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  1. HappyFarmLady

    Silkie Roo crossed with Barred Rock hen!!

    I have a white Silkie rooster in with my mixed flock of hens. Many of the girls have bald backs so I decided to put some eggs in the incubator. 2 hatched today!! The have black skin, beak and eyes with feathered legs and their feathers are mostly black with some white mixed in. SO ADORABLE!!!!!
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    Do you ever use an all natural wormer? Does it work?

    I just hate the idea of having to throw out all of my eggs for 2 wks after worming my flock. My husband doesn't think that an all natural wormer would work. What is your experience?
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    What go my hen?

    I came home tonight to find my RIR hen laying beside the coop with blood dripping from the back of her head, right behind her comb. She wouldn't open her left eye, so I couldn't tell if it was intact or not. No other obvious physical injuries. I tried to give her some water, but she wouldn't...
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    Hidden nest

    My husband just found a nest in our garden with TWENTY eggs in it!!!!!!! TWENTY!!!!! And they were from several different pullets!! I had been wondering why I hadn't been getting any blue eggs........well, I found them!! Now what do I do??????
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    Boiled eggs

    I'm sure you get this question all the time, but how old do the eggs have to be to peal easily?
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    medicated feed????

    Accidentally bought Medicated feed. Can we still eat the eggs?
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    How do I separate 3 from the flock to breed?

    Hi guys! Hoping you can help me out!! I just confirmed that one of my EE's is a roo. I had been suspecting this for awhile, but this morning I heard him crow!! So, now I have a roo and 3 EE pullets (2 of which are laying). Well, I just got to thinking that if I want to breed these...
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    Bug Zapper

    Does anyone use a bug zapper in the coop? Was just thinking it might help with the flies. We live near a dairy farm and we also have cows and occasionally pigs so I'm thinking that DE might not help much.
  9. HappyFarmLady

    sad story

    My daughters little 5lb yorkie mix tried to eat my broodie hen!! She chewed off allof her tail feathers and started chewing on her skin. I'm just sick! My BCM hen is still alive and still sitting on the 3 Silkie eggs that I slipped under her but she looks so sad!
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    Broody question

    I have a BCM hen that I bought a few months ago. Not sure of her age. For the past few days, she won't come out of the nesting box. She fluffs up her feathers when we come near her, but doesn't get mean. I took her out yesterday and she just went back in. (No eggs, just golf balls) Does...
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    expecting shipped eggs tomorrow

    Hope they aren't fried when I get them!
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    What if you only have 1 bator and 2 sets of eggs???

    How do you handle lock down if you only have one incubator and add a second set of eggs on day 14 of the first set? Is it possible?
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    True definition of FREE RANGE????

    Is the true definition of FREE RANGE to only allow your chickens to find their own food? Do any of you do this? or do you all supply them with chicken feed? I had switched their feed to a locally made chick grower and they were tossing it all out of the feeder. So I decided to let the feeder...
  14. HappyFarmLady

    What kind of roo is this??

    He has just started crowing. Bought him out of the mixed Bantam bin at Orscheln.
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    What would you call this color of EE? Roo?

    THinking SHE might be a HE because of the comb IT is growing!! As compared to another EE bought at the same time:
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    What do you do with all of the chicks that you hatch????

    Just curious.....since we are all addicted to hatching......what do you do with all of the chicks????? I have a 2nd batch of eggs coming to hatch in my new Hovabator Genesis but not really sure what to do with them. I already have 30 chickens. Do you sell them? if so, where?
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    What's the easiest way to build a tractor for meaties?

    I am thinking it only needs to be like 2ft tall, built with 2x2s and chicken wire. What kind of covered shelter do they need to have? Any pics would be wonderful.
  18. HappyFarmLady

    Cleaner coop now that the meaties are gone

    Can't believe how much cleaner my coop stays and how much less water they go through now that the 7 Cornish Crosses have been butchered!!! I kinda thought I would get some more, but now I'm not sure I want to do it this soon (just butchered on friday)!!
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    eCasualty in the bator :{

    Ok so today is like day 24 and I have 6 eggs left that didn't hatch. So we've been gone all day and I left the bator on but let it go dry. BIG MISTAKE!!! Came home tonight and checked it to find a zipped egg with the membrane still intact and very rubbery. Chick already dead. That'll teach...
  20. HappyFarmLady

    Chicken plucker??

    Just butchered 7 meaties!! First time ever for me. Somewhere on here I ran across a post about how to build a $6 chicken plucker. Does anyone remember this???? Wondering if it would be worth a try.........
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