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    Woohoo! Mama is going broody again! Yay!

    Yay!! Exciting news! Mama is starting to go broody again! Yay! She has hatched two clutches. And after the second one, she hasn't gone broody since last Feb/March. I have an incubator full set to hatch this Sunday, and planned on gathering eggs this week to put in more. So, if she's gonna...
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    Fairytale Hatch A Long, join in!

    As these will be dual purpose crosses for processing, let's give them a fairytale! Set some eggs Sunday. Have 16, am watching closely, have tested turner. When I candle day 5-7 I'll know better if I have duds. But it's a trial and error run. Have used this incubator before. Kebonnixs. Really...
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    Genetics fun- breeding fun

    This is mainly just for fun for us. As we homeschool, we've gone through genetics, and it was one subject I enjoyed in school myself- still to this day I remember the cat diagram we did for color varieties. I did start a thread of our story of our breeding program(?) for us for meat crosses...
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    Central Indiana Buff Brahma cockerel 25weeks

    West Central Indiana 25 week old Buff Brahma, heritage breed. Local breeder hatching eggs hatched Aug 1, 2024. Raised under hens. Needs a new coop or stew (I do not have anything to process nor do I know how yet!) I have posted on FB with no bites! He's a pretty and big boy! Feet are dirty...
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    Hen possibly water belly? Crying out

    Alright. As I'm reading. I'm wondering if our feed from the mill may be our main issue- will settle that soon. Came home and heard a horrible cry from coop. (Working on video upload) Have her inside at moment. Was going to try to give calcium but she won't swallow. Crop is barely there. Tail...
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    (Update) RIP ShyGirl - ShyGirl: looking a little yellowish, egg bound?

    Have been monitoring ShyGirl, light Brahma, 2 yo this March? From tsc as chick. Lost AngryGirl couple weeks ago, her sisters Bianca and PhotoBomber have been red and laying. ShyGirl has been moving around, yet likes to stay in corner. Have been giving her calcium+vidD. Was in nest last night...
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    West Central Indiana Buff Brahma heritage cockerels

    West Central Indiana here, Greencastle area but can travel a bit Putting it out here for anyone looking for a Buff Brahma heritage cockerel 22 weeks currently. Hand raised, grew up under hens, just now starting to let hormones rage. Need separate space until they even out. Pretty boys for...
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    Story of our raising and hatching own to process of mixed flock

    I'm sure there may be a better location, but since this is gonna be our trial and error of rooster and hatching own chicks to process/butcher, thought this would be area- To start, we want to start processing our own birds- butchering them ourselves or having someone help us with the process...
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    RIP: AngryGirl, light Brahma, odd behavior

    I did not place this in the emergency/injuries because it's not urgent. Noticed AngryGirl was off Saturday, but we have five or six going through a molt. Checked on her yesterday, she just seemed off. Wasn't moving much, extremely pale and her wattles/comb were nearly the color of her eyes...
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    Hyper chicken or...

    Anyone ever have a hyper chicken? Or one that sort of spazes out? Is constantly darting and dashing too and fro? Extremely active. Like a live wire? Lol She's an EE pullet, 25 weeks but she's always been this way. Like she's nuts lol and she's the only one acting this way.
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    Passed Away* Lethargic hen sleeping not wanting to move

    So about 5pm I found out WhiteBand(name) Black Australorp sleeping in the corner. It took me nearly shaking her a tapping on her to get her to wake up. I even moved her and she didn't put up a fight. I honestly thought she was dead for a moment. Since then, I did give a calcium d+ vitamin. And...
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    Incubating Power Outage Question

    I have scoured the search. How long would eggs still be able to survive with a power outage? Day 5, transformer blew in neighborhood. Four hours estimate to be on. Hopefully sooner. I know with a broody they can still be viable with her being off up to 8 hours. Does the same hold for...
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    Our tiny hatch-a-long! Candy style!

    As in another post, our girl Goldie (olive egger) is sitting. Her eggs were not fertile and today we were able to get some. Ended up with 11 eggs : 6 buff Brahma 3 dark Brahma 2 eggers (from same lady we got our other EEs from yay!) I got an incubator this past Xmas and haven't been able to...
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    (not emergency) First case of bumblefoot with pics

    Just sharing our first case of bumblefoot. Noticed ShyGirl sitting on the ground yesterday in the run. First saw thought she was dust bathing. Second time noticed her limp/flap away/wobble. Brought her in. I didn't notice anything right away. Gave her some wet mash with egg and Nutridrench...
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    Goldie gets to try to hatch

    Just a journal of how -Goldie- our monthly broody 6 day jailer, gets to try hatching her own eggs. We only gave her four. And maybe it will help her demeanor. We are at wits end with her so hubby thought we could try. Put them under her today (was waiting for another egg from Beardie, as her...
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    Best Egg Shape For Hatching

    Hello! I did read the article about egg shape, dirty, hairline cracks, but there are no longer any photos. So, I took some of my best ones and am hoping someone can give advice if yay or nay on egg shape. Yes. Mainly two in question are the far bottom, or far left not in my hand, but curious...
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    (not an emergency) Older wound on hen's chest *graphic pic

    Slightly older wound on hen's chest, no fresh blood so not sure when it happened --this is HeadHen, I've got a thread just for her and her crop issues. Do we just watch and wait, see if it goes down around the initial wound? It doesn't look like there's anything we can do, Even though it looks...
  18. PrettyBirdRocky

    Hen with attitude

    So, if you've seen me around, you know I have one problematic hen, Goldie, especially when she's broody. She's a pita, beotch, and just mean-- not to mention it takes 5-6 days to break her. She's been acting a bully as of late too-- towards all hens, newer layers and older ones. As you can see...
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    (Update) RIP HeadHen - Story of HeadHen and how unique she is

    (not asking for advice, just sharing HeadHen's journey, have thread for advice) So, this is HeadHen. Black Australorp, got her end of Feb 2023 in a straight run. She was the biggest hen: size, comb, redness. Even over some of the cockerels. She was always right there, talkative, loved eating...
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    West central INDIANA olive egger rooster

    14 week raised in flock of year olds Olive Egger Rooster to home! (As flock roo or meat... Although he isn't very big lol)
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