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    knives for butchering

    I can't seem to find good sharp knives for butchering. Killed a roo this a.m. and I had a terrible time getting him butchered. and my hands are not as strong anymore so difficult to break the joints too. what knives and brands do you prefer?>
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    incubator humidity alarm

    I have a CE incubator and I was going to dry hatch this time. the humidity alarm keeps going off cause it is around 25 and there is no way to turn it off. Am I missing something. ?? How would I dry hatch with this problem
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    temp in incubator

    a couple years ago I got a 24 egg incubator. chicks mostly did not hatch and I figured because I had nothing to double check temp and humidity. So this year I got a hygrometer and turned on the incubator today. The humidity on incubator is 52 and the hygrometer is 55%. The temp on the...
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    HELP....should we eat this hen? thinning the flock I choose this hen and she is lightweight and when I hold her upside down fluid/water comes out her

    yes, she had water. she had lost weight. after i shut the chickens in last nite and went to catch the two............she was not there. she had stayed outside to roost. she had never done that before. well, she is ready to be processed. her skin seems so dry compared to the other hen.,
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    HELP....should we eat this hen? thinning the flock I choose this hen and she is lightweight and when I hold her upside down fluid/water comes out her

    when I hold her upside down fluid comes out her mouth. what is wrong with her. should I just discard her and not process her to eat??
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    7 month old Australorp not laying. Have 6 hens and 2 are laying but not the other 4. Never had hens wait so long to lay.

    Have 6 hens and 2 are laying but not the other 4. Never had hens wait so long to lay.
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    arcucana chicks

    From an individual who raises them. A friend got them for me. right now they seem to be all wings and tails. lol about 6 weeks old.
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    arcucana chicks

    what is the personality of these chicks as they grow. I am not familiar with this breed but now I have a dozen.
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    male arcucana chicks

    Generally by time other chicks have been 3 weeks old the roosters are developing little combs. This year I have arcucana for the first time and don't see any combs developing. how do I know hens from roosters?
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    feeders

    what type of feeder do you use? My chickens seem to waste so much feed. Seems half of it ends up on the floor. There has to be a better way. I feed egg crumbles.
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    mixing breeds

    I have buff orpingtons.............adults and chicks. I have just gotten some Dominquers chicks and still have them in the garage. Compared to the buff chicks they are WILD. they are only 3 weeks old but just try to fly, ect. will the buffs accept them when I try to put them together?
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    hen gone, feathers only, puzzling

    went out just after sundown but still daylight to shut the chickens in their house. there were feathers of my black banty outside the fence.............a 6 ft chain link. chickens could not get out. so i looked everywhere in the yard but found no trace of anything but dog kept running and...
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    introducing a rooster

    thanks. that is encouraging news.
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    introducing a rooster

    I took the rooster out of my two flocks I was putting together and now there is peace among the hens, no fighting but they do stay separate..............one group of 5 barred rocks and a group of 6 mixed. when they become more at ease with each other could I introduce a young barred rock...
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    introducing new hens into a flock

    they are all 1 to 2 years old. we do have them separated now by wire. thanks for advice of removing the wire at nite after a few days.................and it is goodbye rooster.
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    introducing new hens into a flock

    i have a mixed flock of 6 hens and a rooster . brought home 5 barred rocks and the rooster and a couple of the hens really fought them...............especially the rooster. I have them separated by wire in the house now but will they finally start to live together peaceably? or maybe I should...
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    would this be result of hawk attack?

    the other day found dead chicken in yard by gate and feathers off the back and feathers around and no other damage. these are big chickens.........heavy reds. today came home and found dead chicken in the yard and feathers all around and just back torn somewhat. looked in...
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    chickens stopped laying

    well, I guess they have been laying after all. found a nest with 16 eggs this evening.......down under the nests on the floor of the henhouse.
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    chickens stopped laying

    have 5 hens. they started to lay when the days became longer in the spring. Were laying pretty well and now all of a sudden they quit. They had moulted in the fall and then did not lay over winter. do you think they are moulting again?
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    rooster and 5 hens problem

    what are saddles.........never heard of them.
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