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    What breeds are these?

    I recently purchased a “Rarest of Rare” special from McMurray hatchery. I received 32 baby chicks, and have identified all but a few. These are the best pics that I have right now, but I can get more if that would help. I am leaning towards Sicilian buttercup for the brown one, but not 100%...
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    French Black Copper Marans: Can anyone tell me what gender they are???

    We hatched these babies two weeks ago. They are french black copper marans. We love them, but #1 does not play well with the week old EE girls, and cannot be left alone in the brooder with them. I have a two year old flock, but they are not marans. I cannot keep a roo, and am leaning towards...
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    Egg rolled in incubator on day 20. Is this ok??? Help!!

    Today is day 21 for our little maran eggs. Last night, one of them shook and rolled quite a way in the incubator. It hasn't moved very much since. Before that, it was shaking quite a bit. Could the rolling have possibly killed it? Or is it ok for the eggs to roll? Is it ok to candle on...
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    Raising humidity in Little Giant Incubator

    Today is lock down day for our eggs. I have tried to raise humidity using the water channels with no luck. So, I put folded wet washcloths inside the incubator in each corner. This did the trick, raising the humidity to 64%. My question is- are the washcloths dangerous for the hatching...
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    Day 14 Incubating eggs returned to incubator small end up

    Yesterday, after candling our four maran eggs, my son returned them to the incubator upside down. They are in an incubator with an automatic turner. I discovered this today, and candled again to see that the air pocket was in the small end, and returned them to their proper position. Is the...
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    Integrating two flocks that have lived in separate coops on the same property

    We have had two flocks on our property for about two years. One flock lives on the upper part, and one lives on the lower part. They have been very happy. When free ranging, they sometimes meet in the middle to say hello, but always go back to their respective coops at night. My question is...
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    Chicken was injured by a racoon

    A racoon crashed through our screened window pane on our coop and entered two nights ago. We immediately heard the screaming, and found two of our chickens out of the coop in the run, trying to escape the racoon. The racoon saw us, and tried to escape, but could not. My husband shot it. One...
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    Tetra Tint Hens or Roos Thanks Tractor Supply!!!!!

    We have 12 tetra tints from Tractor Supply. We were told that they were hens, but we also purchased a golden comet hen from them which began cocka-doodle-dooing a few days ago. Our tetra tints do not all look the same, and we are worried that we have more roos. We cannot keep the roos, and...
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