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I have a hen killing her chicks as they hatch. There are still more that are yet to hatch, as other hens layed on her while she was brooding her own, and I have two just breaking now. should I remove them? I have a heat lamp, should I put them in a container under the heat lamp and should I...

I have a hen brooding for the first time (actually I have 3 brooding for the first time). I also have chicks inside the house that I ordered, and have another batch coming that will be day olds around the same time my broody hatches hers. Do I leave the chicks with her or take them in to the...

There is lots of good messages on here about how to get rid of pasty butt when it happens, but I want to know.. WHAT CAUSES PASTY BUTT, and how do I prevent it?

How do I calculate the average amount of meat I will get from the live weight of the chicken. Is there a percentage? For instance, if I have a 6 pound chicken, what would the average weight be after it is killed and processed?

Thinking of buying ducklings, anyone have suggestions on keeping them out of the coyotes mouths? We bought 12 ducklings last year and not one survived, we kept them in till we believed they were big enough, a fisher got a few, then the coyotes picked off the rest one by one through out the next...

I find the mixed breeds do well with broodiness. I bought 7 mixed breed hens from a local farm, all colours and sizes, and of the 7, 4 are broody, and I have 2 sitting currently.

Thanks for all the replies. I feel much better about letting them brood together. Everywhere I looked on the internet kept saying I had to separate them, so it is nice to hear from actual people who have been there and done that. I moved them both to a very large dog crate with the nest, and...

I have 2 hens brooding the same clutch of eggs. There are 13 eggs in the nest and they both want to brood together. Should I let them? Will they hurt the babies being together? Should I separate the two of them and give them both some eggs or should I let the one who first started brooding have...

I have a hen who decided to brood her clutch of eggs for the first time, only problem is that the other layers keep laying eggs in her nest so we are no longer getting fresh eggs. How do I stop the other hens from laying in her nest on top of her, we have other nesting boxes available but they...