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    Help. Broody Hen on non fertile eggs. What do I do now?

    I have a hen on eggs that are not fertile. I keep taking them. Is that ok. The chickens where laying in our cat house and I didn't know this. When I found them, there was a dozen eggs in their. I took them all right away. Now one of my bantie's is trying to sit on eggs. I am new to raising...
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    I bought a bunch of chickens at an auction. Some lay and some won't.

    So my first experinces with chicks didn't work out so well. One night something got in and killed all of them. So I went a little crazy at a small farm animal auction like July 3rd. I bought 2 Aruacana(sp?) 3 Bantam Columbian something or nothers, not quite sure, and I bought a lot of 6 ready to...
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    Mixing full grown chickens together

    I started my chicken adventure in May with baby chicks. I put them in a temp coop until the big coop was finished, and something got in one night and ate all of them. My chicken dream had died.........unitl last Saturday. We went to a small farm animal auction to purchase a goat for a...
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    chippewa county wisconsin Will trade 3 broilers for 3 white egg layers

    So someone screwed up my order and gave me 3 broiler chickens instead of the 3 white leghorn pullets that I ordered. So I am wondering if anyone would like to trade for my 3 broilers for 3 white egg layers. I don't care what the specific name of the bird is, as long as they lay white or close...
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    How do I tell the difference between a fryer and a pullet. Egg Laying?

    What if the place where the feed mill orders the chickens from gave me fryer chicks instead of laying pullets. How can I tell the difference.
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    What do I have. Pullet or Roosters?

    Can you tell me if this white 6wk old chicken is a he or she. I have a gut feeling it is a he, but would like your opinion. Also the other pics are my new babies. I ordered 9 pullets. Does it look like all pullets to you? <a...
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    WARNING: June Bugs may cause riot!

    I have been one this website everyday for weeks. Nobody has ever mentioned that if you put a dead june bug in the brooder it will cause a riot. OMG, I had to take it away from them. They went crazy, and I thought they might hurt each other. Holy Smokes I couldn't believe it, if chickens were...
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    It took the hens and left the rooster.

    Something broke into the coop last night and stole 2 of my chickens. This morning my husband woke up to hear a chicken frantically peeping all alone. I searched the yard and the woods. Nothing. There wasn't a trace of feathers any where. Almost like they vanished. I went back into the woods and...
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    What do the terms Mean?? DH EE etc... And how big should my brooder be

    I was just informed today that my 9 chicks are coming next wednesdsay. Panic has begun. Is there a sq ft recomendation for the brooder. I have 3 chicks 3 wks old and 9 new chicks coming next week. The box is 18 x 26 and 2ft tall. Also, is there some where I can see a list of terms. I keep...
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    Can you tell if it is a rooster by the feet?

    I forgot to ask in my last post if you can tell if it is a rooster by the thickness of the legs. I have three chicks two weeks old. Two of them have skinny legs compared to the other one. The one with the thicker legs is also developing his comb faster than the other two. Also, if the chicken...
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    After a long, drive, just got my 3 baby chicks. questions

    After the local feed mill told me that it would be another month before I got the 9 baby hens that I ordered, the search was on. My kids were crushed when I didn't bring home baby chicks last wed. So I opend up the trading post and found baby chicks 1 1/2 hr away from my home. So the girls and I...
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