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    Piped on lockdown day on the wrong end!

    I was going to go totally hands off this hatch but now I'm worried about this one. Eggs were set at like 10pm on the 26th. The bator wasn't set up for lock down yet and we could hear chirping. I candled quick to mark the air sack and when i got to the 44th egg I realized it was pipped on the...
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    Wyandotte sexing

    I have 10 wyandottes. Pretty sure the others are hens. This Individual one pictured is a hen? And the group shots.. i tried to get decent ones but boy, they were not working with me .. theyre roos?
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    Crooked feet

    She Hatched the end of February. Somehow I missed that her feet and legs are a bit wonky. She gets around, but a bit slower than the rest and is smaller. Is there anything I can do to help her?
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    Fixing chicken Feed for quail

    Hi! We have high quality non gmo chicken feed that we usually ferment, and it's hard to find quality game bird feed here. Is there a way to adapt the chicken feed?
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    Newly hatch chick help!!

    He Hatched puffy (looks like fluid, mostly in his neck), leans to one side, the side he leans to seems to have a weak leg, his head is a bit wobbly. Perked up once given electrolytes, vitamins, and snuggles.
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    Bumblefoot on chick or...?

    See that extra lump by its extra toe? Is that bumblefoot? Or just a high ise spot? Its on both sides but ones is significantly bigger. What do I do?
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    Weird redish poop!!!

    Is this normal, I'm scared. Took them outside for the first time and noticed this.
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    Head tuffs and speckled?! What are they?

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    Injured, sick, wry neck!??? What is it?

    Those chick Hatched yesterday, was running around eating etc today. I thought it was just super tired at first. We were having A hard time keeping a child out of the broader earlier- what if it's an injury!!??? Chick is kind of limp, just relaxes if flipped over, wont roam, not too...
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    Mystery rescue chicks breed(s)?

    Someone in an apartment building had these guys for free. Any ideas? The smaller darker ones have feathers on their necks that look like our silkies feathers. And they are very friendly. They all came to us the same size and now the white one is significantly bigger, and tens to squabble with...
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    Canadian winter preparation- first year

    Hello all! We live in south western ontario Canada. Very wet icy chilling cold winters. We have our chickens (10- most are bantam/small) in a hardware cloth and wood chicken tractor (rats, dogs, foxes, hawks ruined our free ranging experience- our house is just in a bad area). I am concerned...
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    Easter egger +different hen= Colored eggs?

    If I get an Easter egger rooster will his chicks be colored egg layers? I am very new to this. Thanks.
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    Breed of two types of red hens

    The lighter ones are supposed to be a year old The redder ones (called 'red hens' when I bought them) are supposed to be around 20 months old. Are they variations of the same things (red sexlink type hybrid?)? they always pick on my wyandotte pullets/Cockrels..
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    A frame chicken tractor floor

    Hi! Is 1/4in coated hardware cloth too fine for a silkie chicken tractor floor? We had many chicks slaughtered by a rat and we know there are weasels in the area. Really wanted to get as close to free ranging as possible though... for as cheap as possible (husband is a student)...and we already...
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    Sexing silverlace wyandottes

    Hi all! Two like like hens for sure, two are questionable... suspect roosters.... Can anyone help? #newbie
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    Sexing silverlace wyandottes

    Hi all! Two like like hens for sure, two are questionable... suspect roosters.... Can anyone help? #newbie
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    New chick- Somethings wrong!

    Got new wyandotte chicks the other day. He is standing on one foot. It looks swollen, The foot shakes when your holding him. He also pooped and it looks dry..? The children were holding them earlier, could it be a injury? Bumblefoot? We are so new to chicks. What do I do? What is it?
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    Mixing chicks with hens?

    Can I put (50) 2 week old chicks in the same pen as (10) 6 week old hens?
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    Moving 5 week old quail outside canadian winter

    We are in southwest Ontario... and these little guys stink (morning sickness and guests coming over...). Can we kick them out!? Their corturnix, in a wire cage, there is 17 of them. We can out them in the garage with either a heat lamp or space heater. Can I just move them out or is there a...
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    3 week old quail collecting feathers...?

    Hi all! This is our first time with quail. We noticed one (we think it's a male), collecting any feathers off the bottom of the cage into a pile in the corner. What is he up to?
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