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    Staggered bator dates...

    My boyfriend got the bator going while I was out of town a couple weeks ago. Just candled the eggs and of the 48 only three weren't fertilized. Will be a good haul! However, instead of collecting the eggs for several days and then filling the bator on a fixed date, he added them as he...
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    Large flesh wound! NEW PICTURES ADDED.

    A few of our poor hens are getting a little too much love from the roosters and have had bare backs for weeks. I noticed a bare back hen today sitting in the roost and when I went to check her out, discovered a two by ne]arly two inch tear in her flesh showing exposed muscle beneath!, I don't...
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    Pullet shaking and struggles to walk. Video link.

    About 2 weeks ago this 7 week old pullet started to develop a constant and severe shake. She is unable to stand properly and walks around with a thumpy gait. She is with 20 odd other birds her age. Her legs don't appear to be broken and she's eating and drinking regularly. Any thoughts? Here is...
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    Chick with beak injury. Picture.

    Just hatched out two chicks on Wednesday. One is really sweet and mellow and the other is a pecking tyrant. She started by pecking the others beak until it bleed. I used "stop pick" which helped but them she just started pecking everything else. When I got up this morning, the other had...
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    Rooster suddenly showing aggression overnight!

    This morning when I went into the coop, I noticed one of my hens still up in the roost while the other were off running around outside. I checked her over and physically she seems okay but is clearly not well for whatever reason. Then just after lunch, I went into the run to make sure...
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    Layer feed for the young ones?

    What are the dangers/concerns of feeding layer feed to chickens who are not yet laying? Because of the extremely remote location in which we live, we have to ship our feed in by the pallet and it's very costly to do this. We have over a ton of laying feed but hatched out a couple dozen in...
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    Introducing year olds to "week"lings?

    I've read a few threads on introducing flocks to one another but I thought I'd put my situation out there for feedback. We have one roo and six hens that are 10 months old. From that we hatched 21 chicks who are now 2 months old (14 roos and 7 hens). They have been living in the same coop...
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    Chick pecking at air?

    I have 5 week old chicks. Tonight I observed one chick pecking at the air like she was trying to catch bugs? Seems like odd behavior because there are no bugs at the mo. She also appears to be all puffed up where the others aren't. Searched the net to no avail. Any thoughts?
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    Day old chick with bend neck going in circles and tumbling :(

    We had a very successful first hatch. 22 eggs, 18 hatched and 4 still in bator haved pipped. The fourth chick to hatch right away didn't look right. It's been 24 hours and she's all fluffed up but her neck is bend sideways and under her chest. She's just starting to get and around and is...
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    chGoo coming from pip hole...

    We have a couple dozen eggs in the bator which started to pip last night. Four hatched so far!!! The rest are pipping and zipping. One of the pips made a second hole in her shell and there is yellowish goo pushing out of the hole? Any thoughts?
  11. hurricanearran

    Everyone is hungry now that winter is setting in...

    We bought 50 Golden Laced Wyandottes in May of this year and to our surprise, all survived and were healthy. The summer went by without a hitch to the point where we'd been neglecting to close the chicken door to the roost at night. Then three weeks ago we found 12 dead in the morning with...
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    50/50?! I don't think so...

    Excuse if this has already been dicussed. We have 4 dozen chickens which were bought as day olds (and a little older... 10 days). Looking at the odds for the breed, one in 8-12 will be roosters. The sellers said they just sold as a straight run as they didnt' know how to sex but now as things...
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    Hello from Old McEmery's Farm in the Great Bear Rainforest!

    Hello, From Denny Island (population 100) on BC's central coast. We now have a flock of 48 Golden Laced Wyandottes that are about 2 months old now. All have survived and they are happy and healthy! Our chicken coop is a converted float house (that was brought ashore) with 20 nesting boxes and a...
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