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    Hatch fertile eggs under broody- flock of 2

    Two years ago we got four chicks and they were a small, happy backyard flock. Then a year ago one of the chickens dropped dead (Sudden chicken death syndrome?), And then this winter a hawk or eagle killed one of our chickens while they were in their run. I would like to hatch fertile eggs under...
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    chicken bully

    We have 3 chickens- have been raised from chicks together, now 1 year old. (We had 4, but our Orpington died 2 months ago. Before she died I noticed black spots on her comb, which looked like scabs from being pecked a little. I also noticed it with our Wyandotte. I didn't see anyone getting...
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    Weird looking eggs

    I got some eggs that look this this- are these worm eggs on the eggs?
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    Chickens dying

    If people are having poultry dying, please post here. If members with more experience can weigh in on whether more birds are dying then normal, that would be helpful. COVID-19 is a coronavirus, which can infect birds, and that would be important information to know. Don't want to alarm anyone...
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    Chicken died- please help me figure out why- Flowl pox?

    Our one year old buff Orphington hen just died. We found her sitting in the run with the other chickens, not moving, and then shortly thereafter she died. I tried to do an examination and didn’t notice anything abnormal, although I could really feel her breast bone- is that normal? The rest of...
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    Boy or girl?

    We got our first chickens 25 weeks ago- 4 “female” chicks- a Wyandotte, a buff Orpington, a Cochin, and a australorp. I have worried that the Orpington was a boy ever since it was a chick! It wasn’t as scared of things as the others, and now when all 3 of the others love dust baths, it never...
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    How do you keep the pine shavings in the run?

    We have a run enclosed by hardware cloth, and the hardware cloth goes down to the ground (and under the bottom of the run). The pine shavings are always ending up outside the run- whether the chickens scratch it out, or the wind blows it, I'm not sure. Any ideas? I was thinking about putting a...
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    Nesting box question

    I got this chicken coop/run and the nesting boxes are shown here. All the other nesting boxes I see are more contained/covered... do you think the chickens will have an issue with these? I have 4 14-week old hens. Thanks!
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    Deep litter question

    We just got 4 chickens this year and they are about 12 weeks old. They have been out in the coop/run for about a month. I wanted to do the deep litter method and so I put down about 4 inches of pine shavings and have been using a pitch fork to turn it over. The bottom of the coop/run is hardware...
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