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    Help!! Hatching eggs!!

    I'm new at this. One of my hens decided to go broody so I figured what the heck. They are starting to hatch. Do I remove partially hatched eggs? I just separated her & the eggs from the other hens & roosters. The nesting box is about 3 feet up. Help?? I will be at work during the days...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Help! I didn't separate my hen. Will the chicks be OK with the rest of the hens & the rooster? Should I remove partially hatched eggs?? Will they hatch if I do or would I be a chick murderer!!??? I don't want the other chickens to kill them. What should I do?? I need help like right now!!!!
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    Comment by 'Mojo12' in article 'Broody Hens Vs. Incubators The Pros And Cons'

    OK so I'm new at this. I didn't isolate my hen & eggs. What are the chicks chances with all the other chickens around? Should I remove a partially hatched egg? Help!!!!
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    Lethargic, unbalanced, diarrhea , but still eating & drinking

    Thanks so much. I don't know how to do any of that stuff! My ancestors (well they weren't ancestors when I spent summers with them) were all old time farmers & their chickens were just food or food providers. Nobody ever did anything with them except provide them with an open coop, collect...
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    Lethargic, unbalanced, diarrhea , but still eating & drinking

    I would appreciate any advice. One of my New Hampshire Red hens (about 2 yrs old) is very unbalanced, looking like she's in pain, and mostly just standing around or lying down. Her comb is laying over & quite pale. She has a very dark, liquid diarrhea Because of the comb, I'm thinking maybe...
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    Run size

    Holy Crap, Batman! That's a lot of chickens! I am having problems building a large enough run for my 9 hens and two roosters. I started out with one rooster and 7 hens. Built an 8x8 inside coop with laying boxes and roosts, water and hanging feed bucket, and an 8x8 outside run. Everything...
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    Fighting chickens?

    I've been having the same problems since a co-worker with a hen that kept going broody hatched some of my fertilized eggs for me. My coworker gave me the 2 chicks his hens hatched and once they were big enough and everyone pretty much knew one another, I included the newbies. None of the other...
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    Comment by 'Mojo12' in article 'Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eater'

    I am having the same problem. I accidentally dropped an egg one morning and was very surprised to see every chicken come running! That egg, shell and all, was gone in seconds! Since then, if I don't get out to the henhouse every time I hear a cackle, I don't get eggs. Sounds very mean, but...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    OK, guys, I have no idea how this thread came up for me, other than I posted something one night about how my ancestors (who I knew before they were ancestors) kept their animals. Chickens were not pets then, they were food and providers. They had a huge shed to roost and lay in with a big...
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    Toe punching

    What the heck is Toe-Punching? Sounds weird. Like ear piercing or something...a ring in a hog or bull nose? What is this toe punching? My imagination is running wild with everything from poking a hole (???) in a toe (why???) to breaking toes (again, why???) to ...well...I don't know, but...
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    I need help for my new coop

    Again, from me, welcome. I'm kinda new, too. I thought I bought 8 girlie chicks and ended up with 7 girls and a rooster. Which added to my rooster population, since the only reason I bought pullets was because I had a stray rooster show up and I fell in love with him and wanted him to be...
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    Monster of an egg...

    Hi! I'm kind of new to this chicken stuff. Last spring I bought tiny little peepers of different types and grew them big in a tub in my guest room. Built an 8x8 coop and an 8x8 run for them and when they started escaping and pooping in the guest room I put them outside. They grew and grew...
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    Is it safe to use lime in the chicken coop?

    I use DE in the coop for insect control. I haven't noticed whether it keeps the smell down, though. Inside usually doesn't smell much. But the run? OMG!! It has been raining here for three weeks and the stench will just about Knock you over if you're downwind! I clean inside weekly & outside...
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    What Treats Did Your Chickens Get Today?

    . Oh, my chickens are SO spoiled! Every day, In addition to their regular laying feed, they get about a 1/2 cup of scratch feed & a cup of meal worms. Every day in warm weather I pick them whatever is green...clover, poke, dandelions, whatever. In winter, I buy them green & red leaf lettuce...
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    Aretha, barred rock Aidienne Adashia Smith (keep in mind the grandkids named most of themLOL!). RI White Baby & Gray. Blue Wyandottes Lauren, Nuggets, & Pickles, NH Reds Funky. (Rooster by accident), Silver Laced Polish And of course Keith Ennis, the stray rooster who showed up and started the...
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    Comment by 'Mojo12' in article 'Chickenlover200's Chicken Journey'

    What??? No goats yet? LOL Sorry, but my hardware/chicken/farm store had a lonely goat the other day, and ..... LOL
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    Old timey chickens

    Hi all. I realize this might not be the most popular thing, but my ancestors were all farmers. Their chickens ran around loose all day and went in the coop at night. Nobody incubated eggs or tried to build fancy houses or pens for them. There was a shed right next to the smokehouse. Nothing...
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    Stray Rooster

    So far, no reason to catch him. It rains or storms every freaking weekend so the coop is being built bit by bit. The chicken house outside is done. The run is done. But the safety stuff isn't done & the roosts & laying boxes aren't in yet. Also, trying to plug all the little leaks in the...
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    Stray Rooster

    Oh, how very, very cool! Both a chicken fan and a Hunger Games fan!!!! . I teach, so I read the Hunger Games series years ago when the books first came out. I'm enjoying the movies now! My chicken coop is almost finished. If it would just stop raining on the weekends!!!! Keith the rooster...
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    Stray Rooster

    Thanks to you all for being so friendly, helpful, and welcoming! . We've had a virtually unheard of cold-spell the last couple of days & I worried terribly about Keith (name is a long story. LOL) the stray rooster, but he is hanging tough. On closer ( but not much) inspection, I think he's not...
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