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    Rose Rhode Island Red Chick Pictures

    Rose (Rhode Island Red) Here is Rose at 3 days old. She is probably the smallest of the flock, but is always the first one to hop out of the brooder and onto my lap. Here is Rose at 2 weeks with my youngest child. And at 2 weeks, in motion, just taking off for a short flight...
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    Haydens Pictures

    Hayden Singin' on YouTube Our first chicken was a 'gift' from a co-worker which they named Hayden. They wanted him to have more room to roam instead of their backyard in the city, and they were concerned about the noises he was starting to make affecting their neighbors. The cockrell was...
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    Brooder Biddies

    The Biddies Arrive In preparation to receive the new little biddies we converted an old dog kennel. We placed pine shavings in the bottom and covered them with paper towels. We installed the light and monitored the temperature with the light and it hit 96 degrees. It is soooo clean...
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    First Month

    The Biddie's First Month One Week Ameraucana Black Australorp Delaware Golden Sex-Link Rhode Island Red *** Two Weeks *** Ameraucana Black Australorp Delaware Golden Sex-Link Rhode Island Red *** Three Weeks *** Ameraucana Black Australorp Delaware Golden Sex-Link Rhode Island Red...
  5. The Portable Chicken Coop

    The Portable Chicken Coop

    The Portable Coop! I wanted to make a portable Coop that we could move around the property so that the chickens would have fresh ground to live on every few days. I started construction in our small one stall garage out in the shop. We only plan for it to house a maximum of 5-6 standard...
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    Moma hen hatches Turkey egg.

    Well my wife found it dead in the nest this past Tuesday afternoon. Not sure what happened or why it was back in the nest, other than the adoptive mom may have laid the egg we found in there too. I've been told not to touch them when they are little, like I do my chicks, and so I didn't. But...
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    Moma hen hatches Turkey egg.

    Finally was able to grab a picture of it with its adoptive mother hen.
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    OMG...I Think I Have a Baby WILD Turkey...see pics..

    Sounds Great! I can't wait to see what mine looks like. I posted about it. I see you are close by, I'm out west of Raymond. Won't be home til Sunday and hope it does okay. My mom did mention that it looked brown, but haven't seen it. Since it wasn't born wild I'm not sure what to do with...
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    Moma hen hatches Turkey egg.

    I wonder how soon I'll be able to tell what it is Male/Female. I know nothing about Turkeys, but hope that it can be raised like the chicken and that it survives til I return home.
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    Omg, my black australorp has hatched a Turkey egg.

    See post.
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    Moma hen hatches Turkey egg.

    This is a forum I never thought I would make a post in. However a friend at work brought me an egg about 30 days ago and claimed it was a Turkey egg. It looked like one of those images I searched for via google. I just happen to have 2 laying hens, and 1 black australorp was setting on a golf...
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    Post if you have chicks right now and/or waiting for some.

    Mine are supposed to arrive from IDEAL March 3rd. We setup the brooder over the weekend and are ready for our 2nd batch of biddies. My youngest son's B'day is today, so it will be easy to remember when these were hatched. Rhode Island Red, Pullet 2 Golden Laced Wyandotte, Pullet 2...
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    Canada Geese and Chickens ??

    As lollipop stated it shouldn't be a problem. We have chickens and the Canadian Geese. Last year the Geese raised 5 of their own they didn't bother each other. They are back and often venture up to where the chickens are and the chickens often head to where they are too in the evenings...
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    HomeMade Incubator Contest - 3/09 - Winners Announced!

    Quote: I really like your design and detailed instructions!!! The only thing I don't quite understand ("how it works") is the turner. From the pictures it appears that the box will not turn all the way over and if it did the eggs would fall out. I am obviously missing something here, and...
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    Dog attack

    Had 2 of my neighbors dog about 1/2 mile away come over last week and kill 2 of the chickens while my wife and children attempted to chase them off. I was home yesterday and they were on their way back. My wife was under the impression we couldn't do anything to them, not so of course. So I...
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