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  1. Old Ben

    Chick pipped, but not through membrane.

    So I was letting a broody hen hatch out some eggs, long story short, because of circumstances I had to move the chicks/mother hen to a new area. Because of this the eggs that hadn't hatched by then were moved to the incubator. One egg has pipped but the membrane isn't broken through, just the...
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    What breed, and how old?

    So a few weeks back I got more chickens. Some of which are what was described to me as “old English bantams” but I got these from a friend of a friend so I’m not really certain what breed it is or how old. Not the best picture(was taken at night.) but it should be enough to tell the breed...
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    Rooster yawning and shaking it’s head.

    My silkie rooster is yawning and shaking his head (in that order.) to the point where he almost fell down. He seems to be eating well and drinking well, he’s about as active as the other chickens. He’s been sneezing some but more in the morning when I’m letting them out of the hen house. When I...
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    Full grown silkies?

    First off I apologize if this is the wrong section, I don’t know where this sorta thing ought to go. So, I got new chickens recently after all my remaining chickens from my first flock were killed at the same time. (Not really sure by what animal.) Anyway, two of the birds I got were silkies, a...
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    Chick missing top o beak!

    A chick has somehow lost part of the top of he beak. She can’t eat, and I’m not sure if she can drink either. What should I do? How can I help her? How long will it take to grow back?
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    Odd bump on chicks rear, please help!

    i was looking at the chicks today and one of them has an odd lump on its rear end. I thought it might be poop at first but it doesn’t appear to be at the vent. What is it? What should I do? He/she hatched within the last day or two if that helps.
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    Should I move eggs from under broody?

    On Thursday the first chicks started hatching under my first time broody hen, it’s Saturday now and as far as I can tell there’s a little more than 3 chicks under her. But the thing is, she started with 6-7 eggs and other hens kept adding some to it. (I couldn’t keep them out of the nest box.)...
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    Hen raising chicks. What do I do?

    Okay so my hen is going to hatch some chicks soon. (Within the next few days.) she’s been hatching them in the hen house, will the ramp from the run to the house be a problem? Will a small waterer do, or will they still need a chick one if their mother is with them? Should I keep a small feeder...
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    Leg mites?

    Can anyone tell me if my chicken has scaly leg mites?
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    Marek’s or egg bound?

    So far I’ve lost 4 chickens to what I believe is marek’s. So when another hen started limping about a week ago I didn’t think much of it, it was sad to think another chicken was developing it but there wasn’t anything I could do. But now, this same hen is starting to walk like a penguin and pump...
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    A few rain drops fell on eggs, still ok to eat?

    Probbly a dumb question. But some water got on the eggs as I was collecting them(it was raining.) maybe 2-3 drops on the average egg. I cleaned them off when I got inside, but I was reminded that the same thing had happened a few days ago and I hadn’t cleaned the eggs off and left them in the...
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    Will my hen go broody?

    So I’ve been hoping that my hen is getting ready to go broody, she showed signs of it 3 days ago. And now she’s got 9 eggs in the nest box. Now, I’d rather have her hatch other eggs that I’d buy online. But because I want her to go broody I haven’t taken them from the nest box yet. I’m aware she...
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    Is Cackle Hatchery reliable?

    Hello, one of my hens is starting to act like she’s going to go broody soon. I’ve lost 3 hens already to sickness, and I’m going to have to get rid of one rooster (accidentally got two...) so my beautiful flock of 12. Is soon going to be down to 8. I’m wanting to buy some hatching eggs for my...
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    Are Silkies hard to care for?

    I want to add new chickens to my flock, I’ve decided I’m either going to let my Wyandotte’s brood their own eggs, or brood some I buy for them. One of the breeds I’ve always admired were silkies, but I’ve heard all that fluff can really be a pain to deal with. Especially if it rains. How hard is...
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    Moving broody hen?

    One of my Wyandotte’s has gone broody! Which is great for me because I had just been talking about raising chicks. I’m going to buy fertilized eggs from online and let her sit on them. Only problem is she’s sitting in a normal built in (so I can’t move it.) nest box. I’m going to make a sort of...
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    When should I separate the Roosters?

    I got my chickens when they were around 3 months old. To my dismay, I ended up with two roosters instead of one. Now they’re(as far as I can tell.) almost 8 months old. I believe one might be a little older than the other, he seems to be the more dominant one of the two, but even though he’s in...
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    Help! Chicken broke it’s foot!

    I went to let out the chickens to free range this afternoon, only to find that one of them was dragging its foot and limping to the point of almost falling over. I looked at another post on here about a broken foot and followed it the best I could, but I probably did something wrong. After...
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    Rooster?

    Sorry if this is the wrong section. Is this chicken a rooster? “He” has some of the signs, I think. Like the pointed feathers instead of the rounded ones near the tail. But I have another one I’m sure is a rooster and his comb and wattles are much larger and more red then this.
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    Blood on beak.

    I saw some chickens through the window, chasing another one around. So I went out there and one of them has some blood on her beak, it seems to be coming from where the beak and head meet. What should I do to help this hen? If anything. This is the first time I’ve seen blood on any of them from...
  20. Old Ben

    Training a Rooster.

    My chickens are going to be 5 months old soon, the hens are starting to poke their heads inside the nest boxes every once in a while. And the rooster. Well, he’s starting to act like a rooster. And of course that means he’s starting to pay me more attention with “stairing matches” whenever I go...
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