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    Fertile egg auctions

    Hello, Just a quick question about the fertile egg auctions. I have bought several fertile eggs from this site in the past, but I haven't hatched out any eggs in about a year. I have noticed that several postings on there are not actually selling any eggs. Some threads are extremely old. I've...
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    chickens bottom and belly is swollen with fluid

    I am wondering if this is because she has an impacted egg? I washed her bottom with warm soapy water and she is just laying there possibly trying to pass something. I have to leave for work, but i will be checking for replies on my phone, any advice or experience would be helpful. thanks bryan
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    devastating morning.......Please Help!

    Last night all three of my bantams were taken. I had 4 broody hens. a showgirl and a sizzle shared a box and a EE and a sizzle shared a box. The other twenty hens and roo were roosting. This morning I look out the window and saw the broody EE in the yard and I thought that was great maybe she...
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    chicken running backwards

    I have 2 EE's that will put thier head down and run backwards (usually about 5 or six steps, or until they fall down) usually shaking thier head. This is not something that happens often most of the time they act like everyone else, and ony one seems to do it more than the other. They are both...
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    Warning : spoiler

    This warning: spoiler was on my last post. What is it? Did I do something wrong?
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    Broody hens; eggs laying sideways

    I have 2 marans that went broody so I put them both on nests and they are doing great about staying on the eggs but when they get off the nest I notice that the eggs are not turned with the fat side up. I let a showgirl hatch out 24 quail eggs and she kept them perfectly in a mound with the...
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    Broody hen, is she starving?

    I isolated a broody hen around noon on Sunday, she doesn't seem to have touched her food and water, any chance she will not eat or drink? Should I be worried? Thanks
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    Feeding Organic?

    I posted this because I wanted to know the reasons behind why people feed organic and why people do not. Whatever choice that you make is great for you, I am just wanting other peoples reasons. I choose organic because I don't want the chemicals, pesticides, and poisons that are not organic to...
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    Feeding chickens for cheap

    I need help, My chickens are breaking me. 25 chickens eating organic chicken feed. 3 bags a month. They free range 3-8 hours a day. I give them bread and veggies from the garden. The food is free choice. $30 dollars a bag, at 3 bags a month is $ 90 a month. I really like them being on organic...
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    Prefer hatching in winter.

    I've only had chickens for a few years now, but after buying my first five at the feed store, I quickly bought an incubator and started hatching my own. I bought the first five in January and the next groups that I hatched out were in the winter. This year I've had about 6 hatches from march to...
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    Best meat bird to raise?

    I am looking a dozen eggs every few months to have meat for the family. Is it possible to raise what they call freedom rangers? Or another meat bird that I could let out to freerange during the day and put back in the coop at night? Looking for something That i can eat at bout 4 months old. I...
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    Worms?

    How common is it to find intestinal worms in your chickens when cleaning them, and what do you do?
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    worming chickens

    Hello I just finished dressing 2 six month old maran roos. I noticed that they had intestinal worms in thier intestines (they are thin long and white kinda hairlike) First is it ok to eat the 2 roos, and what dewormer do you reccommend for the rest of my flock. Thanks so much
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    Baby chick acting sick. Wet underbelly pics

    I have 10 2 week old chicks. I moved them to the brooder in the coop on Monday. The blue andulusian started keeping herself away from the others( I was told) and today I was able to look myself and when I picked her up her whole underside was wet. None of the other chicks ate wet. She was a...
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    Chicks in heat wave. advice please

    Hello I have 10 chicks that are just over a week old. I have a brooder set up in my bathroom. I also have a brooder set up inside the chicken coop outside. I usually keep them inside for the first 2 weeks (it's about as long as I can without overcrowding in the bathroom) then transfer them to...
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    how many eggs can my broody hen hatch?

    hello I had 21 fertile eggs arrive today, and I have a broody cuckoo maran, so i placed the eggs under her and she is sitting on them. I heard that a broody can be better than an incubator( my hatch rate was 50 percent at best). Anyway she is a large hen and I wanted to know if 21 was too many...
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    Duckling is acting like it had a stroke

    Hello I have 3 ducklings, one is about 3 1/2 weeks old and acting fine and then 2 days ago it couldn't walk well and acted like it had little control over it's body. I heard about the niacin and he has been it for 2 days (in his water) he is still the same. After 1 day with no improvement I gave...
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    runners are hatching

    This is my first time hatching out duck eggs and I have 3 call and 9 runner duck eggs. Today is day 27 and I got my first pip around 1:00 pm today. It's been 9 hours and nothing since. Should I be concerned? Maybe I just need something to hatch to confirm that I did everything right. Any way...
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    What to feed baby ducks

    Hello I have some runners due to hatch in a couple of weeks and I wanted to know what is the best thing to feed them. My baby chicks get an organic chick starter. Can they eat the same?
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    broody with bobwhite chicks

    my showgirl hen went broody and I thought it would be cool to get some quail eggs for her to hatch out as an experiment. I didn't know if she would be successful and I've only used an incubator. She was successful and I have atleast 8 little bobwhites. My question is do I seperate them and put...
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