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    Broody hen in danger of dying?

    I would get some permetherin/garden dust, remove her and powder her well with it. Her nest probably has them too. If you have help, while you're holding her, someone gently removes the eggs to the next nest, clean out that one she was in, sprinkle permethrin in the bottom, then put fresh nest...
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    Debbie's Silkies

    Since it's a mix I can't be sure, but if it were a silkie, that'd be a cuckoo as that's the only barring a pure silkie can have. This is a pure silkie, lemon, but has cuckoo silkie in him. The one way in the back is a cuckoo.
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    Hen stopped laying and losing feathers — normal molt or something wrong?

    Here's one of mine. After a year, she's almost over it, but won't sit with them. She sleeps either in a nest box by herself or up there on top. She was an orange (buff) frizzle silkie prior to molt. Looks like she's going to be a rust color now.
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    Broody hen in danger of dying?

    Taking her out to a dust bath isn't a bad idea actually. I'd have a food and water dish right there too and see if she'll eat/drink while there. This is getting down to the end for her though, and she may know it so fight you on this. Try giving her a dish of mash first. Just wet some chick...
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    Rooster Spurs 🐓

    We only have one old silkie mix rooster here that we have to take care of as his spurs grow inward. Hubby used his Dremel until I bought a fingernail one. Chewy has one for dog nails that's probably better. After years of this, we opted to take his spurs off, just the spurs, nothing painful...
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    Hen stopped laying and losing feathers — normal molt or something wrong?

    My guess is she's going through a molt. I have a couple of silkies like this right now acting about the same way.
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    Debbie's Silkies

    This morning after a huge storm was supposedly bringing 6-12" of snow. We got 3-4". These nine out in their growout pen chose to leave their warm shed and pile up together in the corner. Hubby was over by the coops so I made them a path to come out. They were out, but I got in trouble...
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    Duck eggs!

    If you have nothing, you could wet a paper towel and lay on it, then spray that often to keep it moist. It has to stay moist. If you have to do this, then I would jack up the humidity. Opening up the incubator several times to do this is lowering the humidity for the other one, so you may...
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    Duck eggs!

    What kinds of oils do you have? You want something light. If nothing else, vegetable oil will work too.
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    Hello from Hawaii

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow You might want to post the details about your hen in our Incubating and Hatching Eggs forum. It sounds like she was molting prior to going broody? If this was earlier in the incubation, I might have pulled all of the eggs. Since she's only got three days...
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    Hard Molting Chicken is walking very weird...

    Be sure to give a little scrambled eggs too, as those contain enough selenium to help the E absorb better. It'll make the E more effective.
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    Duck eggs!

    It hatched too early by about a day or so. If you can sterilize your hands, then cover the yolk with a thin layer of like warm coconut oil or similar, then leave it in there undisturbed. That needs to stay moist so keep an eye on it. Are there others in there? If not, I'd jack the humidity...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Could you elaborate? I mean, is this a guy thing, or is it overall making an improvement in mobility? Lordy knows I could use something as that springing out of bed is in slow motion these days.
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    feather pecking

    Your other thread has similar comments. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feather-pecking.1676223/#post-28821115 It sounds to me from that thread that they are overcrowded. Can you come up with a larger coop and/or run for them?
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    feather pecking

    Hi Lin, Sorry about your dilemma. Missing feathers is usually caused by pecking, which is usually caused by overcrowding or too low of a protein diet. You said you've increased protein. Do they have at least 4 square feet per bird in their coop and 10-15 square feet each in their run? Other...
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    Greetings, Egglings!

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow We're glad you're here!
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

    Happy Birthday! 🎂
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

    Happy Birthday! 🎂
  19. Debbie292d

    Hallelujah - What's Your Favorite?

    Here's the version Hubby listens to, to practice it.
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    Hallelujah - What's Your Favorite?

    Hubby does the Shrek version, but here's a street duet we liked.
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