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    Sexing a 'Heinz 57"

    Our Houdan Rooster is the father to our Americana hens chick. Any guesses what this 8 week old may be???
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    When do they stand?

    How long after the hatch does it normally take for the chick to stand up? The one that I helped out 2 days ago is still not standing up yet.
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    When/If to help hatch

    Our eggs were due to hatch on Saturday. We had 2 hatch then, one overnight Saturday/Sunday then nothing all day yesterday. This morning noticed one more egg that has the hole in it. Went to work thinking we would come home to another little baby ...but no ....Hole in egg is only slightly...
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    1 incubator - 2 eggs sets

    How can I do this ???? I have 2 sets of eggs 7 days apart. The first set goes on lockdown Wednesday, but still have to turn the other eggs. Didn't think this one through very good !!
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    HUGE mistake first time incubating !

    My daughter got some Cochins last summer as chicks, so this year wanted to try to hatch some of her own. So we borrowed an incubator and set the very first eggs these hens have ever laid. I know we were being hopeful that these first eggs would be fertile. We also set a few others from our...
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    Very bloated listless hen - she didn't make it

    We have an 18 month old New Hampshire Red that has something going on with her. Was noticed today that she is swelled up to twice her normal size (comparing her to her 'sister' that we got at the same time), very lathergic, unable to even step back up into the coop from their run and her...
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    Soft shell and stopped laying

    We have a couple feed store laying hens that are just over a year old. They have always laid a nice large brown egg every day. About a two months ago, one of them started laying eggs with very thin shells and then stopped all together. The other isl still laying fine. Have tried giving her...
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    Will not Roost

    Our 4 month old Houdans will not roost. We have tried all different heights of roosts plus put in some nesting boxes and they will not go near them. If we place them on the bars, they immediately jump off. They seem more content sleeping on top of each other on the floor in the corner...
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    Lazy Australorp

    I have an 11 week old Black Australorp that doesn't move around a lot. She is quite content to lay by a feed dish to eat. If she does walk, it is a very short distance and then she lays down for an extended period of time. Everything looks OK with her .. but she just likes to lay around. Lazy...
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    Re-homing my chicks

    My chicken coop is divided into 2 sections. On one side are my 2 New Hampshire Reds about 1 year old On the other side are my new Houdan chicks (approx 11 weeks old) that my daughter intends to show for 4H this year. The rooster is starting to get a little aggressive with his coop-mates and...
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    Houdan - rooster or pullet

    6 Week old Houdans. Guesses as to rooster or pullet. These are different pics of 2 different birds. I think my daughter may have to rename them though Dude Dude Alfalfa Alfalfa
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    Guessing Game

    To continue the guessing game on the sex of the chicks. Here is a 6 week old Australorp and 6 week old Americauna Ebony Ebony Bigfoot Bigfoot
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    Breakfast or supper?

    Anyone able to tell if these 6 week old Houdans are going to give me breakfast (eggs,female) or supper (rooster) These are different pictures of 2 of the Houdans we have. Squirt Squirt Squirt Chatterbox Chatterbox Chatterbox
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    looking for 'sexing' experts

    Our chicks are almost 5 weeks old now. 4 are Houdans, 1 Australorp and 1 Americauna Is there any signs to indicate sex on them yet? Houdan 1 Houdan 2 Houdan 3 Houdan 4 Americauna Australorp
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    New 'babies'

    After a long hard winter that started out with a weasel killing our 3 Black Cochins that my daughter had for 4H, we finally got some new babies for our coop. 4 Houdans, 1 Americauna and 1 Australorp Have no clue on the sex of the chickies, but am hoping that there is only one rooster and...
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    Blood from beak...

    Found our favourite Rooster dead this afternoon. Black Cochin with blood around his beak. No symptoms of being sick. He did look like he was molting. Maybe that was a symptom of something else. Any ideas what may have happened?
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    Jersey Giant died

    Our 5 month old Jersey Giant died. No signs of being sick. She was fine this morning when my daughter gave them food/water, but was dead when she got home from school. The rest of the flock seem fine. Is there anything I should be doing to the coop to prevent this from happening to our...
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    laryngotracheitis vaccine 5 days ago...

    now one of my black cochin hens has a watery eye in the same eye that the vaccine was put into. Is this a normal side effect of the vaccine or something I should be worried about? There are no other symptoms/ailments that I notice. Should add that this vaccine was a requirement of the Dept of...
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    Broody Black Cochin?

    New chicken mamma here & not really sure what is going on. We have 3 black cochins - 2 hens & 1 rooster (all about a year old) plus 2 brown layers (about 20 weeks old). Things were going great in the month that we have have the birds until yesterday. We keep the rooster in a seperate pen from...
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