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  1. LittleMoon

    Hen went Broody...had chicks. It's going to snow...help?

    I have the mommy and three babies in a large metal cage off ground, outside. It is half covered with a tarp and has straw at bottom. Should i pile in the straw and coat the edges so no cold gets in the holes? Will she be enough to keep them warm? I could bring them inside...but I have like...
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    HELP! Found lethargic fluffed up chick!!! Acts very tired, found on it's side in coop. I have pics!

    Everybody was fine yesterday and I noticed today that one of my chicks wasn't out and about. I went to the coop and at first I thought it was dead. However when I picked it up it peeped so that was a relief. I fed it sugar water with some tetracycline by spoon earlier (5 min ago) and it...
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    Orphaned Chick, wont stop peeping. Doesn't seem interested in eating or drinking. Very wobbly on i

    I have it inside in a cat carrier, with a towel and heating pad. I dont' have a brooder lamp and I can't put it anywhere outside the carrier because we have more than ten bird hunting cats. The mom tried to kill it, very badly seemed to want to. We had to help it hatch two days back because...
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    2 Chicks Hatched, one today is pipping...BUT she still has 7 unhatched eggs, and still sitting? Is

    I saw one chick take a drink of water when I set it next to the shoe box, where mama is sitting. First thing: i seperated mom and rest of eggs and chicks because of our chickens, they were being a little too mean, one was beating a chick against the ground and tossing it.. She is now in a...
  5. LittleMoon

    NOW WITH PICS! What breed are these Five Toed Chicks??? Vulture hocks and fluffy feet.

    I got pictures this time. These two chicks have five toes, and furry legs. poofy tails too. any ideas?
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    Broody Hen: A nervous moment

    I let my girls/boys out, I shut the coop at night, and same as the last few days, my broody australorp hen comes out clucking and eats etc. This time however she takes quite a longer time, clucking and dustbathing and running back to food then back to water trough repeateledly. I was worried...
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    Incubator: What's more important? Fan kit or egg turner? :)

    I'm going to get an incubator, one on ebay has turner, one has fan. What should i pick and why? Thanks!
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    Broody hen? If yes how do i not mess this up? I dont want her to stop.

    She sat in a nest last night, then in a new nest today. I moved eggs from other nest and now she is just sticking with one. She came out when i fed them, ran around frantic to eat, pooped a big brown piece o.O then went back inside moments later. I'm outside now and she is still in there...
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    WANTED: Silkie hens or broody hen. I want to raise chicks the old fashioned way.

    I live in scottsburg, IN, is there anyone nearby here? It's in southern indiana. I can drive and pick up bird/birds if neccasary.
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    White headed chick, reddish, with pale highlights on wings.

    I dont have a picture up yet so I'll just try and be descriptive. Five toes Feathered feet with vulture hocks small brown stripe down back White head, a few pale brown dots on top, not seen well, so mostly white. Poofy little tail, brownish-reddish Definitely looks like a hen, no...
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    Itty bitty bantams VS my large chickens

    I just bought some bantys, very very small, for 35$. I brought them home, all happy until i noticed there size in comparison with the chickens I have currently, which are huge when next to the little hens. They are being chased around etc, i have like 14 big chickens such as sex links...
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    Help! I don't know what's wrong! Faces swollen??!

    My chicken's are getting sick, whatever it is, its infectious. Three or four already have it. My rooster's face is swollen, so is my hen. My hen is also losing feathers fast!! And its really really cold outside :'( I dont know what to do!! PLEASE HELP ME! Should i give them all benedryl...
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    READ NOW!! PLEASE, RIGHT THIS MOMENT!! You might save my roo!

    I just found my little cochin roo Hammy ten minutes ago. Hes not stiff but his yes are closed, neck falls easily when i move him. I just tried tapping my finger on his chest, he moved, and opened his beak a bit and a small liquid came out, maybe salivia? He then moved a leg. I tried revitizing...
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    help! My rooster is acting funny!

    My plymoth rock roo Stripey is making weird noises. He has him mouth gaped open, then only closed for a moment, then he opens again while making a weird noise. Like a choking, coughing like noise. What can I do? i tried pouring some water into his mouth, is something stuck in his throat? It...
  15. LittleMoon

    Peaches is gone

    I woke up this morning and went out to see my chickens, she runs around in the yard. I called for her name and she didnt come. I went into the field next to our house and found a pile of her feathers. I can't stop crying, i loved her so very much. I should have clipped her wings, but she...
  16. LittleMoon

    My D'uccle Peaches, now with pics! ^_^

    I finally got some pictures of Peaches! Check em out!
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    My hen Peaches

    I have to tell someone about one of my new pullets I have had her and thirteen others (assorted breeds) for a month now. I had been googling her color etc, to try and figure out what breed she is, and now i know, and am very happy with what i have found. Peaches is a mille fleur D'uclee...
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    Deformed egg? :/

    I found a weird shaped egg. I actually have been finding them every couple weeks. Its sort of curvy to one side and more oval than a normal egg. if i let it incubate would it hatch a deformed chick?
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    Head eaters?

    Last year i had a peacock named Miss Peacock and a young cockerel. I woke up one morning and found the peacock lying by the coop's gate who head and neck completely missing. Nearby was a small organ of some sort which i belief came from the cockerel who was nowhere in sight. what kind of...
  20. LittleMoon

    Hi :)

    I've been wanting to join a site that is about chickens for a long time. I love my birds and im so excited cause i jus got six babies I have no idea what breeds they are but i cant wait to find out and guessing is fun too. My mom and I built our own chicken coop and we have five hens...
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