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Ask the Expert — June/July 2019
Rock-Hard Pieces in Eggs While blending my silkies’ hard boiled eggs to feed them back to them, these rock-hard pieces were inside. It has happened on two separate occasions. Do …
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Healthy Feed: Broody Hens & Chicks
Q: I have a broody hen sitting on eggs that will hatch in a few days. What should I feed her and her new baby chicks? It seems like it will …
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Ask the Expert —11/5
One Unlucky Hen? I am an 87-year-old woman, and I was raised on the farm and still live on the farm. In all these years, I have never known a …
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Ask the Expert: Egg-Bound Chickens and Other Laying Issues
I am looking for more information on what to do with an egg-bound chicken. I recently lost a good laying hen to what I am surmising was a retained egg. …
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Ask the Expert — Peafowl
Peafowl Health Question Ten percent of our young peafowl come down with a respiratory disease, where they are opening their mouths and acting like they can’t breathe adequately and often …
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Ask the Expert — Chicks
Marek’s Vaccine In How to Administer the Marek’s Vaccine to Poultry Chicks, the author states that the vaccine would have to be refrigerated. I contacted a supplier of the vaccine, …
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Ask the Expert — April/May 2019
Tough Winter We’ve had a tough winter here in Central New Hampshire. Lots of snow and ice. The door to my chicken run becomes frozen often and I end up …
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Ask the Expert — February/March 2019
Saxony Ducks Hey there! Absolutely love your website. What a great resource trying to figure out how to get some ducks on her property. My main goals are pets/eggs/action for …
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Ask the Expert — December 2018/January 2019
Washing Eggs Before Boiling How do you handle eggs if you want to hard boil them? I usually wash in 90 degree water and put them in the pan with …
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Ask the Expert — October/November 2018
Not Laying Eggs My wife and I are new to backyard chickens and I was wondering if you have some advice for one of our hens. We adopted two hens …
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