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    Funky, weird egg from Rhode Island Red

    Chickens occasionally lay odd eggs, If she continues to lay eggs like that then there’s probably a problem
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    What kind of ducklings are these?

    If the parents aren’t the same breed then the ducklings are mixed
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    Duck egg not sure if internal pip...what should I do?!?!

    You shouldn’t try to help the duckling until he has pipped, he might just need a little more time
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    Dried Membrane?

    I believe it usually happens near the hatch. Humidity that’s too high causes the air cell to be undersized, so they don’t have enough air while they’re pipping
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    Dried Membrane?

    The best way to help prevent dry membranes is to make sure the humidity is adequate
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    Corn stuck in comb

    So my ameraucana roo has Had this white thing on his comb for a while now, and I finally looked at it (I’d been putting it off because he’s difficult to hold), and it was a piece of dried corn. Thereo other bits of corn stuck in different spots on his comb. I have no idea how they got there...
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    Rooster?

    Looks like a barred rock, definitely a roo
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    Scratch

    Mine are picky too, they'll refuse to even touch some things, that others love
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    "Cheating" Hens

    They split up however they want. You can't really predict it.
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    Scratch

    Just make sure the birds have grit, or forage around rocks, and then just toss it to them
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    Helping

    If it's only bleeding a little it should be fine. If he still can't get out by the time the blood vessels have shriveled then you can help him
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    Baby chick height

    Sometimes the taller ones are Roos, and sometimes they're pullets
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    Duck Gender?

    Ducklings can start to quack quite young. It's just that at a certain age they will stop squeaking m, and only quack. The hens are the ones that quack
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    Hen or Roo?

    The one in the back looks like a roo, can you get some more pictures from the side so any saddle or hackle feathers are visible?
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    Chicken Jewelry...did I do it right?

    You did it right. Just keep an eye on it of course
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    Laying extra eggs

    Do you mean that you're getting 2 eggs a day? It's not possible for a chicken to lay more that 1 egg per day.
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    Future thinking of being an organic chicken farmer :) Need help in deciding

    Sex links are good layers, but their egg quality hit bottom at around 2 years due to reproductive problems, so I don't personally recommend them. The breeds I mentioned before are good mothers, breed true, and are also good meat birds
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    Keeping my chicks safe

    You should be ok then. Have you pulled on the wire to see how strong it is? If it doesn't seem like it'll budge then it's should be fine
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    Keeping my chicks safe

    Do you know how the raccoon got in, in the first place?
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