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    Chick Identification

    I got a couple of fertile eggs with no information about breeds. It looks like one is either a black jersey giant or a black copper maran, but I can't find a good match for the chipmunk stripe one. I'm sure it's not an exotic breed. Thanks in advance!
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    Broody Hen Not Stopping

    I have a broody hen that has been sitting for over a month. It is a school pet that I am taking care of, and I can only go every 2-3 days, so I take eggs and clean but the other hens keep laying for her to sit on! There are 4 hens all together, and this one is the only broody one, and she'll sit...
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    Eggs After Medicated Feed

    My 5 month old Silkies just laid their first eggs! I read that Silkies are slower to start and could take up to 8 months, so I was not prepared. They’ve been on medicated chick feed, and I just got layer feed for them and non medicated chick feed for my 3 month old. How long does the medicated...
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    9 1/2 month old not laying

    I got this chicken as a chick along with a Maran from someone on Craigslist. I wanted an Olive Egger, but when I picked them up there must have been 50 chickens and chicks running around and the guy just grabbed a couple. He said this one might be an OE, but could be an Ameraucana that lays blue...
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    Introducing Single Chick

    I have 2 4-month-old Silkies and a 6-week-old Silkie chick. For the past 3 days they have spent several hours free ranging with each other. One of the pullets is very tolerant and will let the chick pull her feathers and peck at her beak. The other pullet isn’t fond of the chick and will peck...
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    Guess the Silkie genders!

    These two are 15 or 16 weeks old.
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    My Experience Raising a Single Chick...so far

    It all started when only one out of six Silkie eggs hatched and survived. My area is under quarantine, so finding another chick has been impossible. I rigged up a box with a wool hen and a heating pad. It had to be easy to transport because I hatched it for my preschool, but I now had to take it...
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    Newbie from Southern California

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I‘ve helped with chickens for about 15 years, and finally got my own 5 months ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 7 (Started with 2...) (3) What breeds do you have? Buff Orp, Olive Egger (I hope-she hasn’t laid yet)...
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    Temp too high for 3 hours!

    I‘m on day 17 of incubating 3 Silkie eggs. Never done it before, followed instructions for a styrofoam cooler incubator with an appliance light bulb, and a thermostat that turns on a fan sitting on top of a hole in the lid. Everything was going great, candling showed movement and good air...
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