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    Getting ready to give a broody hen some eggs. How many?

    I have two broody hens right now. How many eggs should I let each girl have?
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    Hogs & Mites? Mange?

    I'm currently waiting for our vet to call me back. Our sow had her second litter of pigs on the 2nd of this month. Sunday, I noticed little black lines on one of the pigs tails. I thought it just got it's tail in the mud and didn't think much of it. This morning...most of the babies have the...
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    New dog is an egg thief...

    We have a new dog that we got as a puppy. He's about 6 months old now and he won't stop stealing eggs. Our chickens are free range and so is the dog...well, he was! He goes right in the chicken coop and steals the eggs out of the nesting boxes. I gather eggs several times a day but he always...
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    Deleware hatching eggs, chicks or pullets wanted. West Virginia

    I'm looking to expand my flock of Delewares. I'd be interested in hatching eggs, chicks or pullets. I would like to not have to have them shipped so Central or Northern WV or the Mid Ohio Valley area would be best.
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    Racoon injury. What to do?

    Yesterday, while we were away, a racoon got into our chicken run. Last night we caught the racoon and relocated it this afternoon. 3 chickens were injured. Two will be ok but this one I'm really worried about! She can drink but she's hiding in a corner of the coop. If I pour water over her...
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    How old is to old?

    How old can my rooster get before I should worry about whether he to old to fertilize our eggs?
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    Day 23, 1 hatch this morning and 1 new pip.

    I don't know what happened but I have some late chicks! One pipped yesterday and hatched this morning. Another pip overnight. I've never had a late hatch before. What could be going on? Temps have been fine. I've kept water in the incubator but I don't know what the humidity has been, but...
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    Polish Chicken Question

    I have two polish chickens that I hatched from eggs I purchased. The person who I got the eggs from has several different colors of polish chickens in together. I want to raise more polish chickens and am looking for more eggs for the incubator. Do I need to keep them seperated by color or does...
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    this one has me stumped

    I have two of these. She came from the McMurry Meat-n-egg combo last May. Thanks!
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    Araucana rooster?

    This guy has tufts and a beard. Silver legs. What is he?
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    Puff head...I mean...Polish chick question?

    We have two polish chicks that we hatched out from eggs I bought. One is black and the other is white. The white one seems to have feathers coming out on it's legs. Are polish chicks supposed to have feathers on their legs? The kids call them the puff heads and are already trying to figure...
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    WV chickens in the news

    I wish I lived closer. I'd try to catch these poor things myself. Once they are caught, they will probably be killed. This is a link to the story in the Wheeling WV news. http://www.wtov9.com/news/17195809/detail.html
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    Sick Chicken, don't think she's going to make it.

    This evening the kids brought me one of our hens. She's a pullet from MM just now starting to lay. She was lethargic and breathing kind of heavy. I thought maybe she got overheated. I gave her some water and she wouldn't drink. About an hour later she was laying on her side, kicking her legs...
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    Question from my 8 year old. HELP! lol

    My 8 year old daughter tonight asked me if chickens can be twins. I told her that because they looked alike, that doesn't mean they are twins. She said no, she wants to know if two chicks can hatch out of the same egg. I didn't know! I told her I'd find out for her if she'd go to bed. I'd never...
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    broody hen behavior with eggs

    I have two broody hens so I decided to order some eggs and let them hatch them out. We needed to diversify our flock anyway. The eggs arrived and I marked 6 with a 1 and 5 with an X. Tonight, I go out to check on them and one broody hen had all the eggs in her nest and the second hen had none...
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    Looking for polish hatching eggs in WV.

    I'm looking for polish hatching eggs in WV that I can pick up. No shipping. North Central WV is where I'm located. Thanks!
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    Am I feeding to much?

    We have 3 mixed breed roos (1 banty) and 16 hens. I keep scratch feed mixed with some cracked corn and water available all the time. They are free range during the day and go back to their coops at night. Should I be feeding differently? The hens are laying fine and they are all nice and healthy.
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