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    Predators Killing Chickens

    I am struggling with predators getting in the chicken coop and killing chickens. 1 hen was killed overnight 7/9-7/10, 2 hens were killed overnight 7/11-7/12, 2 hens killed 7/13-7/14, and 1 hen killed overnight 7/14-7/15. The first night they came in between the roof/gutter and window (the window...
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    Outside to Coop

    Hello, I have chicks hatching today, the temp outside right now is 85-90 degrees F. How soon can they go into the “brooder coop”. Once they are in it, they will not have access to a heat lamp but there is an insulated closed in part.
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    Day 7 Candling 41 Eggs

    Today is Day 7 of the incubation process, so I need to be candling the eggs. What do I do if some of the eggs are too dirty to candle? Can these be wiped off? Thanks in advance!
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    Mixing 17 week old chicks in with already established flock

    I have 13 17 week old chicks, I think they are out of room in the coop they are in ( we have had 2 injured birds die) so the main flock consists of about 15 older hens and one rooster, is it too soon to mix them?
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    Getting rid of smell and bugs in chicken coop

    What can I use IN MY CHICKEN COOP (safe for chickens) that will help with the smells and keep the flies and ants down? And where can I get it?
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    Hydrated Lime

    Today, I sprinkled hydrated lime all around the inside of my chicken coop and a little bit in each of the nest boxes, what should I expect that to help with? There are lots of flies, and in some of the nest boxes there are lots of ants. Thank you! Also, I was thinking I read somewhere that it is...
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    Best way to sell eggs

    Has anyone ever tried making a private Facebook group with egg buyers to sell the eggs that are available? Trying to figure out a better way to get people the eggs that they want/need!
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    WHAT BREED OF HENS SHOULD I GET???

    I am currently not able to keep up on the amount of eggs that I get from my chickens compared to the amount I need to have to be able to sell to everyone. I want to get more chickens that are all different breeds that lay cool colored eggs, but I still need to get enough eggs to be able to keep...
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    Roosters

    I hatched chicks 7 weeks ago and need to sell the roosters. The rooster was a dominique rooster two hens were dominique and the other two hens were buff Orpingtons. My question is: if they are about 7 weeks old, have the dominique appearance, and I am wanting to sell them for meat, how much...
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    Coccidiosis???

    How do you tell if chickens have coccidiosis? Pictures of coccidiosis poop would also be very helpful to compare to!! Also, if my chickens have it, can I transfer it through to our dogs? The dogs are indoor the chickens are not.
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    INBRED?

    Can chicks end up inbred if the rooster came out of the same clutch that the hens came out of? I bought pullets at Rural King and one ended up being a rooster but they were the same age, and when I hatched chicks, some of them had problems. One is missing a wing and on it's foot, one toe is...
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    What causes this?

    In the last couple of months, I have had 2 or 3 of my hens start bleeding from their vent. I thought at first that it was prolapse but after it happened now to this many, I am wondering if there is something else going on and if it is not prolapse. Once the other hens find out that that hen is...
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    Spraddle leg

    One of my chicks that I just incubated could not get out of the shell, so I helped it get out and once it was out, I noticed that it’s one leg was kind of just dragging behind it and it was scooting everywhere that it went in the incubator, I have tried the bandaid, the rubber band, the...
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    Help questions

    So a few months ago, one of my hens started bleeding from her back end. I isolated her and have been spraying it each night with vetricine and today she was almost dead so I brought her into the garage and put her in a big rubber trough with shavings/sawdust in the bottom and food and water...
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    First chicks hatched!!

    I am using the farm innovators 2250 and today is day 20 and I had 3 chicks hatch so far today more coming! When and how do I take them out? How do I do it without killing the others? And when?
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    Question

    I removed the egg turner this morning as today is day 18 with chicken eggs. When should I expect the first pip? Temp stayed around 100-100.5 and humidity stayed around 61% these last few days.
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    questions

    My first ever batch of chicks are about to hatch (Friday-Monday is when they should be hatching!) What all do I need to buy at Rural King for them? What should I get to put them in once they are done in the incubator, heat source, bedding, and anything else that I might need!
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    Taking out infertile eggs

    Since I took out the Infertile eggs of my farm innovators incubator, it holds 41 eggs and I took out 14 so how should I arrange the fertile ones that are still in the incubator? Is there any certain way that they need to be arranged so that each one gets the right amount of humidity and...
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    Egg turner working or not?

    I just started my eggs about 2 hours ago and I am pretty sure that the automatic egg turner is not working. What should I do? It is a 3200 farm innovator.
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    Incubating

    I have a farm innovators 2250 I believe and I have 41 eggs in it. I just set it about 20 minutes ago and it is to the right temperature but the humidity is super low! ASKING FOR HELP!!
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