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    First time hatcher - questions!

    This is my first time hatching eggs - we have duck eggs under a broody hen. It is day 21. We candled the eggs tonight and they were definitely moving around, but one of them seemed to have an air sac larger than the other - taking up about 1/3 of the egg. It is one that we discovered a...
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    Day 18 duck egg - found slight crack - UPDATE!! Healthy ducklings!!

    Ack! When I went to candle my eggs, I noticed a hairline crack on of of them. It is still alive - I saw it moving around in there - but now I am worried whether or not it can still make it. I have heard of other people putting wax, glue, or tape on - however those instances all seem to be...
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    Is this a blood ring?

    I know it's not the best picture. There are some veins around the circle, but you can't seem them in the pic. This is the 11th day of setting on duck eggs, although they've seemed a few days behind in the candling. Last night they looked like day 7's.
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    Hen sat in laying box - but no egg?

    My speckled sussex was in the laying box this morning for a good half hour or so at least. But when I went to gather the eggs, there wasn't one from her! (I only have 7 chicks laying now, all different breeds and I can tell their eggs apart). This seems really strange to me! Should I be...
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    Broody hen doesn't always sit on all eggs - normal?

    My first experience with a broody hen. She is sitting on duck eggs right now - this is her 3rd day. Sometimes when I check on her, she will have an egg off to the side - other times she's sitting on all of them. Should I be concerned, or is this normal behavior? I am worried about the egg...
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    Chicks and a broody hen - Questions

    I have searched the message boards, but can't seem to find answers to the questions I have. I have 5 baby chicks, ranging from 3 weeks to 5 days old. I also have a BO that started going broody within the past couple days. Can I put all the chicks under her? Right now we tried putting the...
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    Sick chick

    1) Age and type of chicken? 3 week old wynandotte 2) Symptoms: Listless, sleeping constantly, sometimes yawning excessively, blowing bubbles from mouth after drinking, prone to pasty butt, always acts cold, regurgitating water 3) How long has it been displaying symptoms? 2 weeks 4) Are other...
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    2 weeks with no egg??

    I have 1 9 month old pullet that has completely stopped laying for the past two weeks. Before that, she laid almost everyday. Then, she just stopped. Does not appear to be molting and is acting healthy and normal. None of the others have stopped- in fact, their production has been...
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    Suddenly stopped laying?

    I have a pullet who is about 9 months old, and she has been laying faithfully in her nest box nearly every day for the past 3 months. This week, she has not laid 4 out of the last 5 days. She doesn't appear to be molting, and is acting otherwise quite normal. What's going on? Is this normal...
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    Ostracized?

    I have 8 pullets, ranging from 6-9 months old. They have all shared a coop just fine for many months. Recently, one of our EE's began sleeping outside of the coop. She will roost on a bar right outside of the coop, but will not go in. My husband or I will manually have to put her in each...
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    All from the same hen?

    I am totally new to chickens and just got my first eggs ever this week! The 3 eggs on the left are from the same hen - our GLW. Today we got the one on the right - could this be from the same hen, or has another one begun to lay? My first thought is a different hen, but there is alot of color...
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    Ladies & Gentlemen, we have a squat!!! (Update - and now an EGG!!!)

    Winnie, my 25 week old GLW squatted for me yesterday! I have 8 hens, from 17-30 weeks, and I was beginning to give up hope that I'd ever see an egg from these freeloaders! This is my first chicken experience, and I was much more excited than I imagined to see Winnie squat! Hoping for an egg...
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    Can I eat it?

    We had a meatie that was looking like it had congestive heart failure. Comb, face, even skin turned purple. Started being very lethargic and could hardly stand, and had very heavy breathing. She did not display any other symptoms of being sick. We decided to butcher so that we still could eat...
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    My first homegrown chicken dinner

    Tonight we had our first taste of our homegrown chickens, and they were... a little rubbery . Very delicious flavor, very juicy, but kinda rubbery to bite through. I'm wondering if we did something wrong? They were 8.5 week old cornish x, free ranged in our backyard. They were butchered on...
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    Avoiding Flip

    I just lost two meaties to flip today (at least that's what I'm guessing - found lying on their backs). They are 7.5 weeks old. Two nice looking roos - wasted. I've fed them 12 on 12 off since they were a few days old, and they have complete free range in my yard. Is there anything I could...
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    What to do if meaties have cold?

    I'm not sure if it's a cold or something else, but a couple of my meaties are making a gurgling sound when they breathe (sounds almost like a coffee percolator). One of them keeps opening and closing its beak like it's struggling to breathe. They are eating and drinking and acting normal, just...
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    Help - I think she has Pneumonia!

    My 4 month old Sicilian buttercup has been isolating herself all day. She keeps opening and closing her beak and stretching out her neck and making a gurgling wheezing sound with an occasional squak. Is there any way to treat her without taking her to the vet? Can you buy chicken medicines at...
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    Sick pullet? What is wrong with her?

    One of my pullets has been isolating herself from the group all day, and she keeps doing this weird thing of opening and closing her beak on an almost constant basis. It is not hot here - in the 60's. She is 16 weeks old and free ranges. What could be wrong with her? And is there anything I...
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    Heat Lamp for Meat Birds

    I have twenty-five 2 1/2 week old meaties. They are outside in a tractor coop with heat lamps. I am wondering when and if I will be able to take the heat lamps off of them. The temperatures here range from 50's to low 60's (not much difference between day and night temps). Will they need the...
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    4 day old chick - can't walk

    I have a 4 day old cornish x that arrived from the mail unable to stand up and walk. I tried the bandaid splint, but it didn't seem to help at all. It's legs aren't splayed, it just can't seem to use them. I've been giving it vitamin/electrolyte water and hoping for the best, but it can't get...
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