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Had the first one zip out. Pretty amazing how fast he or she came out

The hole is an actual hole through the shell and membrane. I am noticing other eggs starting to pip on the air side of the egg. Day 19 so it looks like it might be an early hatch. This is both exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. Thanks Jeff

its my first time hatching eggs and I have one egg that pipped on the wrong side of the egg. I just put them into lockdown last night at 18 days and while candling this chick had piped into the air sack and appeared to be on track. This mourning I see the pip through the shell on the wrong...

I did start adding cocid to their water and the affected hen never got better and did die. I noticed tonight another girl seemed somewhat lethargic and her rear was all matted with runny poo. My granddaughter and I decided to clean her up and put her in a utility sink and cleaned all the dried...

How do I confirm that she is not egg bound? Is it just feeling of her abdomen and back end? I just read where being egg bound could also cause some of her symptoms. Before I noticed this the other day I did notice that she wasnt jumping up to the roost bar and was roosting in the nest boxes...

I just went outside and checked underneath the sick girl and it looks solid, mostly green with some white but there are quite a few and small piles. I have one easter egger who always has a poopy butt and a couple others have runny piles underneath them under their roost bar. I have some...

I have a iso brown girl that is 3 years old. I noticed her the other day she was laying out in their run with one leg and wing outstretched and was really wobbly getting up. she is eating fine but seems lethargic and not very steady on her feet. She was running after food yesterday and fell...

Just trying to pinpoint what several of my girls have. My gold laced has good fluff on her rear but is bald and red on both sides of her vent fluff. You almost dont see it till she moves the right way. I have watched her pick at that area. Her vent fluff area isnt matted with dried poo. I...

Thats kind of what I was thinking. The majority of feathers were concentrated into one of the corners as if she was herded there but there were quite a few feathers scattered through out the run. some looked as if it was a trail of feathers. thanks Jeff

Did the fox carry off its victims? I had an attack on one of my girls and I cant figure if I had a hawk or fox attack. I had feathers in quite a few places of the run and my girl had several larger puncture wounds on her back between her wings near her neck. I saw a fox outside the fence just...

Thanks for all the wonderful replies. I have had several people think that this might have been a hawk attack and seeing the fox outside the fence was just coincidence. Im not sure myself, just assumed by seeing the fox the same day of the attack it was the culprit. The girl was fine at 5 and...

Just looking for opinions as to if I had a hawk or fox attack yesterday? Here is the story. I went outside yesterday and saw a fox on the outside of my chicken run looking in at my girls. I chased it off, (saw it last year also) looked over my outside uncovered run. I alot of feathers in...

So the fox will go for the peanut butter or is it just a bear thing? I will pickup some insulators on my way home tonight and attach the wire to my existing fence posts. At what height should I install it? I know one needs to be low for diggers as suggested above, not sure how high to place the...

I guess my dog will have to learn the hard way. Ouch Jeff

I am guessing you are meaning an electric shock type of cattle fence? At what height should I place the wire? I have the shock fence already that I install every year around my garden so I could put it up tomorrow. thanks jeff

I have an enclosed coop with a small run and I have a fenced in area that is about 50ft by 100 ft with a 5 ft fence. I will most likely buy post extenders and run barb wire tomorrow. In the mean time they are going to be locked in the coop and enclosed run. thanks jeff

Does anyone know how high a fox can jump? I went out tonight and saw a fox outside my 5 ft fence. I was able to scare it off. I checked the girls and they were all there but my silverlaced was standing all by herself and now moving around much. I then found her feathers scattered about their...

No I dont have and ventilation holes installed yet. I have a window in the coop door and another window above the nest boxes that isnt in the photo. I like your idea of installing ventilation in the run side of the coop. I think I will put a series of 2in holes along the top of that wall and...

Here is a pic of the coop that I built this past summer. I will be drilling holes just above the coop door opening and probably some on the nest box side towards the top. Hopefully that will allow some cross flow through the coop. thanks Jeff

Well being a noob I have my coop sealed up too tight. I thought that any extra holes would allow cold air into the coop and just keep them that much colder. We are having a warm spell here and I will get out and drill some vent holes toward the top of my coop. My bedding has also been getting...