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    Not laying any eggs

    It's been awhile since I have been here. lol My chickens are about 3 years old or so,,and I am not getting hardly any eggs lately. I have 9 ISA browns. Been going on for over a month and been slowing down the past several months. Im getting 1-2 eggs a day if even that. It's not worth...
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    Chickens are locked in the coop now,because of garden.

    And they are not happy about it. I can't let them out anymore because they will get into the garden and tear it up. Or the neighbors garden. I have a 20x 20 fenced in area for them,,and a coop for laying. ,,but it is not enough,,they want out. I have 10 chickens that are used to going...
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    What builds a nest like this??

    I have a coop and run behind my garage and there is a rabbit hutch and dog kennel right there too. I just noticed something has been robbing straw from a variety of places,,rabbit hutch,garage or kennel. And has a large straw nest in a tree above my chicken coop. It's very odd...
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    Ducks eggs trying to break shell,,should I help??

    I don't know their exact date they should hatch. At the latest it would be the 20th,,4 days from now,,but I am not sure. I noticed 2 days ago ,,they are trying to break shell,,there are some small cracks,,looks from the inside out,,where the shell is broke. I candled them and can see...
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    Refrigerated fertile eggs???

    Can they be hatched after being in refrigerator for a week or so??
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    Home made live trap,,pics

    I built this live trap couple days ago when something killed one of my ducks. Its built out of scrap lumber I had lying around. 1/4 inch Plexiglas door form an old sign. Rat trap triggers the door,,tied to a string attached to a board on bottom of trap. Board is on pivot,,,when something...
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    I lost 2 Peking Ducks in the last 2 nights.

    One each night. I believe it is a Raccoon doing this. First one was found 100yards or so ,,from the coop and had only its head and neck gone. Then last night ,,same thing,, but this time it was found in the other direction 100 yards away! What do you think?? A Raccoon??? Both were...
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    feeding chickens

    I have had 10 hens for a year now. We feed them high quality layer pellets. Of course every day with out fail,,and plenty of water. Also weekly ,,leftover bread and some food scraps and a can of corn/peas every 2 weeks or so. They look healthy and lay lots of eggs with strong shells. What...
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    Anyone from Mid Michigan,and have fertile eggs??

    Genesee County??? I'm looking to buy a few fertile eggs. They are for a class project,,,hatching them. But I am going to have the ones that hatch ,,when done. So I will add them to my flock. Any egg layer would be fine. No bantams though. I only want 9 eggs.
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    First time for meat birds! A few questions?

    Im going to build a tractor in the next week or so. I want to know how big I should build it?? Of course that depends on how many birds. Well,,, I don't know how many I should start out with but I do plan on getting into this in the years coming. So I want to build a tractor for max amount of...
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    Chickens are laying strong

    I have 10 hens that were chicks last April. Its been very cold lately, in the single digits ,and I am getting 10 eggs a day. This has never happened before. Usually 8 or 9 eggs a day. I'm not complaining but is there a reason they lay more in the coldest weather?
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    My silver sea-bright rooster is gone

    Found in the coop under their roosts yesterday morning. It was very cold that night,,in the negative. I have a insulated coop and a heat lamp. All my hens were OK. Not sure why he would not make it and the rest are fine ,I was worried about them because it was so cold. He was my only...
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    A lonely duckling

    I tried to hatch 2 duck eggs under a broody chicken. Well 1 hatched the other did not. Now I have a week old ,or so, duckling in my basement. My first experience with ducks. Im not sure what I am going to do with it.lol Seemed like a good idea at the time. I know they are social animals so we...
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    Update on the duckling hatched by chicken

    Although I have posted on this ,,for those that did not see. One of my Chickens went broody,,I couldnt find fertile chicken eggs but did find a fertile duck egg. Tried to hatch 2 but only 1 made it. So now I have a duckling that thinks he's a chicken.lol It now lives in the house and we get...
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    Hatched today,,I need help,,

    I put some eggs from a neighbors duck under a broody hen awhile back and one is born today. She is in a nesting box now,, but there are 10 hens and a rooster in the pen with her. Its a coop with a large fenced in area around it. Can/should I take the chick from her now????? I dont...
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    broody hen question

    She went broody about 2 weeks ago. I got some eggs from a neighbor that I thought were fertile,6 days later, I candled them and no good. So I took 4 of my own eggs, that 1 in 4 are fertile, and put them under her,waited 7 more days. Candled them ,,no good. Yesterday I found 2 eggs from a...
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    A chicken is dead

    I dont know why,or how. We have a large run fenced off with chicken wire ,,top also. Dont see a sign of a break-in. It had no neck feathers and was bare to the neck bones. Will the others chickens do this?? My GF fed and watered the chickens the last 2 days and didnt look the run over...
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    Candling question

    Its our first try at hatching. A hen went broody so we got 3 (fertile) eggs from a neighbor. About the(fertile) eggs,,,, I have never met the neighbors before,they live about a half mile away.Stopped in and asked if they had fertile eggs,,and she said "yes". She was very nice and we went...
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    fertile egg question

    I have a hen gone broody. If I can find someone with some fertile eggs. Do the eggs need to fresh laid and still warm in order to use for hatching?? Or can they be kept at room temp for a period of time? Also I am having issues with finding fertile eggs in my area,I didnt think they would...
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    Batam sebright rooster versus golden comet hen

    I recently picked up a silver sebright rooster,,I really dont know why . I have 9 golden comet and 2 australorpe hens. Silly question,,, but,,, can the batam rooster mate with these hens and produce a fertile egg?? If yes,,what do you end up with if was to hatch one out?? I have a hen...
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