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    ISO hatching eggs- light brahmas, bantam cochin (red brown)

    Hi... my daughter shows 4h birds and is looking to improve 2 of her breeds. She has a trio of light brahmas but would like to hatch some more from a different blood line to improve. We also only have a pair of brown- red cochins and would love to hatch more as ours are not even old enough to...
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    Looking for hatching eggs, southern WI to Northern IL

    HI... I am in southern WI and heading towards south of Freeport area on friday. I am buying some hatching eggs for 4h kids. Wondering if anyone has any Pure breed hatching eggs available they want to provide to some kids.
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    ISO Blue wheaten amaracuana

    help... my 4h kids are helping a kindergarten out with hatching for them. They are looking to add to their showing birds when done and they really would like some blue wheaten amaracuana. They are looking for 6-8 eggs... anyone have deals for them? They are twin 6th graders and this is a...
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    Creating better brooding space-ideas needed

    hi...my hubby surprised me by saying that he is fed up with the brooder dust from chicks in his study, lets build something better. We are going to take a walk in closet and make a brooder space. It has metal shelving that will allow me to put two 50 gallon rubbermade tubs on floor and two on...
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    runny poop from newer bird

    HI ... we purchased some new chickens about 3 weeks ago. We have them in quarantine but one of the pullets has runny poop. I can tell if it is every time but I see it on the walls and floor etc. Brown and runny. I added ACV in the water to help with the transition. I thought she was stressed...
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    Decorate a run....

    So long story short, hubby built me my first coop 8 years ago with the thought that it was a fad and I would be done with chickens in a year or two... fast forward to now where I love my chickens and my daughter is now showing them in 4h. So we tore down the coop this weekend and hired a friend...
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    chicken moving slow and sitting

    So my birds are all 1-3 years old. we are going through molt and a few were broody that I finally broke recently. So very few eggs these days... Yesterday I went back to coop and one of my molters was sitting on her butt in middle of coop. I picked her up and she literally passed away in my...
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    Dominiques

    hi...my 4h kiddo is looking for Dominiques...prefer near wi or Illinois but open to shipping. Looking for birds or eggs. Any leads on nice birds for showing
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    Pictures wanted for coop with multiple areas/runs

    There are thousands of pictures and designs for coops here and I cant seem to find a pic of the one I am looking for. we built our initial coop 6 years ago for 6 chickens. We added another run and a plastic shed to the design to accommodate the 15 or so birds we now have. But my husband built...
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    8 week old Wyandotte bantams

    I have 4 bantam Wyandotte. Two have huge wattles and combs, two I am unsure so I have pics of Roos and then a together pic of the two in question
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    Chick help...lethargic snd shaking heads

    A nice guy gave us some baby chicks that were a week old,on Friday for 4h project. But since we got them, they are more,lethargic than my other chicks. They get excited when I put food on paper towels and they run around for that but then curl up to sleep. My daughter noticed a few are shaking...
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    Staggered incubation hatch help needed

    Hello...looking for some advice from resident experts! We obtained some hatching eggs for a Xmas present for my daughter for her first year of 4h showing birds. Put them in the incubator(brinsea 20) and after a week candled them...come to find out they were all duds except 2/3. Talked to the...
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    ISO Hatching eggs- clean legged bantams

    Hello, My daughter is starting in 4H and I want to get her some nice breed bantams to hatch. As the practical mom in the bunch, I prefer a non-white breed, clean legged, and prefer a rose or cushion comb ( we live in WI and while they will be in our garage a lot, may be outside once in awhile)...
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    Spitzhaubens and Cochins about ten weeks

    About ten weeks... no clue in sexes
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    Easter hatched... Breed and gender help

    So this was part of a hatch for Easter. It is either an Australorp or OE and five months old. Just developed comb and wattles in past month but no saddle feathers and possible hackles... No crowing or eggs... Help
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    Easter hatched... Breed and gender help

    So this was part of a hatch for Easter. It is either an Australorp or OE and five months old. Just developed comb and wattles in past month but no saddle feathers and possible hackles... No crowing or eggs... Help
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    Duramycin help

    Treating sniffly birds with duramycin. Added to my warerers today. I know that there is a 21 day egg toss timeframe but how long do they get meds? When do I change water?
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    Overly puffed up Broody after she has chicks

    So I have a Lavender Orp that has been broody for a few weeks. She is very puffed up and rigid and clucking even when I would take her out of the nest box...she would litterally not move from the puffed up position she had been in for a while. I put some chicks under her which she has taken...
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    11 week old olive eggers... Roos?

    So I have two olive eggers I am stumped at... Someone is interested in buying my Roos so I want to make sure I am getting them correct... Both have decent red combs but tiny wattles and not sure of saddle or hackles yet.
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    Easter egger and olive eggers at 5 weeks of age! Help with Gender

    I have a bunch of birds that are EE and OE mixes. One has markings of silkie although my friend said she has never owned a silkie and it came from an olive egg. Love the silver penciled one with the fluffy head. Last one is a cochin that I think is a roo... any thoughts on these others. First...
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