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    Interesting idea for hawk protection

    Ok so im sure i cant be the only person to think of this but what if a was to breed some of my chickens to make a rooster that has a brown body and a white head, ive seen alot about owl, hawk, and eagle decoys and i thought if I could breed a rooster that resembled an eagle the hawk might stay...
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    Just sold eggs

    So i sold a dozen eggs on ebay and this is my first time but ebay suggested a shipping price and i went with it i then went down to the post office and the lady there told me that i had no choice but to ship the eggs through express mail so it cost me 41.50 to ship them and i only sold them for...
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    Putting chicks with a hen

    I have a hen that is sitting on 5 eggs and they have been under her for about 20 days, i also have 41 eggs in my incubator that have been in there for 20 days i was wondering if i could put my hen in the brooder and mix the chicks from the incubator in with the ones she sat on and let her take...
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    What breed are these

    I bought these yesterday. What breed do you all think that they are
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    Are these chicks old enough to stay outside

    Ive never raised chicks but these chicks are about 7 weeks old i was wondering when I could leave them outside without any heat, they will he in a protected area away from my other hens. It’s getting down to about 35 at night
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    What breed are these hens

    I bought these three hens at an auction on Saturday and i am not sure what breed they are. One guy told me they were black sex links and another told me they were australorps but i think they look like Jersey giants.
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    Is this rooster old enough to breed yet?

    My lavender Orpington rooster breeds very well but he as the meanest thing ive ever seen and im fed up with him and decided im going to sell him but the other lavender Orpington rooster that i have i dont know if hes old enough to breed yet what do yall think i have no idea what his age is. Ill...
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    Moving chickens to a new pen

    So i want to move my pure lavender orps to a new pen but that means that they will have a new rooster and i was wondering if i want fertile eggs in the spring should i move them now or wait until a later time
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    What breed are these bantams

    I got these bantams a week ago and i dont know anything about the different bantam breeds so anything helps.
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    New bantams

    I just got 6 bantams at an auction yesterday, i paid 7 for the black ones, 9 for the buff orps, and 2 for the rooster. I have never had bantams and im wondering if there is anything different i need to do for them, and generally just anything i need to know about them. Thank yall
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    Stuck chick please help

    This chick pipped yesterday around noon and it hasnt made it too far i need to know if its time for me to help it out or not, ive never hatched chicks before but it seems dried out and very low in energy
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    New chick is acting strange

    Im currently hatching out a batch of eggs and one of them is acting very strange he pipped yesterday and had a pretty large hole when I checked last night but by this morning he hadnt made much progress there were 2 chicks in there that were tranpling his eggs and pushing him around and i just...
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    Messed up comb

    I just bought this hen at an auction yesterday and i noticed her beak and comb were very strange any idea what this is
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    About to brood new chicks

    My eggs im incubating are going to hatch in a few days and i was wondering what y’all thought of my incubator, any improvement suggestions are greatly appreciated
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    How old is this lavender Orpington

    I have a young roo and he hasn’t crowed yet and he doesn’t seem to have any defined comb or wattle how old do y’all think he is
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    Chickens with CRD

    So I have 6 hens and 1 roo that I am about 99% all have crd but I really don’t know much about this ive read a lot of papers and such but I still have some questions that I need answered, I made a list hopefully y’all can help me with this 1- I read that it affects egg production but does it...
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    Ideas for outdoor brooder

    So I starting incubating about 10 eggs a few days ago and i know I can’t keep them in the house so I will have to keep them in a shed but it’s still very cold out and I need y’all’s help to figure out how I can make an outdoor brooder that will keep its temperature even when the temperature...
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    Sick hen

    I have a hen that has not moved much in 2 days she has not eaten anything she just stands around, she seems to have some mucus in her nose so it’s hard for her to breathe, she also started coughing and her eyes are very watery. I am still relitively new to chickens and have no idea what to do
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    Day 6 egg

    So I have never incubated an egg before but now I have an egg that I’ve been incubating for 6 days and the eggshell is very thick so it’s hard to see into it but the yolk is no longer moving around inside of the egg and I’m not sure what that means please someone help
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    Corn alternative

    My chickens love corn but I know that I can’t feed them very much of it so I was wondering if there were any corn alternatives that I could feed them as regular feed and as a scratch grain
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