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    Do guinea hens hatch their own eggs?

    I can help with some information, just four days ago one of my Guinea hens hatched out twelve eggs. What has been very interesting, has been the fact that it seems the nest was a community nest, in that there were two other hens that had laid their eggs in the same nest, but one hen did the...
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    Guinea broody on Infertile eggs- help?

    I have a similar problem, but a little different. My Guinea is sitting on her eggs in the middle of our garden, and it is starting to rain here in Kentucky. I wonder if I should gather up her and the eggs and put them in a coop, hate it they are in the weather.
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    Dead Guinea

    Found one of my full grown fowl dead with no apparent injuries or visual causes, any notions?
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    Leg Injury

    I have this beautiful young Light Brahma that has developed a injury to her leg, this is seemingly restricting her in her movement and getting around, what can I do with her, I hate to think the worse, what do you suggest I do going forward.
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    Hen and chicks

    I have a hen that has several baby chicks that have hatched out under her, my question, should I after three weeks take them from the pen and let her out to fend for themselves, I would hate for anything to happen to them, but I think its time, but she cannot get them off the ground out of the pen.
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    Lost my Ginny..Devastated!!!

    Very sorry for your loss, I also raise these delightful birds, reminders of my childhood, but they seem to be targeted before the chickens, we have dogs around and sometimes I feel this is confusion for the birds, dogs are the ones that are doing the killing, if you have dogs around that the...
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    Dogs killing my chickens

    Thank you all for the replies. I own dogs and have a kennel to place them in when we leave, these folks just let their dogs run. We have respect for others and only want the same in return. Our dogs stay on our farm or they're with us at all time. We are getting set for retirement and raising...
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    Dogs killing my chickens

    I have just had the most disturbing and disheartening occurrence take place. Neighboring dog came into my property and killed 18 of my chickens. I do have trail cameras up, so I do know the dogs and who they belong to. The problem that I have is that the owners of these dogs, say that they are...
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    Removing chicks from the Mother hen

    Thanks to all.
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    Removing chicks from the Mother hen

    My question is, should I remove the baby chicks from the hen after they are hatched? Some have said to do this, but I have also seen baby chicks raised by the hen. The only problem I am concerned about is it is early March and will they be warm enough for them to survive if we have these cool...
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    Ohio swaps

    Has anyone been to the Lucasville Ohio swaps and flea market. am wanting some chickens and they say this would be the place to visit this april. If you have been to Lucasville, what is this place like.
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    Styrofoam Incubators

    I have a couple of the Styrofoam incubators, have been doing very well for a new comer, but what does the humidity play in the hatching process, what is the min and max needed to have the highest possible hatch. Also, has anyone had any success aiding in the hatching of a chick when they do not...
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    Guinea gender identification

    I have heard many things on how to determine the sex of guineas. How do I visually tell which is the male, and which is the female? What is the crown on the top of their heads? Is this of importance when sexing these birds?
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    Eggs for Incubation

    Its February here in KY, I have started selecting eggs for the hatch, incubator. My question, what affect does the weather have on the eggs if they have been in the cold prior to gathering of the eggs. They haven't frozen, but some days have been very cold. It just seems that the eggs that were...
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    Roosters and egg consumption

    Getting back into the chicken business and I am not sure of what to look for in order to have my hens began sitting on her eggs. It February I Ky and the weather is up and down, but I am getting 12-14 eggs a day, what can I do to encourage them to sit? I keep some of the eggs for consumption...
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    Sick or ailing Guinea

    Need help once again. Last evening I noticed one of my Guineas was not with the group of other Guineas. He or she seemed very sluggish and submissive, they were fighting it, and it would just hunker down to be left alone. I got my net and caught it to look it over good, there were no obvious...
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    Egg gathering

    Thanks for the info, wanted to make my chances of incubating eggs as Beas as they can be, again thanks.
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    Egg gathering

    Hello, My question is, how long can I hold onto my eggs before placing them in the incubator, I like putting them in twelve at a time, usually after three days I have enough, they are left at room temperature, dated, and placed in to incubate, just wanting to know if there was any harm in...
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    Egg Incubation Failures

    Hello to all of the experts on incubating eggs. I am failing terribly it seems by the results. I need to know what I may be doing that is causing so many of my eggs not to hatch. I first thought it was my humidity too low, and still I am getting no good results, only two hatched from eighteen...
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    What to do?

    What is the correct water dispenser to use for newly hatched chicks to keep them safe.
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