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    Roosters bloodied each other up

    After they graduate from the chicken hospital, one of them will be sold or culled. One of my roosters got roughed up pretty badly. His wattle, comb, and the back of his head are bloody and open. I dabbed with warm water and peroxide, squirted saline on it to try and rinse the blood, and put...
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    My First Hatch-A-Long-- Herb Theme (first hatch EVER)

    I have 6 beautiful Black Copper Marans eggs, 6 silkie eggs, and 3 of my own barnyard mix eggs (silver laced Wyandotte roo, unknown hens). 15 eggs total. Using a brand new Nurture Right 360. I still have no idea what I'm doing despite doing as much research as I can, so my expectations are low...
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    Do you use a secondary temp/humidity meter?

    I keep reading that you should always double check your incubator's humidity and temperature because they might be inaccurate. I bought these little meters on Amazon and they had pretty good reviews, but after 4 hours in the incubator (a brand new never used Nurture Right 360), the incubator...
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    Hatching Silkie and Black Copper Marans together?

    Has anyone successfully incubated silkies with marans? I was planning on doing a completely dry hatch with the marans, but now I'm buying from a local farm who is going to give me a mix of silkies and BCMs. I may try adding some water during lockdown. Any experiences or suggestions?
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    Hobby hatching addicts-- where do all of your chicks go?

    I got an incubator for Christmas, and I'm planning on trying to hatch around 2 dozen eggs this early spring, with the expectation that I won't successfully hatch more than 12-18, and that 50% or less of them will be pullets. I already have a few people who are willing to take any extra chicks...
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    Molting or mites or something else entirely?

    I have a Rhode Island Red girl who looks absolutely awful. Took me by surprise and honestly has me worried. None of the other girls look like this, and she's only 10 months old. It's also the dead of winter in Ohio-- is she molting or should I be treating for something else? No other signs of...
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    Limping Rooster-foot looks fine

    Hey all, I have a 4 month old Rooster who has had a limp for about a week. The first day I noticed it, I caught him and examined his foot and didn't see anything unusual. A week later, he's still limping--and it's worsened a bit. I caught him again today, soaked his feet in epsom salt water...
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    Chickens scared to leave coop--food and water are out in the run.

    FINALLY finished fixing up the coop and run (holy lord, it took forever--busy schedules) and got the chickens OUT of my house. I put them in the coop first, leaving the chicken door open to the run--but a few hours later, none of them have been out yet. Their food and water are outside in the...
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    Tourniquet on chick's leg

    I had a chick get her leg tangled up in a scratched up puppy pad (don't worry, I'm getting rid of them right now) and her foot is pretty swollen. Should I soak it in an epsom salt bath? It's hard to see in the picture, the left one is more swollen that the other one and looks a bit discolored.
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    4 week old silver laced Wyandottes-- maturing quickly, or all cockerels??

    I bought three silver laced Wyandottes that were labeled as pullets. They all three seem to have a comb that is pinking up quicker than our other breeds, with pink wattles too. None of the other chicks that I've seen have wattles yet. Do we think they're all boys?? Too early to tell? #1 #2 #3
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    3-4 week old chicks not using brooder plate

    I have chicks that are almost 4 weeks old. We recently moved them from a pack n play brooder into a large camping tent in a different room of the house, and ever since the move, they have been huddling together in the opposite corner of the tent for warmth instead of using the brooder plate...
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    From a pack n play to a camping tent

    We have 10 three week old chicks that have been doing just fine in a pack n play brooder, but they're getting so big! I sent my husband an Amazon link to a tent and he said "hold on, I have a 3 person tent in the garage that I've only used once." Say less! I could easily fit several more birds...
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    20x10 ft run-- how to secure the posts?

    A bit sloppy, but it's the best I could do on Microsoft Paint. We're using 4x4x10 ft posts as the corners and braces for our run, and we were planning on putting them about 3 feet deep into the ground and securing them with cement. My dad is an engineer, and he said that we need to put them 4...
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    Brooder Enrichment

    What are we adding to our brooders for the babies to play with? So far I tossed a rather large stick from our yard in there, and a little roost for them to play with. I'm toying with tossing a chunk of sod from their outdoor run in with them soon. They're just over 2 weeks old.
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    Pretty girls (and boys) starting to feather out.

    We're about to leave the cute little baby stage, and enter the half-feathered ugly little bird stage. I'm eager to get to the point where we can tell how many of each gender we have. I have 6 pullets (I hope) and 4 straight runs. I'm bracing myself for the possibility of 5 hens and 5 Roos...
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    When can chicks eat herbs/vegetation?

    My chicks are a week old, and I gave them a small sprinkle of finely chopped herbs on top of their food this morning, along with a separate dish of chick grit next to it. Not a lot of herbs, literally just a dusting. Someone on the BYC Facebook page said that they're way too young for that...
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    What is my brooder missing?

    Edit: I flipped the brooder plate around! I'm apparently not the brightest. Thank you to the commenter who probably saved my chicks! Instead of going out and buying a stock tank or a prebuilt brooder, I used an old pack n play that we had laying around. I lined the bottom with puppy pads and...
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    Pack 'n Play Brooder

    Has anyone use an old pack 'n play or playpen as a brooder? How did you cover it to avoid flyaways? We are done having babies and we have an old pack 'n play that we want to use. No sense in going out and buying a brand new brooder or building one if we can use what we already have. We're...
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    Where to start? Old, abandoned coop repair

    We just bought an old farmhouse this summer. It came with this 12x14 ft chicken coop that clearly hasn’t seen any birds in years. I have a ton of work to do, and I’m not sure where to start in terms of the best materials to use or where to begin. I’m not very handy and I don’t want to rely...
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    New member with a lot of work to do!

    Hello! New here. I'm a late 20s girl living in the Midwest with my husband of 5 years and our two young sons. We just bought a 130 year old farmhouse that came with an old chicken coop, 12x14. It looks like it hasn't been used in years. Holes in the wooden siding, metal roof that's falling...
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