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    Breeds of rescue chickens?

    Our sanctuary just rescued these six "hens"... Not so sure the gray one in the middle is a hen. They're supposedly about three months old. What breeds do we have here? Thanks!
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    Diamond Dove Beak Issues

    I had two 5 year old Diamonds and one of them passed back in October. I was so worried about the remaining little guy, but he has made it through the grief period and is loving life. These past couple weeks I noticed something was wrong. He was sitting on the floor in the back corner of his cage...
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    How long will a broody sit on the nest?

    Just trying to get a rough estimate here. My silkie hen has been broody for almost 3 weeks now. I tried to hatch some of our own eggs, but none ended up being fertile for some odd reason. So, I ordered hatching eggs and will give her half and hatch half on my own - just in case. I am of course...
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    Broody First Timer

    5 years of owning chickens and this may be my first broody experience! I have a silkie (not quite a year old yet) who I am 95% sure has gone or is going broody. The strange behavior started about a week ago. She was still laying eggs a week ago, but she sat on the nest for extended periods of...
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    Bumblefoot

    Okay, I know, I know. There are so many bumble foot threads! I have read probably through... all of them. I still have questions. AND PLEASE do not bring up surgery yet. I am not at the stage yet. That will be my worst case scenario go to. ALSO I cannot get pictures as am alone and had no...
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    Head Banging Chick.

    I have tried searching and found NOTHING. I have a 15 week old silkie and just two days ago I noticed her twitching her head. She looks like she is at a concert head banging. But it only happens for about 10 seconds and then shes fine. I see nothing physically wrong with her. I am almost...
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    Scaly Leg Mites?

    I have never had any experience with scaly leg mites and was treating a case of bumble foot in my flock and checking everyone else when I noticed my silkie too had different looking leg scales than everyone else. I have never seen a chicken with this problem before and after googling photos I...
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    Culling a chicken with a shot gun?

    After much thought, I have made the call to put my sick hen out of her misery. It's so hard as she was my very first chicken! She started it all. I will be honest and say that i am NOT comfortable using an axe. I've tried processing the thought, but it makes me queezy. I am way too afraid I...
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    Hen standing with tail tucked

    i have a 4 year old leghorn hen that stopped laying a year ago. She has been completely fine until about two days ago. When I let everyone out of the coop in the morning she justt stands there with her tail tucked. She lays down on occasion but she mostly stand in a spot for an hour or so and...
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    Dry Incubation Humidity Levels

    I have searched and couldn't find a straight answer. I currently have 3 hydrometers and 4 thermometers in the incubator at day 5 in a forced air environment. All have been calibrated and when not in the incubator, the hydrometers all read the same (a miracle!) For the past three days though...
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    Where do I find a Hova-Bator Fan kit?

    A while ago I bought a Hovabator 1602N without the fan and bought several PC fans and tried to wire it in, but that was a failed project. I do not want to go the PC fan route again. I dusted it off this morning and and ready to try again, but I'm not a fan of still air. So I need to buy the...
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    Late Hatches

    On day 18 when I went into lockdown, some eggs seemed to be developing on time and others seemed a day or so behind. I wasn't too "worried" about them hatching "on time". On day 20 I saw rocking eggs, and on day 21 heard peeping. Yesterday was day 23 and I had my first two hatch. I left them in...
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    Delayed development?

    Here is the deal... Tonight... in about 15 minutes I go into lockdown. I just candled them and half seem to be good to go and the other half seem to running a bit behind. They look kind of like they are on day 16 or 17 instead. Should I go ahead with lockdown and add water for the humidity to...
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    Incubating Shipped Eggs

    Long time hatcher, first time hatching shipped eggs! I haven't hatched in two years though so I am a bit rusty. I have been reading over my hatching journals to refresh my memory. Anyway, I have my shipped eggs sitting in an egg carton big side up right now. My incubator has been running for...
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    What cat food should I choose?

    Recently I became VERY aware of how many horrible dog and cat foods there are out there. I successfully switched over my dog's food to a good affordable brand. I am so stuck on the cat food though. We feed her Purina cat chow now and I've known that is a crappy brand, and I know it's time for a...
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    Streamers?

    Not exactly sure if this is where to post... I know this one is still too young to tell, but a neighbor that used to own chickens came over and took a look at this little silkie and said "wow look at the streamers on that bad boy" I am definitely not an expert, but I thought streamers didn't...
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    New Silkie question!

    I need help! This isn't my first time raising chicks, but it is my first time raising chicks of different ages. Back story: On Good Friday (1.5weeks ago) I was at a giant flea market. I then saw a man... with some ducks. Naturally I went over for a little visit being the animal lover that I...
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    Roos or Pullets?

    Hey all! I adopted these little ones when they were maybe a week or less old. Never really figured that out for sure (any guess on age?). I am assuming they are between 4 and 5 weeks old. They are golden comets and tetra tints and this is my third time raising little peeps. However, it's been a...
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    Moving peeps to cooler environment

    Alright, I don't have the most professional amazing brooder, but I have a decent one...made of cardboard boxes. They are about two and a half weeks old. They all have their wing feathers and tail feathers and some have even more then that. They have a lamp on them, but at the current moment I...
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    Miniatures

    Kind of a shot in the dark, but is anyone here into dollhouse miniatures? I make and sell them! I just love creating new things! I mostly work with miniature foods though. I dabbled a bit in furniture and I'm not sure if that is something I want to pursue. Anyway! It's really hard finding people...
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