the veins surrounding it. But for the rest (4) the veins are looking great...
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    When will she start laying?

    Hello there! We have two chickens both at 18-19 weeks of age. They both have been developing redness in their faces very fast, but or light Brahma had a peach colored face just two weeks ago and now it’s red! Our Silver Laced Wyandotte hasn’t had many signs of egg laying yet. Today, out Light...
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    Cockerel or Pullet?

    Olive Egger|6 weeks of age|Pullet or Cockerel? | incredibly sweet and definitely doesn’t act like any of the other Roos the same age.|
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    Pullet or Cockerel??

    Can’t tell if the Olive Egger (black chick) is a Male or Female. Turned 5 weeks yesterday. We have a cuckoo maran rooster that is 5 weeks and have a bright red comb about 2x larger and has his waddle coming in 1/2 centimeter down. Compared to him, this olive egger seems like a pullet but...
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    Should we give our injured chick a bath?

    (Read our thread before to know what happened) we think it may be the injury that is making her stink but it is make by her stink all over☹️should we give her a short warm bath with gentle baby shampoo? All help would be greatly appreciated!
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    HELP! RAT BIT MY 2 DAY OLD CHICK!

    We have 5chicks that we’re just hatched 2 days ago. We closed the door with a slider on the bottom so rats don’t come in at night. we woke up to the sound of a screaming chick, and we wiped the wound off with a warm damp napkin which seemed to help because all the blood came off. The wound has...
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    Olive Egger if what two breeds?

    Today We picked up two chicks, both two days old. One Buff Orpington and an Olive Egger. The olive Egger was listed as “olive egger” and didn’t specifically say what two breeds. We were wondering if you guys can tell what kind of chick she is just by looking at her. We assume she’s at least part...
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    Teach me on Olive Eggers

    I’ve beeen trying to learn more on Olive Eggers and I’m probably getting one next weekend! Do you have olive Eggers? How many eggs a week do they lay (on average)? Are they sweet breeds in general? Or not so much? I’m a little too obsessed maybe. :ya
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    Enough brooder space?

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    Best food for best eggs?

    :):)We have two chicks who should e laying eggs soon, We want to feed them food that’s high in Calcium and is safe and we were wondering, what are some foods you feed your chickens for good eggs? Thanks!
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    Chicken breed recommendations

    What are some breeds you recommend not only for egg laying but also for being friendly? We are getting 4 more chicks next week and still aren’t sure what breeds to get. Any recommendations? (We need family friendly chicken breeds)
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