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    Roos - frostbite

    Both of our roos have frostbite, and I'm wondering how to know if it's serious. Our cream legbar has it pretty bad on both comb and wattles and they are quite gray. The swelling seems to have gone down. I saw some blu-kote at TSC and I'm thinking I should have snatched it up. How do I know if...
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    Cockerel or no?

    Hi everyone, I've got some Rhodebar and Cream Legbar chicks, all from the same hatch and two of them have very obvious cockerel coloring and larger combs, whereas a third has a white spot on head (top pic), but coloring otherwise is closer to the pullets, plus the combs of the other two are now...
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    Thoughts on Sexing Rhodebar and Cream Legbars

    We just hatched out three cream legbars and four rhodebars. I'm 99% sure about all but one as far as male or female. Have a look below - the one on the bottom, second from right has some striping, but has a white dot on head, as shown in second pic on bottom. Thoughts?
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    Humidity & ventilation for lockdown in round metal 'bator

    Hi everyone, I'm entering lockdown for our first hatch today and we have a model very similar to the tabletop Brower. The humidity seems to run dry in these with the vents open, so I'm wondering if it's okay during lockdown and hatching to plug 3 out of 6 vent holes to make sure we maintain...
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    Still Air Bator Wafer Replacement - ADVICE please!

    Hi all, I have another question for you. We are into day 7 of our first incubation with a Sears & Roebuck round metal incubator from my in-laws. I tracked down a replacement wafer to have on hand, because it was advised in my chicken book and somewhere on this forum and I finally have the...
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    Candling Questions

    First time hatcher here - I'm overwhelmed with the candling process because we have 24 eggs & some of which are dark or darkish. It's going to be a gamble with the dark ones. I have two questions based on my difficulties: 1. Are all dead or non-viable eggs likely to explode in the incubator if...
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    Safe Temp Range in Still Air

    Hi everyone, we're doing our first hatch in an old round metal incubator from Sears. We are going into day 2 and I'm wondering what is normal and not concerning as far as temperature swings go. It is staying mostly around 101.8 but was down to 100.5 this morning (not for very long though). The...
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    Help please - old round metal incubator wafer replacement

    Hi everyone, we are about to start our first hatch and I had my father help me replace the wafer on our Sears incubator - similar to the Brower model. I am confused about the adjusting screws and how to install the wafer without compromising the temperature adjustment - the screws are all...
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    ISO Hatching Eggs for pickup in WNY

    I am doing a hatch in late April and I'm looking for one more breed to add to the group - 6-12 eggs, autosexing or semi-autosexing preferred. I don't want to mess around with shipping so I'm looking for folks in Western New York, from Buffalo area to Finger Lakes. Thanks! -Liz
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    natural but effective lice treatment

    I am quite sure at least two of our chickens have lice. It seems like most people report success using chemical treatments like sevin & frontline, but I haven't found much about treatment with DTE and/or wood ash. I'd like to try these first, can anyone share their experience?
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    HELP - Question re: Medicating

    I am treating my hen for what appears to be respiratory/sinus infection with tetracycline hydrochloride powder which you dissolve in water. Problem is, I don't think she's drinking, or eating for that matter. Her eyes are getting worse and she's getting weaker. I've been washing them gently with...
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    Lone Silkie - Too cold?

    We have one Silkie rooster and eight hens that roost. I have read that the Silkies do not roost because of their different feet, and I've witnessed this since we've had him. One of the hens used to sleep down on the floor with him, and then he slept by himself down there. Last night was the...
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    Help please ...hen can't stand or walk well

    My ~20 week old BLR Wyandotte hen seems to be sick. She hasn't started laying yet. We are new to this chicken-keeping. This started four-five days ago when she started hanging in the coop all day nestled into the bedding. It seems very difficult for her to put weight on her legs. I need to go...
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    Trying to lay...should I be worried?

    It appears that one of our 4-month-old BLRW hens is trying to lay her first egg, but it's been over 24 hours since she started camping out in the same spot in the coop. She did move away from her spot briefly when I was down there yesterday and there was no egg. Should we be concerned? Is it...
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    Chicks to coop?

    They get big so fast! I bought the biggest plastic tote I could find, but my chicks are two weeks old and seem to be getting crowded. My mother & father in law used to raise chicks and didn't even use a brooder (then again my parents didn't use carseats when I was a baby ) and they have been...
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    My baby Wellies & Wyandottes

    This past Wednesday we received our first ever batch of chicks, straight-run. The breeder told me that we can tell the sex of the Welsummers by the darker V and eye-liner for females, and lighter and blurred V and eyeliner for cockerels. There is only one Welsummer that seems to have noticeably...
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    Pasted butts

    Hey all, I've read a little on here about keeping an eye out for pasted butts on chicks and to use a wet towel to remove it. We have 13 welsummer and wyandotte chickies, and a few of them have some poop dried on their butts, though it doesn't look like it's covering the hole, but it is like...
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    Fence Post Alternatives??

    Hi I hope this doesn't seem like too silly of a question.... So our coop is all done except for some finishing touches and we will soon be moving onto the run. My father has been helping us along and I have been trying to score deals on materials to save on costs. I found some chain-link fence...
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    Our coop is pretty much done!

    My dad has built our coop for us, based on my suggestions (for the most part ) . He progressed quite quickly, I thought. This is a 4x8 coop roughly based on the Purina free plans. For ventilation, we've got a ~2-inch gap between the roof and the siding, which we plan to staple hardware cloth to...
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    How closely to monitor

    Hi all, I have a question that may seem kind of dumb... We are getting chicks Aug. 15 and are first-time chicken owners. So excited! I'm wondering if they'll be okay left home alone when hubby and I are work. Would you guys generally recommend monitoring them closely the first week? My husband...
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