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    HELP, mother hen pecking babies

    I had an old English bantam hatch 5 baby chicks about 3 weeks ago. Today I kept hearing painful peeps. I went and checked on them throughout the day. She is plucking their feathers and eating them. One is now bleeding because she won’t stop and they’re staying away from her. I since took her...
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    How long do I wait for chicks to hatch? 1 has already hatched…

    Hi! Hen is hatching her own eggs, we’re on day 22. One hatched and it has been 12 hours. Should I continue to wait? Is it okay to check the other eggs? Seen a lot of mixed opinions…
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    Sick and dying chickens…

    Help! I have 41 birds… 37 chickens and 4 Guinea fowl. I had a hen die exactly 2 weeks ago, she had a runny nose and raspy breathing. I immediately cleaned out their coop, feeders, and waterers. I kept checking my other birds for nose drainage and breathing. 2 weeks later and I now have another...
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    Found some eggs…

    Our chickens have been climbing over our gate and laying eggs in the weeds a few feet from their pen… I would just toss them out but we found a ton, is there any way to tell if they are good or not?
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    Will she get attacked?

    A predator killed all but 1 of my Guinea fowl flock. She is very lonely & keeps escaping my pen. I know 2 people with Guineas who are willing to add her to their flock but I am worried since she is all by herself that they may attack her & be hard on her. I know with my chickens I have never...
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    Something attacked my Guinea fowl…

    I had 4 guineas… they were originally in a pen with our 33 chickens, but they kept attacking some of the chickens badly. We made them their own coop/enclosure & let them free range. Only lasted about 3 weeks and something ate 3 out of my 4 guineas. I’ve put the last one in with the chickens...
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    Introducing Chicks…

    Hi all! I have 37 chickens total… I have 1 rooster & 6 hens that are over a year old in their own small coop, I have 1 rooster and 21 hens that are 9-10 weeks olds in the new coop/shed we are planning on putting everyone in, and 1 rooster & 7 hens still in the brooder box that are 7 weeks old &...
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