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    First time hatching eggs from a broody chicken

    We got baby chicks last June from McMurray’s. We have 13 hens and one Rooster. Our bielefelder is broody laying on 12 eggs. How do you know what breed the baby chicks will be? Our hen breeds are bielefelder, Rhode Island Red, Red Star, Buff Orpington, Black Cochin, Ameraucana, Barred Rock and...
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    Prolapse? Please help!!

    I just discovered this with one of my hens. I believe it’s prolapse. She’s not egg bound because she lays every morning and I know that because she has very large eggs and we got one today. I know I should push it back in but she has poop stuck in there. I’ve cleaned her with soap and water but...
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    11 week old not acting normal

    We’re still new to chickens and my Cochin Bantam (?) (this was our free one from the hatchery) has been acting weird since I opened up their coop this morning. Everyone rushed out to eat and free range except this one. This chick is our favorite and is already the sweetest most docile of our 14...
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    Pullets or cockerels

    We’re new to chickens. We have 9 week old baby chicks and I think the hatchery sent us some males even though we only ordered females. We had 16 and now we have 14, since we lost 2 due to failure to thrive/runt. We ordered Ameracaunas, buff Orpingtons, silver laces Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds...
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    Failing to thrive baby chick

    We’ve ordered 15 baby chicks and a mystery one and they’re almost 3 weeks old. We had one immediately almost passed in the first 24 hours. We worked on keeping her warm and now she’s thriving like most of the others. My kids called her “Fighter”. A week later we had another one who struggled to...
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    New member

    Hello! I’m Erin and I’m new to having chickens, but have wanted to as long as I can remember. We have 16 baby chicks that will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. We have Americainas, Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Bielefelders, and Red Stars. We also have a “mystery chick”...
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