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  1. Big_Charlie

    Auracanas won't lay, but everyone else does

    So I've got a mixed bag of chickens in my coop with 4 Auracana hens (and 1 roo who was supposed to be a hen...oops). Every chicken I've got hatched the same day in April, and my egg production is fantastic, except for those darned Auracanas. I have seen at most 4 or 5 green eggs since they all...
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    Oh no...I have a rooster and didn't want one...

    So I just realized today that one of my 16 week old Auracanas is a rooster, not the hen I had ordered from the hatchery. The other 28 assorted chickens are all hens, exactly as ordered, but this handsome devil popped in there somehow. (Oops...) I DO NOT WANT FERTILIZED EGGS! What do I do? I...
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    Umbilical wrapped around leg

    One of my chicks is not doing well at all and I'm hoping there's a way I can help. It looks like her umbilical cord stump is wrapped around her leg, hobbling that leg at the thigh. She also had a case of pasty butt that I've managed to clean up. But she just lays there, is very weak, and is...
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    Chicks huddling together

    Do chicks normally huddle together in a big ball under the heat lamp, or is this an indication that it's too cold in the brooder? Mine were running around all over the place for a while and now they're all huddled together under the lamps. I can't get a good read on the temp under the lamps...
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    A month of waiting pays off - the chicks have arrived!

    I started to get worried when the PO didn't call at 4am like I expected them to, but they came through a couple of hours later. These little girls are a total hoot to watch, and the chirping is really kinda' therapeutic. My almost 3-year old son thinks these chicks hung the moon. He didn't want...
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    Electrolyte concentration

    I know there's a debate over whether to give an electrolyte supplement to new chicks, but I've decided that the little boogers could probably use a pick-me-up after two days packed together in a cardboard box. My questions is this...my electrolyte solution shows two concentrations, one is...
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    Concrete coop floor questions

    I am building a new 12'x15' coop under the lean-to of my barn. Due to the number of potential chicken predators locally and the moisture situation, I have decided to pour a concrete slab for the floor. I'm trying to decide two things about this floor: 1) Should I apply a glossy concrete sealer...
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    Thermostat in the coop

    I'm planning out my coop design and had the idea of putting in a thermostat to control a heat lamp or other heating device in the winter to keep it warm enough for the ladies to keep laying without leaving it on full time using expensive electricity. Has anyone here ever done this? What did...
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    Pole barn coop conversion

    Hey everybody! The amount of information available here is absolutely staggering. My wife and I have decided that 2 years after moving to the country we should try our hands at raising chickens (really it's my MIL's fault, she put the thought in my head). We have a pretty big barn that came...
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