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  1. Hottchick

    A sad happy day

    I knew it had to come. But I'm really not ready. My two little roosters are going to a new home today. I hate to have to do it, but I can't keep them here in town. They will be living on a farm not too far away. It's good that they will have a chance at life and not be someone's dinner. I...
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    Impacted/sour crop

    My sweet Buffy has a sour crop. She shows all of the symptoms--crop large and hard first thing in the morning before feeding. She won't come down off of her roost in the morning without help. She has the smell from her beak and when she got pecked earlier this morning some yucky looking fluid...
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    Black Copper Marans and Light Sussex roo

    Two of my sweet chicks have turned out to be roos and I can't have them where I live. They are both 3 months old and living happily together. They both came from members here. I can't ship but if you're close I would consider driving to get them a good home (and not the stew pot!). I'm in NE...
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    Light Sussex Roo and Black Copper Marans Roo

    Two of my sweet babies turned out to be roos and will have to go. They are just under 3 months old (hatched early in February, 2011). Black Copper Marans is from Cottage Hill blood line. I don't want these to be dinner if possible--I would like them to join someone's flock. I will give them...
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    Holy Cow! It's huge....

    I have my first broody hen. She will not be redirected right now. I checked under her this afternoon and found the biggest chicken egg I have ever seen. The white egg is a Leghorn egg which is pretty big. The green is from my EE. It's 3 inches long!
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    Shell-less egg!

    I went out yesterday morning like I always do to let the girls into their pen, feed them, etc. My roost is over the top of the nest boxes so the top serves as a poop board. Someone laid a shell-less egg on top of the box! What is the deal? They eat layer feed, Boss and treats. They always...
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    Your best guess? I hope I'm wrong.....

    I'm trying to guess the gender of my babies. One we hatched I bought the others to keep it company. I'm afraid I've got 3 roosters. I'm a pessimist I guess but I'd like to see what everyone else thinks. Also guess the breed of the first one (that we hatched). He/she is supposed to be black...
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    Need some chicks right now!

    I've been all over here posting about my son's science project hatching eggs. We're done now and have one lonely little chick. He/she is peeping it's little head off because it's lonely. I need to buy 2 (hens, I hope) to keep the little chick company. I can't seem to find any now. Anyone...
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    Guess the possible breed

    I know it is really early and it's too young to tell but I was hoping someone could give me some possible breeds of chicken that my new baby could be. The lady that sent me the eggs claims they were black sex-link. They're obviously not. I e-mailed her and asked her what other breed of...
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    HELP! Do I need to help?

    I have one pipped egg that has not made any more progress after about 5 hours. The chick is still peeping. It is tapping but not as consistently as it was at first. Is it time for me to help? This may be the only one that hatches and I'm scared to death to lose it.
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    OMG! I'm so glad to be wrong!

    We're hatching eggs for my son's science fair project (sure, good excuse). I'm on day 20 and was sure none of my shipped eggs were going to do anything. Well, someone is tapping and I heard a peep! I am so excited! Maybe we'll wind up with a few after all.
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    Oh, poo!

    I've got 14 eggs in my incubator. I'm on day 8, candled the eggs this morning and I think we're going to have a horrible hatch (if any!). It looks like only 3 of the eggs have chicks inside of them. I'm really disappointed. This is my son's science fair project and I don't know that he'll...
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    Eggs are finally here! Couple of questions.....

    Finally! They're here! Seems like it took forever. This is my first ever attempt at hatching. I got 15 black sexlink eggs to incubate and hatch as my son's school science project (good excuse, right?). We are refrigerating 7 of the eggs and not 8 of them to compare hatch rates (to fufill...
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    Which incubator?

    I borrowed two incubators, one is a Hova Bator circulated air without an automated turner. The other is a Marsh Automatic Incubator manufactured by Lyon. It has an automatic turner. The Hova Bator has been maintaining it's temperature fine. I found instructions for it on the internet. This...
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    Black sex link hatching eggs

    I am looking to buy about 12 black or gold sex link fertile hatching eggs to put in my incubator. Please let me know if you have some that I could buy.
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    I need some creative chicken brains to help!

    I will try to make this short and to the point. I'm illegal (chickens). I have 8 girls, can't have roosters. I would love to hatch eggs and think it would be a great experience for me and my kids. I found out that my son's school is having a science fair in March. Light bulb! Hatch chicks...
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    Woo Hoo! An egg!

    First egg today! Came home from work to clean a bit in the coop and had a small, white egg in my nest box! Go Faith! She's my only Leghorn of 3 left, and one of my original 7 chicks. (4 had turned out to be roos and the dog killed 2 Leghorns) I'm excited!
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    Insulating coops

    We are all having a bad winter so far. My coop is not insulated. How much difference does insulation make, really? Who on here insulates their coop? Does the insulation keep it cooler in the summer? I live in NE NC and winters are usually not as cold as it has been this year. Summer is...
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    So glad this site's here for us nervous mommas

    It's going to get down to about 15 degrees here in Eastern NC this evening. I, in a moment of weakness, purchased a small fan forced heater. When I went out there this afternoon to figure out where I wanted to put it I started thinking about the drawbacks and it scared me to death! I almost...
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    I thought my cover was blown....

    I am an outlaw. My town has a ridiculous ordinance requiring permits with permission from neighbors to own chickens and they require 1/2 acre per chicken. Stupid. So, of course I ignored it. I have 8 girls in my backyard. A Tax Appraiser from the county showed up at my house this afternoon...
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