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  1. 1949lea

    Egg Contributiors

    I just left her alone since another of her breed of chicken joined her in the nestbox to help hatch the chicks out....we wound up with 9 chicks....one was found dead a few days ago don't have any idea why it died the rest seem healthy
  2. 1949lea

    3 Day old chick with cocci- can't get corid until tomorrow

    I bought a mixed pack of chicks 🐣 from McMurry hatchery a couple of years ago.... one was dead on arrival.... then I lost about 8 or 10 in the next 12 to 24 hours, I went to the hardware store to get some medicine, another customer told me to put some apple cider vinegar in the water.... I put...
  3. 1949lea

    Baby chicks keep dying

    Have you tried putting some apple cider vinegar in their water... It was recommended to me and I haven't had any more problems with chicks dying... Make sure you buy the raw vinegar it should have sediment in the bottom of the bottle... shake it up and put just a little in their waterer... I...
  4. 1949lea

    broody hen inundated with eggs from the other hens

    We now have two hens sitting on the eggs... I haven't taken any pictures yet not sure what breeds they are got a mixed pack from a hatchery... we also have another chick this one is really small so cute...
  5. 1949lea

    broody hen inundated with eggs from the other hens

    I have one broody hen there are 5 other hens in the run with her and they keep laying eggs in the nest box with her. She's not a large hen (not sure what kind she is maybe a variety of banty? I marked the eggs that were in the nest box one day when she was out of the nest to eat... several...
  6. 1949lea

    Hello from Nevada

    I signed up here a couple of years ago and haven't done much on the site. I got started raising chickens when my daughter and her family came to live with us about six years ago. Her girls wanted some cute little chicks and we wound up with six of them.
  7. 1949lea

    Egg Contributiors

    I have a hen sitting on some eggs and have 5 other hens who are adding to the clutch daily.... I've marked some of the eggs so we know which ones she has been sitting on...this afternoon I found 7 newer ones.... I have found quite a few eggs pushed out from under the broody hen that we had...
  8. 1949lea

    leghorn hen with drooping comb

    She died this morning never did figure out what was wrong with her. We got 6 chicks two years ago 2 each of bard rock, rhode island reds and leghorns...Both of the leghorns have died don't think I'll get any more even though they were the best egg layers of the bunch. We brought 2 chicks...
  9. 1949lea

    leghorn hen with drooping comb

    I have a leghorn that has stopped laying about a week ago, her comb is droopy the outer edge is turning dark. She is still eating and is showing some aggression towards the other hens. Any suggestions??? She is about 2 years old.
  10. 1949lea

    broody hen

    I have a hen that has gone broody there is no rooster so there is no chance of her hatching out any chicks. Should I leave her alone or try to coax her out of the nest box??? There is a plastic egg in the nest box she is in should I remove it???
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