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    Pavlovskya chickens --sexing?

    Hello! I hatched a dozen beautiful Pavlov chicks this past spring, and gave eight away after keeping four, one of each different color in the hatch. Now I think I may have three roosters and one hen. My question is this: Do only the cockerels have the crest? The one I think is a hen has...
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    Sexing French copper Marans, six weeks old

    So I hatched way too many birds this spring, and had eight Marans. Using wing sexing, I gave four away, HOPING that I had kept four hens. But now they are six weeks old, and I fear I have four cockerels. I've attached four pictures, but the color isn't showing up well--two are mostly black...
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    Molting early?

    Hi! I have a beautiful 13-month-old Australorp that started losing neck feathers about a month ago. I thought our rooster might be pulling some out, but we gave him away and she has lost more feathers. I sprayed her with Poultry protector in case it might be lice or mites, but didn't see any...
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    Antique incubator--1903

    A friend of mine sent me this picture taken in the mud room of a Custer County NE sod house. Amazing! Thought those of you who love hatching might enjoy seeing it.
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    Chick not right, butt smells?

    Sorry to be graphic--I hatched a little Orpington five days ago. The first day I noticed the beginning of pasty butt, so I washed her rear and applied some oil, then kept watching her to make sure she could poop. She's not eating or drinking much, and she tends to stand in the center of the...
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    Cross Beak Chick

    Hi, everyone! Yesterday was hatching day for my Lavender orpington. I hatched 8 of 11 with no problem, and 2 died probably on day 19 or 20. But one egg was still alive, but hadn't pipped internally. This morning, on day 22, I opened the egg to see what was going on. I opened the internal sac...
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    Brinsea Ovation 28 water top-up?

    Hi, everyone! So a couple of weeks ago I bought a Brinsea Ovation 28 Advance, and I have 28 eggs in it. Today I notice there's a hole right in the front of the lid, and it has a little thermometer type measuring thing on it (without the mercury). Is that supposed to be the external...
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    Breeds and Gentleness in Roosters?

    Hi, everyone! I only want to keep 2 or 3 roosters, and I want gentle roosters. I currently have five cockerels as a result of my hatching, and most of them are too young to determine their temperament. My question is this: I'd like to have a flock of brahmas--is a Brahma rooster more likely...
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    Ovation 28 Brinsea--can I adjust turning angle?

    Hello, everyone! I am doing my first hatch with a Brinsea Ovation 28, and I'm using shipped eggs. I know they're supposed to be handled gently, but I think the automatic turning angle (40 degrees) on the turner is a little steep. I can't find anything in the manual about adjusting the turning...
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    Two young cockerels--5 and 6 weeks old, Clearwater, FL

    Free, if you could use a young roo. I hatched these mixes from my flock and have way too many roosters. the six week old is Spangled Hamburg/Leghorn, and the 5 week old is Spangled Hamburg/Whiting's True Green. Both are lovely birds and free to a good home. They are bigger now, than in this...
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    Electrolyzed oxidizing water as disinfectant

    Hi, everyone! I read an article the other day ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15615022 ) about using EO water as a disinfectant for incubating eggs. So I splurged and bought an EO gadget on Amazon, and I liberally sprayed the two clutches of eggs currently in my incubator. As a bonus...
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    Incubator that allows vertical turning?

    Hi, everyone: I need to buy a back-up incubator, and I'm looking for one that will handle about 20 eggs AND allow for vertical automatic turning. I've been using cut down egg cartons and manually turning, but it'd be a relief to let the machine do it for me--but because I buy a lot of shipped...
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    Hatching shipped eggs vertically or horizontally . . .

    I just hatched some shipped eggs, and had a 54 percent hatch rate. Pretty good, but what broke my heart was the sight of so many babies that apparently died at lock down. So I was researching hatching vertically vs. Horizontally and found this article: Effects of egg position during late...
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    Wayward toe . . .

    Hi, everyone! Yesterday my granddaughter (she's so observant) noticed that our 12 week old Easter Egger roo's (pretty sure he's a rooster) toe is bent. And I don't mean bent downward, I mean when he stands, the center toe of his left foot points to the left, not straight ahead. I have no idea...
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    My chick died! What happened?

    I had two baby chicks, Salt and Pepper, hatch six days ago. They seemed to be doing fine. Last night I changed their paper towels, water, and gave them fresh food. I vaccinated them for Marek's with 24 hours of hatch. Pepper seems to be doing fine, but this morning, Salt was dead. The ONLY...
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    My first assisted hatching . . . membrane too thick?

    Hi! First, I should explain that I have a Whiting's True Green who lays green eggs. :). I have always noticed, though, when I cook with her eggs, that they are hard to crack--the inner lining is extremely thick. Fast forward--one of her eggs was fertilized by my rooster, so I put it in the...
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    MG Bacterin vaccine~Mycoplasmosis, etc.

    Hi, all! Backstory: I have Marek's in my flock. Sent a body to the lab to be sure, and the pathologist also found mycoplasmosis. Okay--I have five birds remaining in my main coop, 3 pullets in close range, and 6 six-week-olds in another coop several yards away (I built this coop after the...
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    MG and respiratory disease and yellow poop

    Hi, everyone: I have Marek's in my flock, and have also just learned I have mycoplasma. About a week ago I vaccinated all my chickens with the MG vaccine, including a six month old Buff Brahma who had been sneezing. (I spoke to the state vet to be sure this was okay). My Brahma has been...
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    Mareks and Mycoplasmosis and quarantine, oh my!

    Sorry, I feel a bit punchy with all that's gone on. I've lost 6 birds to Marek's in the last ten weeks, and I sent one of the bodies to the state lab for necropsy. Came back positive for Mareks AND and with Mycoplasmosis detected, so now I'm under quarantine. Fortunately, I had already set...
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    Hen with dislocated hip--laying possible?

    Hi, everyone! Amber is a Red Star who's nine months old. She's had a dislocated hip since I first got her at 6 weeks old, but she has adjusted and skips instead of runs. My question has to do with her laying eggs--she hasn't started yet, but this morning I caught her squatting for Mr...
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