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    Hopefully I've successfully treated my hen for salpingitis (reproductive infection)

    By all accounts, I have 'cured' my 3 yr old barred rock hen of salpingitis. I treated her with 10% enrofloxacin 2x a day for 10 days. To start, she was feeling pretty terrible, and after 2 doses, her comb slowly started to turn back from peachy to red. She started walking more, not sitting...
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    Gender -5 week old silver laced wyandotte

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    Day 12, big baby?

    Wow, this baby seems big to me for day 12, almost 13 I guess. I know it's so hard to see. I just can't capture it with my phone. Can anybody sort of see the shadow of the embryo? I've outlined the two veins I can see. The rest is the shadow of the baby. What happens if a baby grows too fast...
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    Pictures? blue with red leakage

    Hi, does anybody have any pictures of a hen or roo that is blue, but also has red leakage? I'm incubating an egg from our sweet late hen. She was an EE, and I've been told she was a cross of eWh/e+. I'm trying to teach myself these abbreviations, so I'm not sure what exactly those mean. She was...
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    Embryo on side of egg?

    Is it normal for the embryo and yolk to be mainly on one side of the egg on day 5 almost 6. I wish I had taken a picture, but I was so excited -my one and only fertilized egg I got from a hen who just got taken by a fox. It had lots of veins and could see a little shadow of the embryo:) It's a...
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    What color is she?

    I want to find out if this girl's color will breed the same as other wild type coloration (I'm sure it has an official term, I just don't know what it is). I see some wild types are brownish or reddish with the same relative feather pattern. My girl had blue undertones in her back and tail...
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    Coconut bedding?

    Hi, Has anyone used something like this coconut fiber bedding for chickens? It says it's for reptiles and other burrowing animals, but I though it might work in the coop. This particular one says it expands to 20 liters of product and it weighs 11 lbs. It's $24.99. It seems like it would be...
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    Changing to a new coop

    Hi, We are almost done with a new coop build. The chickens will be getting an upgrade from a short 4'x 6' coop to a tall 8'x8'. I have 11 chickens. They'll have two 7.5ft roost bars. When it comes time to move them in, should I take them in there during the day to explore and then lock them in...
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    Favorite coop plans? (walk-in type)

    Hi, My dad just said he would help me build a coop!! Yay! I have a medium size one now that I can't walk in. I get along alright with it, but I have 11 chickens and this coop has the nesting boxes slightly higher than the roost bars -bad design, I know now since they try to roost in the nest...
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    Do you like the poultry electric fences?

    Hi, I haven't been free ranging my chickens while I'm at work because I don't want to chance something getting them. We know we have foxes, coyotes, and hawks, and a new neighbor likes letting their 2 large dogs out to roam, apparently. I recently bought a 50' x 50' bird net as the cover for a...
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    Work/life balance

    Hello! Ok, so those of you who work from home, or work for yourself, what do you do? I need a work from home job so bad! I want more time for work around the house and more time for family! Also, I hate locking my chickens up for most of the day! I've worked at the same place for 16 years, and...
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    Black australorps at 4 weeks

    These little cuties are 4 weeks old tomorrow. They were sold as pullets, but one was always a little bigger than the other one, lol. They stand up so stinkin' tall! I joke they're my mini ostriches. Are australorps just a chunky, big breed? I've never had them before. I just got them to let...
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    Hen is first time mom and a surrogate!

    I guess our hen was determined to be a mom this year. She went broody twice this summer and she's only 9 months old. The second time, she seemed to be in it for the long haul, so I went and got her 3, day-old chicks and put them under her on day 19 of setting. In the morning she was talking...
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    Grafting chicks to a broody who thinks something is attacking her nest

    So, putting chicks under my broody isn't as easy as the descriptions I've read. I got day old chicks for her today, and now that it's dark, we're trying to put them under her. She's viewing any and all movement under her as something trying to attack her eggs or her nest, as we pulled the eggs...
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    Brood guineas under hen?

    Hi All, I want to see what you all think about this. I have a broody hen. I'm planning on getting her some day-old babies of some kind when it gets closer to her 21 day setting time. This idea just came to me -she's lowest in pecking order and the others are attacking her for acting weird...
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    What's the earliest you can try to give chicks to a broody hen?

    One of my youngest hens went broody for the second time this year already. 🤦‍♀️ I'm trying to decide what to do. I just can't hatch any of ours because we already have too many roosters, lol. Although, I want chicks from my one pair so bad, I just can't get any more roos -don't even want to...
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    First broody hen

    -Just updated about the set-up on page 2 of this feed with pictures. Original post: I have a broody hen all of a sudden. She's only 6 months old so I was not expecting this. First she had three real eggs and two fake eggs. I didn't think that the other hens would push her off the nest every day...
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    Cleaning a used coop

    Hi, I'm getting a shed from someone that was converted to a coop years ago. It hasn't had chickens in it in maybe as much as 10 years, but I thought maybe wild birds have been in it, and probably other wild animals as well. I haven't seen it yet, but I plan on pressure washing, spraying with...
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    Brahmacauna mixed color question

    I'm interested in Brahmacaunas since I think they're neat looking. Last night I was falling asleep, and was almost dreaming...lol, I thought what would an Isabella Brahma and Buff Ameraucana cross look like? I'm thinking of a fluffy golden shiny bird. 😆 I guess I'm officially chicken...
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    Have chickens -now considering a few quail. Starting my research. Are they any harder than chickens?

    Of course I would house separately from my chickens. I'm considering keeping them in my basement. I have 2 french doors in my walkout basement where I would probably place a quail cage. I've read they need a very low ceiling or a very tall ceiling, not in-between. I really want blue layers...
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