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    How long for chicks to recover from shipping shock? Still losing chicks 2 days after receiving them.

    I received 10 Barnevelders and 12 filler males ( Australorps I believe) on Friday evening. I ordered them from Ideal Poultry and was expecting them to ship in May. They arrived at the Post Office at 7 pm after over 48 hours in shipping. Fortunately the post man called me and said he would...
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    Hello from Ketchikan, Alaska

    Thank you everyone! Honestly, I had prepared myself for a dismal hatch and am really elated that it turned out so well. One chick had to be assisted out and has curled toes so she is getting some "shoes" this evening to help straighten them out. I'll have to get some pictures of my precious...
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    Hello from Ketchikan, Alaska

    I have been lurker on this site since I started keeping chickens several years ago. I finally decided to join up after coming to this site so many times in the last few days. I had a flock of Ameracuanas and Welsummers. A mink went to extraordinary efforts to break into the yard and coop...
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    Still have a mink problem

    Thank you! The last egg I was waiting on finally hatched! I'm looking forward to finally get some sleep!
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    Still have a mink problem

    I built a wood box with one end open, placed it in the coop, put crab meat in the back of the box, and put a conibear trap in front of the opening. I left the coop door open so the mink didn't have to work too hard. On a side note, the mink sprayed when he set off the trap and now my coop...
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    Still have a mink problem

    A little over 3 weeks ago and mink got into our chicken coop and killed all but 1 or my chickens. ( A rooster that sleeps on the porch with our cat survived simply because he wasn't in the coop.) The mink somehow squeezed through the fencing to the yard, climbed up a 9 foot coop wall, busted 1/4...
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