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    Help Me with Some Hatching Math, Please!

    I have a hen who has been brooding since March 26th (as per a note in my diary). She started with only 3 eggs, and two either fell out of the nest or she destroyed them, so she's down to one egg. I believe today (April 19th) would be day 24. We had an unexpected temperature drop from temps in...
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    Vaseline on Feet: Roost, Barn, or House?

    I have a rooster who I believe has scaly leg mites. I'm going to use the method that worked for another chicken years ago: a soapy water soak and then vaseline on his feet/lower legs. Tonight the temperatures are supposed to get down to the lower 20s. I do not want him to get really cold...
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    Flooring Over Hardware Cloth?

    Help me help my chickens, please! Because of the location of my chicken run, putting an adequate apron around the outside is very hard. In the last year, the rats have decided they'd like to move in. Over the summer I put hardware cloth over the whole floor of the run to keep the rats from...
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    Chicken Wire for a Ceiling?

    I'm building a run for my chickens. I'm doing it by myself, with limited tools. I have framed out the shape of the run (sort of a house/pentagon shape) and have put either wood siding or hardware cloth as the walls. I have purchased quarter inch hardware cloth for an apron (I will have to do...
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    Safe to Use Older Eggshells as Supplement?

    I have some (okay, many!) eggs in my fridge that I think are past being good to eat. Is it safe to break them open, compost the insides, and rinse out the eggshells to give to the girls? Do I need to bake them in the oven?
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    Chickens Eating Enough Oyster Shell after Switching from Layer Feed to Grower/All Flock?

    I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, as I admit that I don't have a great handle on chicken nutrition and instincts, lol. If hens have been eating layer feed (which includes calcium) for a long time, and then get switched to a chick/grower feed or a whole flock feed (without calcium), will...
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    Supporting an Older Hen with Roost "Dismount"

    Looking for advice/opinions here: I have two Deleware hens who are getting a bit up in age. My chickens have a huge run with a coop inside of it, but they always want to sleep on top of the coop instead of inside of it. No big deal, as the run is pretty secure. However, this does mean that they...
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    Hen's Only Chick Killed---Question

    To make a long story short, I have a hen who hatched an egg. Through me being totally dumb about integrating her and the chick with the rest of the flock, the chick (about 2 weeks old) was killed by another chicken. The hen was an excellent mother---very protective and nurturing. I feel...
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    Using Broody Plate for Injured Chick?

    While this is related to my more specific thread about my chick who was attacked, I am generally interested to know if using a broody plate to keep an animal that is injured/in shock warm is a good idea. I do not have a dryer that I can use to warm up towels.
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    2 Week Old Chick Attacked by Flock Member--Rough Condition

    Good morning! Today would have been the third full day of my broody hen and her chick being integrated with the flock. I watched incredibly closely for the first two days and while there were some minor power scuffles between the hen and the other hens, they all seemed to mostly be ignoring the...
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    Correct Feed for Hen with Chicks?

    I've read a few articles and can't seem to find the answer to this one (even though I'm sure it's there and I'm just not seeing it). I have a broody hen who should be hatching her eggs in another day or two. Currently there is layer feed in her feeder. Once the chicks are hatched, do I switch...
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    Odds of an "Early Hatch"?

    I have a hen who is sitting on some eggs. They are a mix from different hens, so they were all laid either the day of or the day before she started sitting. I will be out of town days 15-18. What, in your experience, are the odds that any of the chicks would hatch on Day 18? I have prepared a...
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    3 Week Old Chicks---Munching on Greens?

    I have some chicks who are about 3 weeks old (they will be exactly 3 weeks on Tuesday). My plan was, for the first time ever, to raise them outside from the get go. Thanks to both me and another pet having some serious medical issues, that did not happen and I had to start them in a little chick...
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    Off-Balance Chicken

    Hi all, could really use some advice. So back during the pandemic I made a choice I might not have normally made: a farm I trust was clearing inventory and was selling Delaware pullets with crooked toes at a big discount. I got 4. Honestly, they've done really well for the last two years. In...
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    Integrating Two Flocks with Roosters?

    Hello! Looking for a little advice on my situation. I have a large, L-shaped chicken run (imagine a square and a rectangle) that has a door into the rectangle and a door that separates the two parts. About a year back I got several chicks. When they got too big for their little corral in the...
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    HELP! Hatching Chicks Dilemma: What Would You Do?

    My first time incubating eggs. Started with a small batch to begin with (8 eggs), but the three times I candled them they were all developing normally except for one (I removed it on day 14). So now it's day 22. One chick has hatched and looks very healthy and hardy. One of the eggs shakes a...
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    Supporting "Runt" Chick

    Hi all, I am a teacher and a class in our school hatched chickens as a project. They needed someone to take the hatched chicks. I've had chickens for a few years, but never raised chicks before. One of the chicks was brought to me a few days before I took the whole group home. Apparently the...
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