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    Ideas what is wrong with Tom Turkey?

    My Tom is off color, standing in the water pan, feathers ruffled, wings low, and not eating. He can still move well enough to avoid being caught, though. But he just stops and sags. His beak is open, so panting possibly. It has been high 80's. I haven't put out much feed the last few days as the...
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    How old are my chicks?

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    Can you help me identify the nighttime predator killing my chickens?

    For the last week I have been finding dead stripped chickens inside my coop. There is a hole where it has burrowed into the coop. I finally put down pieces of plywood and it still pushed in after burrowing underground deep into the coop and not just under the wall and back up. The chickens...
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    Cat Tv

    Always have to be careful about this situation! TittyTat is watching his favorite show. The latest Welsummer chicks in the Brooder! Have a nice day all! Time to go work in the yard on this beautiful day. The cat is now sleeping on the bed instead of the warm brooder! Bonnie in OHIO
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    Need help with lockdown egg turners staggered hatch foam bator!

    So they are in Little Giant turner in a Hovabator foam still air bator. 7 eggs going into lockdown tomorrow night. Couldn't remove any of the rows of the turner, so what should I do? If remove ALL eggs from turner and put on their sides, need to raise the floor so yolks at same height as...
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    Egg is CHEEPING!! How long until pipping???

    BTW, daughter thinks I am crazy and hearing things. She kept leaving and the egg would cheep again!! so it started cheeping about 11 pm tonight! How long till pipping, zipping, and hatching? They are still in the egg turner in the still hovabator. It's a staggered hatch that's next due on...
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    Coming up on hatching times

    My friend 'started' 4 of my eggs before I set the rest. Once I was set up, I added them to my bator. Would the 'started' eggs hatch 3 days sooner than the rest of my eggs? They are in a foam incubator 'hova bator' and on an egg turner. There are LF and Bantam eggs in there. Humidity has been...
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    Parrot Brooder for chicken hatcher??

    I have a wooden parrot brooder 18x18x18 or so with a sliding plexiglass front panel. It uses a top heating light bulb to heat and has one of those wafer thermostats with the metal adjuster you see on the foam hovabators to adjust the on/off of the heating bulb. It uses a wire floor inserted...
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    Rotten Eggs in Bator on Day 5

    Isn't this too soon for rotten eggs? I put eggs from 2 different breeders in my 'bator on Monday evening. 2 dozen had travelled 5 days and 1 dozen had travelled 2 days. I got both sets at 8:30 am at the Post office on Monday a.m. and after 12 hours of settling, they went into the 'bator. Could...
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    Best lines to cross for Blue eggs and Green Eggs

    Want show quality stock and very healthy for cold climates. Prefer large breeds not bantams. First question: What breed roo do I cross with what breed hen to get best color in blue EGGS. Second Question: Same but for eggs in GREEN. Where do I find the folks with GREAT lines of exhibition...
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    What Chicken Breeds are these pretty birds? newbie here

    IS this a roo? is it a cochin or something else and is it a splash or what? There are a couple of them in this photo two and I don't know if the striped ones are barred rocks or what. I missed out on these locally on craigslist! They were within 45 minutes of me. I was thinking about getting 2...
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    Been here a week Northwest Ohio

    Been on the forum about a week. Got 7 Golden Comets, 11 New Hampshire Reds in the last 2 weeks from TSC, hopefully all pullets as stated. Sandusky County Ohio, living in town, under the radar as general code is in direct conflict with zoning laws as relates to chickens! So I read the general...
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    Chick Photos!

    Here are my new chicks! They are supposedly New Hampshire Reds and Golden Comets and all hens from the labeled bins at TSC, Ohio. Anyone see anything they think is different, PLEASE let me know! This is the biggest chick and we were hoping she is a Golden Comet? Here are half of the New...
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    TSC Pullets New Hampshire Reds and Golden Comets

    Ok, so I am new to chicks and got New Hampshire Reds and Golden Comets from Tractor Supply this last weekend. My chicks are 2 weeks, 1 week, and a few days old from whatever hatchery TSC uses in Ohio. I have figured out from this site what the Comets should look like (all hens), but I am a bit...
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