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    What is on my chicken's eggs?

    My Red Star's eggs (my best layer) has these yeast-like patches on her eggs. They can be picked off and wash off easy. It looks exactly like the yeast I would use to make bread with. Another thought would be insect/parasite eggs, but that doesn't make sense. I collect my eggs daily and my other...
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    protruding/swollen vent?

    I know I've seen this topic before, but can not seem to find it. One of my chick's vent, who will be a week old tomorrow, looks swollen or protruding a bit. It had a little poo stuck to its fuzz below it's vent that I was able to get off easily. I soaked it's butt in a little warm water, but is...
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    Please help... Mama and chick question. Suggestions needed.

    Is there a such thing as taking the chicks away from the mama too soon?? I know the chicks will be just fine if I put them in the brooder, but how is mama going to react? This was my first hatch. I had a total of 5 as of yesterday and was going to give it until tomorrow before taking the...
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    humidity level question...

    Question: I have been reading so much on humidity levels here on the forums when it comes to incubation, but how does the mama keep the humidity levels up on her eggs? Just wondering because I have a broody right now at day 20, and with all this rain and heat (creating humidity) in my area...
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    Day 17... so....

    It is day 17 and my first time hatching eggs. I have mine under my broody.l I'm thinking about hatching with an incubator eventually, but I need to expand first. I think once I get a hold of an incubator, chicken math is going to take control. ANYWAY. I know it's way to early, but is there...
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    What would I get if...

    If a female leghorn mates with a male red sex link, what would the chicks be? What would the females' egg color be? Would they be sex linked at all? I have three eggs under my broody that will be a cross between a female leghorn (I think- the only white chicken/large white egg I can come up...
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    Candled my first hatch... so exciting!

    So I posted a couple weeks back about my broody BO, and that I decided to give her some fertile eggs to hatch to make herself useful. This is my first time doing this. Anywho... It is 12 days since I put the eggs under her and attempted to candle them. OH MY GOODNESS!!! I was so amazed to see...
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    Chicken bath??

    So, I can only assume one chicken was roosting under another (but I didn't think I had them positioned in such a possible way), or maybe there was poop on a roost and she ran her backside under it. IDK... My 8 week White Rock has a stripe of poo going down the center of her back (head to...
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    Doris wanted to say hello...

    I was outside with my girls this morning, and my Red Star, Doris, decided to fly up onto my chair and say "Hi!". I had to take a picture, which I loved so much, I made it my profile pic! I thought I'd share it will all of you as well...
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    Moving 8 week old outside-- start introducing to adult girls??

    My babies turned 8 weeks old this week and I was wondering if would be a good time to move them outside. I was thinking of moving their brooder outside and up against the big girls run so they could see each other. There is still a considerable size difference, so I'm wondering when it is the...
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    Playhouse coops??

    I know I've seen many pics in the past where fellow BYC posters used old kids outdoor plastic playhouses as a coop. I need to expand (chicken math struck hard) and I thought about using my daughters old playhouse. I saw pics before when I was researching ideas for my first coop. Anyone out there...
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    Kicking eggs out of nest???

    So I've got a broody BO that I posted about last week that I decided to put some eggs under. I took the advice of a poster and marked the 11 eggs I put under her. I marked them 1-11 just so I don't count one twice or something. Anyway, went to check on her this morning and egg #3 was in a...
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    6.5 week old loves being on your shoulder...

    I just love this pic of Polly, my White Rock, and my daughter, Sabrina.
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    6.5 week old White Rock behavior

    So I've got this chicken who does this weird behavior every time my dogs come around. Now I already have suspicion that it is a Roo but not quite sure yet. Not sure if this is a Roo thing but none of my other chickens to this. This is not a dust bath thing either. I tried to get a good video of...
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    Majorly Broody Buff Orpington...

    So... for the past couple weeks I've watched my Buff Orpington get broodier (is that a word??) as the days went on. I noticed she was spending more and more time in the nesting boxes. Now, I don't have a Roo and this is my first experience with chickens. Dorothy, my BO, will be 9 months old on...
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    Pain reliever for chicks?

    Last Wednesday there was an accident with my new batch of chicks. I feel so badly. My brooder lamp fell on one of my 2.5 week old babies. She was hurt so badly I didn't think she was going to make it. She can't walk/stand. Has been laying on her side with her eyes closed. I thought the end was...
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    Concerned... baby chick poo

    I just received to Auracaunas and two White Rocks chicks last Friday (day old chicks). They are 5-6 six days old now. I can not tell which chicken or chickens are doing this, but there is a poo that is watery that is dark reddish-brown, and it smells BAD... Now I know chicken poop isn't pleasant...
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    Egg laying and nesting box question...

    I am new to the chicken world. Bought my girls the first week in August. They are 17 weeks old today so I figured I need to be on the watch out for eggs from this point on. I cleaned out their coop yesterday completely including their nesting boxes because they have been sleeping in them. When...
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    Best quiet and tame Rooster?

    Hello all. I am thinking about adding a Rooster to my hen house. I am particularly in love with the Black Copper Maran Rooster, but I'm trying to find information on their temperament. Is there a breed that is for the most part quieter then the norm? I live outside of city limits, no...
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    Plants/Garden ideas for around coop...

    My coop/run faces west... I would like to plant flowers around it and have a vine of some sort growing up the south side. Is there any best choices? What do I need to stay away from? Any great vining plants that are safe for chicken?? We are having a mums festival this weekend... are mums...
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