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    rooster survided attack but injured

    Hi. Last night my chicken compound was attacked by a nasty predator. It killed my red comet through the fence and another bird is completely missing. My silkie rooster survived, but appears to have a broken/partially missing wing, and some flesh wounds on his back/chest. I originally thought...
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    abnormally small egg from red comet?

    Hello! I have 3 red comets that have been laying consistently since July. Yesterday when I collected eggs, there was one that was less than half the normal size and dark brown in color. The only other layers I have are silkies and one bantam frizzle that lays small cream-colored eggs. I...
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    URGENT...Please read

    Hi...I have an egg that has pipped but not yet zipped...the broody pecked at the egg right where the hole was and now there is blood showing around the hole. The chck is still moving, but I don't know what to do. I'm not set up with an indoor brooder to let it finish hatching indoors, but why...
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    new layer having psych issues

    Hi! 3 of my girls went broody at once and just hatched out 8 chicks...I have them in a separate small coop for now since 1 got trampled mid-hatch when they were in the main coop. Here's the issue: I have a young hen named Gertie (born 2/14/11) that started laying about a week ago. Since the...
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    first sick chick died- please help!

    Hello. I have a 3 month old silkie chick that has been acting funny - not staying with flock..sitting still in grass "sleeping" in the middle of the day - doesn't notice you right up behind it. Has been moving around/eating/drinking fine - until last night. This chick and it's siblings are...
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    Are they still good???

    Hello. My silkie hen went broody a couple of weeks ago - she was sitting on a collection of 13 eggs from 3 hens. Soon after, my banty hen decided to set with her - as hard as we tried, they got each day's eggs before we did. The two were setting nicely on all the eggs, but now today the...
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    all but one baby gone!

    I hatched out my first 6 chicks on Valentine's day this year. We just moved them outside 2 weeks ago...Friday afternoon I came home and 5 out of the 6 were gone. There's no trace of feathers/blood/anything...is it possible that a predator could've gotten that many??? They were extremely...
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    float test - confused!

    Hi all...I am BRAND NEW to this and really botched my first hatch attempt. I have one sad little egg left that is due to hatch now (yesterday actually). I did the float test after reading another post with similar issues. My egg floated about 15% above water - that means viable right? But...
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    will unhatched eggs in incubator affect good eggs?

    Hello...this is my first hatch and I mistakenly set them up for a staggered hatch. It's been so hard to keep track of hatch dates...I have at least 5 that I KNOW won't be hatching (been too long), and another few that I strongly suspect wont hatch. I know for sure egg #14 is alive and want to...
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    Help! Staggered hatch in incubator -lockdown?

    Hi...I'm brand-new and really have a mess on my hands. This summer I adopted 2 young frizzles and a silkie hen with chicks. Well, ended up with 2 roosters and 3 hens. We started getting eggs early December, put the first one in the fridge, cracked second one to realize they were fertile eggs...
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