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    Why will a hen sit on rotten eggs??

    I've only had chickens a few years and I have never seen this till now. I've had a black Australorp hen sitting on eggs about 3 weeks. I started getting a really bad odor from the hen house. I eased the hen up only to find very rotten eggs. I moved her and cleaned the nesting box so I just...
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    Black Jersey Giants.

    I would like to buy a few Jersey Giants, I pref. blacks. Thanks.
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    What after chirping inside the incubator?

    I"ve got my first hatch in my incubator. Its been 20 days and there is already a chic making noise inside. when do I open it to remove the chics? Are they ok for a day after they hatch inside the incubator? I have my light, feeder and waterier set up waiting but I don't know how long to leave...
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    New Chicken has a deformed beak!

    I bought a few chickens at a livestock auction. As I removed them from the boxes I noticed that one had a deformed bead. It looked so bad that I thought I would have to euthanize it immediately. As I inspected it noticed that it was a old deformity. The chicken is about 6-7Lbs. and looks like a...
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    feeding chics 28% protein

    I purchased several bags of game bird starter. It's 28% protein and I fed it to a few chics, they are growing much faster than the ones on normal 20%. Is there a problem with 28% that I'm not seeing? The bags I purchased were only $20/6 50Lb bags(The feed store was going out of bus.). I first...
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    Feeding Crickets to chicks??

    I have a lot of crickets in my yard. I stopped bagging the back lawn to bring in more. I get my chicks to run behind me every morning as I turn over a few pieces of cloth that I've set out to attract insects. Can I actually feed them too much? They eat about 20-50 fat crickets every morning...
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    I found a way to stop night predator attacks!

    I've had wire pulled loose and chickens killed twice but now I've caught and stopped 2 night raids. I installed a baby monitor in my coop. The first night a ruckus woke me and I shot a large stray dog. Last night I could hear the tale-tale sounds of the wire being chewed, I now have a coyote...
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    Looking for Jersey Giants in Upstate S.C.

    I'm looking for Jersey Giant hens and a roo. If you can help please E- mail me. Thanks. I have several big nice silkies I would trade.
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    4 Silkie roo's $10.00 each in Greenville S.C.(SORRY....ALL SOLD!!!)

    I have (4) Silkie roo's I will sell or trade. Big healthy 4 months old. (1) Black{blue ears} (1) Blue (2) painted E-mail me if interested.
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    I got wiped out!

    We had a very small roo that a friend gave my son. While we were at a flea market a little over a week ago,we found a small buttercup hen with 10 chicks. The chicks were growing very fast and we even had a turkin in the mix. This morning I walked out to find a section of the wire had been pulled...
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