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  1. Wicked Gardener

    OH NO!! Daisy is a rooster

    Just realized that my beautiful young White Leghorn is a rooster and I can't have roosters here in Pleasant Hill. Any ideas on where I might find him a home? I'm calling the feed store as the next step, but thougth I would throw it out there to you all!
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    Surprise egg/chick

    I had ordered some fertile barred rock eggs for my broody hen to hatch and there was an 'extra" egg in the batch that was white. It has now hatched (2 weeks ago) and the feathers are coming in white and it has a yellow/orangish comb and legs. I have no idea what it is?? Seems to be taller and...
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    Give hen chicks during day or night?

    I have a hen who went broody and since we did not have any roosters, ordered 4 fertile eggs for her to set. Only two hatched and one of those died the first day. Its been about 4 days from the hatch and after candling and float testing the other 2 eggs we have determined they are not viable...
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    Hen abandoned eggs and went to empty nest box to continue her broodiness...?

    My 9 month old Wyandotte went broody about 5 days ago. She chose the favorite nesting box of all my chickens and every day the other 3 would get up in there and lay their eggs and every day I would take the eggs out of the box. Yesterday, I found her in a different nesting box and actually...
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    Coincidental EYP in two hens in two days? Or do I have a disease?

    Lost my seemingly perfectly healthy 22 wk old Black Sex Link on Monday after a day of no eating, very little drinking, poop that looked like pale yellow egg gook with blood in it, lethargy. The vet had no concrete idea of what was wrong, but the only thing that seemed to fit was Egg Yolk...
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    Oh boy...fried green tomatoes and delish poached eggs

    Looking for another recipe to use eggs and found this from Paula Deen.....soooo good! Ingredients 3 or 4 large firm green tomatoes Salt 2 cups vegetable or peanut oil, for deep-frying 1 cup buttermilk 2 cups self-rising flour 6 slices bacon, cut in half and cooked until crisp 6 eggs...
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    RIP Cruella!! Any ideas on why she died??

    A very sad day...My 22 wk old Black Sex Link went from her usual fun, feisty self to a very sick chicken overnight. We woke yesterday to find her lethargic, not interested in food at all and drinking very little. She then passed what looked just like an egg without a shell but very bloody...
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    Lethargic, sick acting hen who laid a bloody shell-less egg

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. Black Sex Link, 22 weeks. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lethargic, standing or laying in one spot not moving, not eating, drinking little, labored breathing. Laid what looked to be a shell less egg with blood in it this morning. Vent appeared...
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    Sick hen

    Help! I have a 22 wk old Black Sex Link who is not acting right today. Very lethargic, drinking alot but not interested in food at all. It looks like she may have laid an egg without shell and with blood and mucus in it. Her comb went from being bright red yesterday to a pale pink today. I...
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    bleeding claw

    Woke up this morning to find that one of my hens had bled what seems like a lot of blood out of her claw area (very tip drips blood). Looks like she got it caught on something and tore part of the nail tip off. I searched this forum and did clean it and stopped the bleeding. She just is not...
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    cold weather birds

    My mum has seen how much I love having my chickens and is now wanting to keep some of her own. She lives in Hauser, Idaho so it gets pretty cold in the winter. Any suggestions on laying/multi-purpose breeds that do well in the cold weather?
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    Number of nesting boxes

    So, I had read a few times that hens will "share" nesting boxes and you don't need the same amount of boxes as birds. We have 6 girls, all age 21 weeks. Only one has been laying (first egg last Thursday) and the other ones don't really look like they are even ready. The girl who is paying...
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    Eggs on Pizza!

    Spinach, Mozzarella Pizza topped with fresh eggs...yum.... PIZZA 4 cups young spinach leaves 1 Tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed Pizza Dough Tomato Sauce 8 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced 4 eggs freshly grated Pecorino cheese sea salt & fresh ground pepper Preheat oven to...
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    user name change

    I would like to change my user name??
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    Help...please!

    My 7 wk olds have been in their coop full time for about 10 days. They have been getting themselves up in the morning and walking down their ramp to their run since day two, but they will not walk up the ramp to put themselves to bed or out of the rain. They huddle in the corner until I put...
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