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  1. KirstKennedy

    Hen dropped dead....

    I have no idea what happened. She was fine and then an hour later I find her like this! No signs of anything wrong with the others. Can't see anything wrong with Carol the deceased hen and she was only 1 year old. I'm going to give the coop and run a good cleaning and put ACV in their water...
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    What to expect when 2 broodies are expecting...

    Hello! Looking for some insight on the behaviour of my two first time broody hens. They both went broody for the first time last week and I initially gave them 3 eggs each to sit on. I had to buy them from someone with roosters. Anyways, 2 got broken in the first week. I dont have a set up that...
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    Crested Cream Legbars

    So this is a bit of a long winded and multifaceted post. I bought a dozen crested cream legbar hatching eggs from a local breeder (so no shipping involved) and they were $70 CAD. When candling on day 7 it was clear that 3 eggs weren't fertilized. The other 9 were developing perfectly though...
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    Black copper maran/mix

    Some are pure maran and some are a mix. They're 4 weeks old and I know at least 2 are roosters. Tell me I have at least 2 hens out of the 6. I had 17 hatch but only kept 6 because I live in a more urban setting. Now I'm wishing I had kept them all to keep just hens but no one wants month old...
  5. KirstKennedy

    Tomatoes

    Can chickens eat too many tomatoes? There havent been any issues yet but they eat A LOT of tomatoes. The garden is full and my kids love feeding them tomatoes. I suspect they've helped themselves a time or two as well....
  6. KirstKennedy

    New egg colour?

    I have 4 chickens. 1 OE, 1 saphire gem and 2 silkie mixes. The silkie mixes are only 3.5 months old. The other 2 have been laying for about a month. Then today I collected a blue egg from the coop. Is it possible my OE laid a different colour egg?
  7. KirstKennedy

    Looking for the opinion/hunch of experienced hatchers!

    Hello! I'm very new to backyard chickens. We have recently incubated 16 eggs. 3 were obvious duds early on and we removed them (on day 7 I think). Of the remaining 13 we had 3 we were unsure of but the rest had moving chicks in them right until lock down on day 17. Of the 3 we were unsure of, 1...
  8. KirstKennedy

    New to the world of backyard chickens!

    Hello! My name is Kirstin. I am 31 and a mother to 3 beautiful children. I live in Ontario, Canada. My husband and I have recently purchased 16 fertile eggs and borrowed an incubator. Today is day 21. We have had 6 healthy chicks successfully hatch. 3 we removed early on because they were...
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