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  1. DallasChickyMomma

    Your Favorite Rooster

    I need to get a rooster. I have 2 acres with pigs, goats and ducks. The pigs and goats keep bad animals away mostly, but I want another layer of protection for my free rangers, who spend most of their time in the sight line of my house, but I have little kids, and can't always be watching. I am...
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    Broody Duck

    I have a breeding pair of Cayugas. Female just hatched out a whole nest of ducklings and a feral cat got all the babies. We just bought a trap for the cat, but my question is while she go broody again this season? Should I see about a few babies for her? I've never had ducks hatch out ducklings...
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    Infertile Eggs

    I have two hens and one tom, we see him mating... or trying... often. Eggs are infertile. What's the next step? Ol' boy is looking mighty tasty right about now.... :lol:
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    Texas Polar Vortex Casualties

    I know this is silly, but I know y'all will understand. I had 6 eggs in my incubator: 2 cayugas @ 15 days, 2 pekins at 5 days and 2 lavender orpingtons at 2 days. Our power went out, as we are supposed to be having rolling black outs. No problem... until I realized our power was going to be out...
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    Polar Vortex vs Open Air Coop

    Like everyone else, I am concerned about my chickens, the only critter on the farm that has questionable shelter in the face of these types of temperatures. They have a three sided, uninsulated, metal barn about 16ft X 24ft, 8 ft tall. The barn's open wall faces north on a heavily wooded lot...
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    Yolk sac not fully absorbed

    Chick pipped last night, zipped and popped on out just not, yolk sac not absorbed when hatched and it bustednit quickly after, hernia, what now? Halp!
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    This Turkey Egg Is Not Fertile

    Is it?
  8. DallasChickyMomma

    Confused Gender Turkey

    That moment when your dang young male turkey keeps running off the dang yard, and you're tired of chasing him, so you decide he's gonna be Thanksgiving dinner, just to find a huge mess of eggs that turkey is trying to brood, and you realize that dang turkey is a lady with a beard. Sigh.
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    Hatching Duck Eggs On a Desk

    So. My niece wrapped some duck eggs in a towel, set them on her desk and put a regular desk lamp on them. No thermometer, no nothing. And she sent me this picture this morning. Why did I even buy an incubator? 😂
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    Looking for Something Fun To Hatch for The Halloween HAL

    I am in East Texas, willing to drive a about 200 miles in any direction from Greensville, Texas. Anyone got any fun eggs they would be willing to sell? I am open to anything except things that must live in an aviary since mine is not complete yet. Ducks? Sure! Turkeys? Cool! Chickens...
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    Non Emergency-Possible Heart Attack?

    I have some cinnamon queens that I got in bad shape at about 18 months in March. I've nursed them back to health, and expected to get another year out of them at least. 2 days ago, I was out in the chicken yard and heard a commotion, turned and saw what looked like 4 hens attacking another hen...
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    Duck Eggs?

    So, y'all all know that I am absolutely the nubbiest with this. On my second hatch, I had an extremely poor hatch on my first try, made some adjustments, and got some more shipped eggs. Garbage. So, I got some locally, and now every single one has amazing growth on day 4, today! Along with those...
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    Failed Eggs Due to Malpositions

    I went to go look in the incubator because I had a suspicion that we had some dead or dying eggs, based on my observations last night when looking at the baby that was having hatch issues. This morning I felt them and they quickly cooled after being pulled from the incubator and handled... so I...
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    Half Hatched Chick

    Sorry for all the threads, I do use the search feature but am pretty garbage at it. So I had three pips this morning. 2 have fully hatched and I have another that is literally hanging out of it's shell, but there seems to be blood vessels still with blood in them, there is a little blood...
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    Cold Incubator Eggs

    I am currently on my first ever hatch. Today is day 17, my sister is over so I was showing her the babies inside. I set all of my eggs at the same time, but on inspection tonight my Ayam Cemanis and Deathlayers look perfect, but all three of the Bielefelders have huge air cells, the air cells...
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    ISO Aylesbury Contact

    I am looking for someone who has Aylesburies that is either near me with a breeding trio to sell, or is building a list for hatching eggs for next season that I could get on. Location is East Texas, but willing to drive a reasonable distance.
  17. DallasChickyMomma

    Shipped Egg Question

    I've been looking all over, and been conflicting information. (This will be my first hatch ever.) I have detached air cells, I set the eggs yesterday. I have the Brinsea ovation 28 ex, so automatic everything. I have the eggs set on their pointy ends in the turners, turners are off. So, the...
  18. DallasChickyMomma

    Contemplating Ducks

    Hi All, Like the title says, I am contemplating acquiring a few ducks. I have 2 acres, a shared 1 acre stock pond they would have free access to. I would most likely build a coop for them down by the pond away from my hens, with a fence separating them. What are the pros and cons of this set up...
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    Adding Rooster to Larger Flock

    Hi all! I have a flock of 21 chickens: 12 1 1/2 year old laying hens and 10 9 week pullets. I am planning to add a rooster to the flock for protection as they free range our 2 acres, and while I have not had any predators yet, I did see two big vultures in the yard today, and the hens didn't...
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    Chick Ages and Stages

    Hello! It's been many years since I have been here, we moved to the city where no birds could be had, but now we live in the country again, and finally got our first batch of babies! So, way back when, there was a picture chart of chick ages and stages. I am guessing my babies are in the 1-2...
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