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    McMurray surprise chick! What am I? Boy/Girl and Breed

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    New help diagnosing this disease/injury

    This Production Red pullet is about 4 months old. She is eating and drinking as usual. Poop is normal. No sneezing, coughing, wheezing, etc. Except for her eye, she seems to be a very healthy bird. Her eye has gotten gradually worse in the last 1 1/2 weeks. I have had her seperated from the...
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    10 week olds Rattling/Gurgling

    I have 2 10 week olds that have a rattling and gurgling sound when breathing. No other symptoms. No swollen or running eyes, no sneezing, no coughing, NOTHING. They are eating and drinking. No other birds in my flock (including 20 more 10 week olds that are from the same hatch) are having...
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    First night outside

    My babies are 5 weeks old. Low tonight is 45. I have a heat lamp setup to shine on the wire kennel with hay. The babies are not sleeping in the kennel though. Instead, they are snuggled together on the sandy ground well away from the light. They are sleeping fine not peeping like they need...
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    A white Americauna hen and Production Red Roo should make what?

    What color should the chick be? I have one white Americauna that lays green eggs. I purposely did not set any of her eggs because I just wanted just Production Reds. Babies hatched yesterday and I have a chick that looks like this Am I missing something? Can my hen lay brown AND green eggs?
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    First time using new incubator and first time hatching....

    Any and all help is greatly appreciated. I have no idea what I am doing. Can someone give me an "instruction manual" please?!? I justed received my bator yesterday. It's a Hova-Bator 1602N. I also have the egg turner. Thanks!!
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    Lovin' my Gobblers!!!

    I think I have 3 Jakes and 2 Jennys. Their tail feathers are scraggly looking, will they eventually straighten out? Everyday, I find tons of feathers around their kennel, no bald spots on them though, is this normal? Other than that, I absolutely love my gobblers!!
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    What age is a good age to send to freezer camp?

    I have 4 maybe 5 RIR roosters that are going to be sent to freezer camp. What age and/or size should they be when they are ready for their "trip"? My whole flock is on flock raiser, should I remove the roosters and feed them something else before culling? Thanks
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    First time having a broody hen

    I have a white rock that started laying about 3 weeks ago. She is broody now. It started 2 days ago. Constantly sitting in the nest box. I pull her out and she goes right back. She's not mean, but will not stay out of the box. I have been toying with the idea of letting her hatch some...
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    Leg Pigment

    Someone told me that the yellow pigment on the legs of my chickens mean that they are going to continue to lay for awhile. And once the pigment goes away, the hen will stop laying until more pigment is produced. This sounded kinda far fetched for me, but I am a new to chickens, so I thought I...
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    Are these black barnacles normal?

    Is this normal for Royal Palm poults? Most of the barnacles are black, but some look like scabs. She is the worse out of 5, but a couple of my other poults have some too. Hopefully the pics help. Also, her toe nail is missing. Should I do something? She is not showing any symptoms that...
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    It's wet and I can't take it anymore!!

    So my dad decided instead of having an enclosed coop we would have an open one. I didn't mind that but begged to atleast enclose the roost and nest boxes for extra protection at night. Finally he listened and enclosed it for me. The floor is just the dirt ground though and gets muddy and...
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    One watery eye that is shut and light wheezing....

    This RIR pullet is 14 weeks old. Bought from a feed store that ordered them from Ideal. The other 9 pullets are fine. The rest of the flock (10 hens, 1 rooster) are fine. We removed her from the rest of flock immediately. She is otherwise very healthy. Eating and drinking with no problems...
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    Just a few pics of my poults :)

    Breeder said 2 months, but I think about a month. Love at first sight!! Gettin bigger Most recent pics. If the breeder told me the right age, they should be 3 1/2 mo. I think they are about 2 1/2 mo. I heard the first gobble last wednesday, but nothing since.
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    First gobble.... it's like music to my ears!!!

    I heard one (maybe 2) of my Royal Palms gobble for the first time this morning!!! It gobbled at me when I gobbled at it and when my rooster crowed (for the first time this morning as well) it gobbled back. It was a great morning hearing the babies find their voices. Do both male and female...
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    4.5 mo old RIR pullet died suddenly

    I had a 4.5 mo RIR pullet die suddenly this morning. She was getting close to laying, but had not layed her first egg. She, as well as the other 22 birds in my flock have been fine. No problems at all. I do not let my birds free range, but they are in a huge fenced in chicken yard...
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    Are they ready to move in with the rest of the flock?

    I have 5 RP poults. The breeder said they were 2 months old when we bought them a month ago, but I really think they were only a month old. So lets say they are 12ish weeks old. Anyway.... For the first 2 weeks, they were in a my growout pen with 10 RIR pullets, but the last 3 weeks they have...
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    Why does my Roo always look wet?

    He always looks like he just rolled around in a puddle or something. He's not dirty just looks wet and shiny all the time. Ruben will be 4 months old next week. Is this normal?
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    Poults love Pullets, Pullets love Poults!

    Boy, it did not take long at all for my 10 RIR pullets and 5 RP poults to become such good buddies. When they snuggle at night, it's very cute to see a big ball of red and 5 little pink/white heads popping out. The 5 poults are not quite big enough to go to the chicken yard with my big girls...
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    Rise and Shine!!!

    What time do you let your chickens out of the coop in the morning? I have been trying to find a happy medium, but it seems like no matter what time I go to let them out they still are yelling for me to let them out earlier. I started with 5:45, but still was a little dark and they weren't...
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