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    Black thing growing on rooster's foot

    My mother-in-law has a mixed breed bantam rooster that is 6 years old. He has a black growth growing on his foot. About 1 or 2 months ago, she cut it off and doctored it. At that time, it was over an inch long, and about as round as your thumb, maybe a little smaller, and hard as a rock. It...
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    Chick with turned-in leg

    Hi, We just had a few chicks hatch out and one of the chicks, 3 days old, has a leg that wants to turn inward. At times, it turns almost all the way toward the back, but not completely backward. I feel so sorry for it. It can not walk at all, and because of that it falls over on it's side and...
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    What is this?.......graphic pic.

    We just had some chicks (buff orpington) hatch and the chick in the picture hatched completely on its own, but had something attached to it's bottom. I thought it could be the yoke that did not get completely absorbed, but my son thinks it could an internal organ that developed outside of it's...
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    What should we do about this.....day 18 on different days?

    Hi, We have 16 eggs on day 18 incubation today. We also have 6 eggs on day 17 today and 6 eggs on day 16 today. It is just 2 days difference from the first ones to the last ones, but will it hurt the latter 12 if we bring the humidity up to about 65%-70%? What should we do? I read somewhere...
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    How big should my waterer be?

    How many gallons should a chicken waterer be to last a week? We have 12 chickens (10 buff orpingtons, 1 americana, 1 standard black cochin) in the coop that it would be in? I would think that they drink more in the summer so you have to think of that when answering me. I am asking because I...
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    We have a chick and one on the way.... (picture inside)

    Quote: <<<My son has a black cochin bantam that has been setting for 22 days and still has no chicks. He candled them on day 20 (also other days) and removed the ones that were not good. He started out with 10 eggs under her, but then removed 6 because they did not have veins. The other 4 did...
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    What are the chances of the chicks still hatching?

    My son has a black cochin bantam that has been setting for 22 days and still has no chicks. He candled them on day 20 (also other days) and removed the ones that were not good. He started out with 10 eggs under her, but then removed 6 because they did not have veins. The other 4 did have...
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    Take out of egg carton or not? And a question re: blue chicks.

    Before our eggs hatch in our incubator, should we take the eggs out of the egg cartons or not? We were thinking that the chicks may have a little trouble if the eggs are not on their side. What should we do? Also, how rare is it to get a blue chick (I know that they are really a grayish blue...
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    It's sad....today would be day 21.

    The recent ice storm hit us hard here is Kentucky. A whole lot of people lost their electricity, including us. We just got it back last night, but there are still many without it around here. We were without power for about a week and my chicks-to-be passed on. They were in my homemade...
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    Power outage--question

    My son has eggs in his homemade incubator right now, on day 14. Our power is NOT out---yet, but what should we do if our power does go out? We had sleet and ice last night and there are some power outages already in my county. Is there anything we can do for a few hours to keep the...
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    Do they have to have oxygen?

    This is my first time of incubating eggs. I have a dozen eggs in my homemade incubator and this is day 13, I think. I did not put air holes in it, but it is going good so far. Do I still need to put the holes in their for when they hatch, or not? I need some good advice. Rick (son of krv)
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    Frostbitten comb HELP!!!!!!!!!!

    My Mom's buff orp. rooster's comb is partially frozen or frostbitten. The tips of his comb are hard and white. The middle of his comb is not hard, but is purple.The wattles are partially purple and very swollen, but not hard. What will happen to him ??? The temperature has been in the teens...
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    Calling Miss Prissy...about your BBB

    I am just wondering if you have ever hatched chicks in your Bread Box Bator? I have read that you hatch chicks, but I didn't know for sure if it was in your BBB. If you have, let me now because my son and I are very interested. Also, if you have any pics. of the chicks hatching in it, please...
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    Anybody heard of the"Chick" mini dome incubator?

    I was wondering if anybody had experience with the "chick" mini dome incubater? In the Mcmurray hatchery catolog its called "mini dome incubator" but,on ebay its called "chick mini dome incubator. I might get 1 and I was wondering how good is it's hatch rate? And by the way, it only holds 3...
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    How do I get my hen to set ????????????

    I have got a black cochen bantam pullet.She is laying.I put 3 bantam eggs and 5 standard eggs under her.All she is doing is laying more eggs.I did not want the eggs to go to waste. WHAT SHOULD I DO????????????? So, I turned to the internet...
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    Why isn't my pullet laying????

    My black cochin bantam pullet is almost 33 weeks old and hasn't layed a single egg yet. She is perfectly healthy that I can tell. She gets in the nesting box, but has not layed an egg yet. I think she may get into the nesting box to eat the grass in there. She just sits there doing nothing...
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    Americana egg color---question...

    Could it be possible that Americanas, when they start laying eggs, start laying light brown/creamy colored eggs and then, later on, the eggs will be the green or blue color that they are suppose to be? Well, two of my sons think that our Americana is laying an egg that is light brown/creamy...
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    Laying mesh and ground corn---question

    My sons and I have gathered a lot of corn that the farmers didn't get with their combine (they gave us permission). We are going to have it ground up and mixed with laying mesh. It will be 100 lbs. of corn mixed with a 50 lb. bag of laying mesh. Is this a good thing or not? It will save a...
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    How are Seramas?

    I have a few questions about the Serama chicken breed. How do they lay? Are they friendly? Do they go broody very easily? What is their exact weight? How much do they eat per month? How is their overall personality? And where can we get them? krv
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    How do I post a picture?

    Hi, I am wondering how do I post pictures of some of my sons chickens on this message board? Thanks, krv
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