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    Mid Michigan poultry processing

    Help!! Our chicken processor went out of business and I'm scrambling to find a new one. I'm in Midland and have searched and can find one only an hour away.. can someone help find something closer? I have 24 meat birds that need to be processed ASAP. Thanks in advance!
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    ALL our hens have stopped laying.. what's up?

    We have 12 hens, five of which we've had about a year and the other 7 were hatched in May. About two months ago we noticed our egg production was dwindling from our five established hens and the others were just starting to lay one here or there. We also noticed they had worms, so my husband...
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    Meat birds.. questions before I order

    We've never had meat birds before, but are going to try this year. Our local elevator's deadline for ordering is 1 April. Before I do I was wondering whether there is a fairly high survival rate. That is, if I want to end up with 20 birds in my freezer, should I buy 30? Or will all 20...
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    They found a warm spot

    The girls finally ventured out from the coop in the snow. They made their way to the spot by the house near the water heater vent. :)
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    Duck hatching chicken eggs- interesting!

    Our duck has been broody all summer. She built a nest and was becoming aggressive toward our chickens and us. One day I put a warm chicken egg underneath her, hoping it would give her something to do. Well, soon the chickens began laying their eggs under her. Now, they will peck at her until...
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    Psycho duck brooding chicken eggs... HELP?!

    We have a single muscovy duck. A couple months ago she built an awesome nest in the corner of the chicken coop (we have about a dozen hens and a roo) and has been sitting on it ever since. She laid a couple eggs, but nothing more. Over the last few weeks, I've rarely seen her off it and...
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    chickens on strike... how long?

    We moved about a month ago. For the first couple weeks we continued to get eggs, but over the last week or two we've gotten nothing. I imagine the eggs we got right after we moved started being made at the old house, just laid at the new. And now we're seeing the results of the stressful move...
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    Some are laying, some aren't

    We currently have one rooster and six hens and we get three eggs nearly every day. So, we have two that aren't laying. They're the same age, and seem healthy. We've caught Big Rose, Meatball and Fast Ted in the nesting boxes (can you tell my kids named them?? ) but nothing from Fluffy or Young...
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    Campylobacter

    Hi all! This summer I was (really really) sick for about 8 weeks with a pretty severe intestinal illness. It came for a day or so at a time, then went for a few days, then came back... and after about four major tests (gall bladder, stomach scope, etc) that turned out to be negative I'm...
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    Soft eggs.. how long?

    We got our first egg this weekend (and another yesterday) and both were very soft (huge bummer!) All our birds are young, so this is the very first eggs we've gotten. I knew to expect a soft egg or two, but how long do you think it'll take for these to firm up? We've incorporated oyster shells...
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    Tiny bird

    We got two groups of chicks this spring.. one was considerably bigger than the other. The smaller ones are growing VERY slowly but they're growing. However, there's one that looks like it did the day we got it. It's about the size of a starling and was probably hatched three months ago. What...
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    Ducks laying eggs

    Yesterday we couldn't find one of our two ducks. Today DH found her under the coop hunkered down on a nest of a dozen eggs. Wow! And yay!! These are our first eggs from any of our fowl! So, I have a few questions. I was under the impression that ducks would lay only an egg or so a day...
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    Being picked on

    We got six chicks when they were about three weeks old and at the same time got two that were only a few days old and were much smaller. We kept the six separate from the two tiny ones so they wouldn't get stomped on. Now the two little ones are feathered out and we put them all together. One of...
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    Rooster pros and cons

    I've searched around the forum for a while now and can't seem to find this information. We're getting 8 or so chicks tomorrow and I'm wondering whether we should go all-female or get a rooster, or roo, as I see you call them here. What are the advantages? Better egg laying? Protection from...
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    Hi from Mid-Michigan

    I'm new here. I've never raised chickens but have always wanted to. Last fall we moved into a home with a very nice coop, so are all ready to go. I'm heading to the feed store tomorrow to pick up some babies and am so excited.
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