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    Rotten eggs?

    This is my first hatch in two years. I have only hatched three times before, but always had good success, even with shipped eggs. I used my neighbors reeeeeeeeeally old incubator, but it worked great! Fast forward to now, and I bought an Hovabator with the turner, etc. The temperature gauge...
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    What On Earth??

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. 9 Hatchery birds, 1 BCM rooster in first year 2) What is the behavior, exactly. dropping dead. no signs of anything unusual. no predators, no apparent diseases, worms, etc. 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? no symptoms 4) Are other...
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    1st egg from my EE!

    I actually saw Princess lay today for the 1st time. She is my first EE to lay and I've been anxiously awaiting the egg color, being from a hatchery and all. Just wanted to brag on her a little. This is her egg, among some of the others: Taken inside, next to a window for natural light and on a...
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    You weren't kidding...

    pullet eggs are so tiny! I got my VERY VERY FIRST egg from my babies that I rasied from chicks. I have 3 laying hens, but didn't raise them up, so it just isn't as exciting as my first official egg from one of my ladies. It was so perfect and little.
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    seriously?

    I have 13 pullets, aged 19 weeks old tomorrow. Some of them won't lay soon, and they aren't showing any signs of anything. LOL But....I have 3 white leghorns that have been squatting for almost 3 weeks. The have HUGE, red wattles and combs floppin' halfway down their faces. No eggs. NONE! I...
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    Valbazen

    I dosed all of my girls with Valbazen after seeing roundworms in one of the sickly looking ones poo. I know that means that poor hen had way more internally, so I medicated them all and am 8 days into the withdrawal. I've kept the eggs, just to see how many over the 2 weeks. Is there anything I...
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    Black Sexlink or BR or Cuckoo Maran?

    The title pretty much sums up my knowledge of chickens...very little. I bought 3 black sex link hens from a very nice older gentlemen in my area. He showed me all of his chickens, etc, and was very excited about all the exotic rare finds he could get from a hatchery. Anyhoo, super sweet and...
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    If you had to chose...

    what would it be? Black Sexlinks, RIRs or Red Stars. (pullets) Inquiring minds want to know.
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    WTB 2 laying hens SE Virginia

    Any kind! Healthy and just started laying, or about 1-1.5 years old. I'm in Hampton Roads. Willing to drive a good distance, depending on what you have!
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    How can you stand the waiting?!?

    ...for the first eggs. Seriously...I'm starting to just stare at them and will them to lay, and my oldest are only 14 weeks.
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    How do you decide which rooster...

    to KEEP? If you are going to have 1....which one? Do you wait to see who's nicer, not so crazy, etc? Or do you base it on genetics and/or breed? We are keeping 1, and it's between a purebred FBCM roo or any of a few super-cute barnyards mixes. All are babies right now. When will I know which...
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    Tripled the Brooder Pen

    I had a small brooder pen made out of chicken wire sides, beneath nesting boxes, but it is really too small. I'm starting to really worry about how long I'm going to have to wait to introduce my chicks to the big girls. There is a 9-11 week difference between them. December chicks and Feb-march...
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    Leghorns are cuckoo crazy!

    Seriously...now I know what flighty means... I kind of thought it meant the birds were not people-friendly, but no...it means they are CRAZY! Straight up insane. I have 3 White Leghorns, 13 weeks old, and I got them mostly just to have white eggs. I'm really not sure I should keep them. They...
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    # of chickens for this space?

    We are done building the coop and run, and I thought it was the perfect size for 15-20 chickens. But my neighbor said it was really crowded. Thoughts? The coop is 8x8 and 6ft tall, with everything off the ground for extra floor space. The run is a 16x16 square, with the coop taking up 1/4 of...
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    Black chicks! Ideas?

    These are 3 week old BCMs, can you tell the gender with these? I think I have 3 roos and 2 hens. 1. mossy roo? 2. hen with small blackish comb? 3. roo? Here are my babies from a mixed pen. I know the one is a Polish, 2 are Maran/Welsummer mix, 3 are EE mixes (2 blue eggs, 1 green) and 2...
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    Bantam or just tiny??

    I hatched 8 eggs from my friend's farm, and she doesn't quite know which egg is which. All barnyard moxes, and she keeps her bantams with LF, all different breeds that are now mixing together. Two of the chicks are solid black...like midnight black, which I haven't seen yet...and they are SO...
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    How many next boxes?

    ...for 20 LF hens?? I currently have a single long nesting "shelf", but plan to divide it up into individual nests. The shelf is almost 8 feet long and 18 inches deep. How many boxes should I make it into, and will it be enough room for 20 to lay eggs? If not, how many more would I need?
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    What are the odds??

    I have 7 chicks hatched from the following color eggs: green blue tan copper medium brown white The blue/green are EEs, but the rest are all different breeds, including Maran and Polish. I figured the Maran would make a black chick, but to have SIX black chicks and 1 grey??? Where is the...
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    Coop Project (updated 3/8 PIC HEAVY))

    my husband is starting Spring Break and finally has time. So we are getting started. Coop is 8x8, enclosed with 2 double-paned windows and 2 doors. Treated lumber and plywood walls. No insulation, we are in the South. Tin roof. Run will be 16x16 (minus the coop). Day 1: Just getting started...
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    Coop starting next week...advice?

    So we have 13 juvenile hens and 5 babies we are keeping. The coop will be in the corner of the overall run. Here's our "plan"....tips for making it better without going to crazy? The total run is 16ft. x 16ft. square. One corner of that area (8ft. x 8ft.) will be the coop. The run will have 1x1...
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