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    Hen laying eggs WITHOUT shell; egg broke inside few weeks back. HELP!

    Hello everyone. I am in need of some serious advice. I can not find any info online for my particular problem. I think my 14 months old BA hen has begun to molt (I have to assume, she has a few bald spots and the coop is full of feathers). An egg broke inside of her a few weeks back. I...
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    Hen losing feathers; egg broke inside; sitting in nest - HELP!!!

    Hi everyone. I am in desperate need of help. My BA (a little over a year old) is acting funny. I found her yesterday, sitting in her nesting box, not acting at all normal. I picked her up and discovered that a VERY thin, soft-shelled egg had broken inside her. I brought her inside, gave her...
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    What's going on with my hen?

    HI everyone, My 15 week old hen has been acting VERY strange lately. She has made herself a "nest" under the feeder. They have nesting boxes, but she is curled up under the feeder. Plus, she is only 15 weeks old, too young to lay. She is "lethargic" but alert, and is letting me hold her. I...
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    What gender is my Black Australorp mix?

    Hi everyone, I have two chicks that are about 6.5 weeks old. I have no idea if they are hens or roos; I got them from a local farm as newborn chicks. I have no experience with chickens, so I have no idea what to look for. I am posting 4 pics of my one Black Australorp mix for you to take a...
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    Can you tell the gender at 4 weeks by the tail feathers?

    Hi everyone, My baby chicks will be 4 weeks in a day or two. I have two mixed breed chicks (black autralorpe mixes). I got them from a farm, that obviously is not equipped for sexing. They both have a great temperment from being hand raised since hatching. They look the same in every...
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    Pics of the chicks!!!

    Here's some pics of the little ones. I really need to put a small roost in their brooder so they stop pooping on and in their feeder!
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    Week olds on chick starter. Do they need grit?

    My week olds are on chick starter. Do they need grit? And should I be giving them anything else? As some of you know, despite my weeks of research on the internet about chicks, I am very new to this, and have made some (funny) mistakes so far.
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    Pasty Butt???? Please help me!!!

    Hi everyone. I have two week-old chicks. They seemed to be pooping just fine. In fact, they are eating, drinking and pooping up a storm! When we pick them up, their butts look fine. However, when I spread the down feathers I noticed that one has a hard black glob near her vent. I have...
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    Heat lamp for two 6 week old chicks (and beyond) for cold NE winter?

    Hello everyone. We are scheduled to pick up our two chicks (which will be about a week old) in about 3-4 weeks. We will be raising them indoors and transferring them outside at about 6 weeks of age. My question is this: our coop will be a (solid) Amish built 4x4 coop. No "insulation" per...
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    Newbie here. Question abuot young chicks and outside coop.

    Hi everyone. I am completely new to this, and have a BIG question about the proper age at which chicks can live full-time outside. I live in Buffalo, and as you probably know, it gets pretty cold here. One can never tell when the cold will blow in, as we have often had very warm Octobers...
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