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My thoughts on this are just that I'd rather be as informed as possible to avoid any potential suffering; if any of my animals died and it was from something I could have prevented, I would feel extremely guilty. They don't live very long; I'd like to make the time they have as pleasant as...

i feel like a kindergartner among high schoolers- what is chicken/fence math? I hear you on that egg song, my mom described it all summer but I only heard it recently, GOOD LORD, idk if they're squawking because they're proud they just laid an egg or crying out in pain from having to give...

i will have to look up flystrike and some of the other things in your list; I pretty much just feed, water, and set them free in the yard every morning so my knowledge is behind my mother's and brother's- thank you for helping me catch up! I want to help more!

yeah, my mom was really nervous about the chicken herpes virus when she first started, but so far the closest we ever had to a sick chicken was when we thought Tiny (they all have ridiculous names) might have an egg stuck. She almost got a dunking to loosen it up, but it worked itself out.

We do have a shallow ditch line running along the barn that goes under the large, tin-roof cage on the side (for separation and weather protection) that we put water in when it's hot and dry because they like to splash and run through it, it just never occurred to me that a creature who...

I guess my question is- washing the birds? My mother literally washes everything but I've never seen her clean a chicken except in the kitchen with sharp implements! Do they need baths sometimes or is this a show chicken thing?

Oh yes, we're very careful about that, too, any new hatchlings are always kept in their own group until they're grown so we can make sure nobody is sick before they join the rest and get to experience a new pecking order (which is always a pain x.x)

Mom? is that you? XD literally EXACTLY the same at our house!

Awesome! Let me know if you ever wanna start a quartet haha, we can train some chickens to dance XD

I love the sound of it- something I'll have to save up for! Guitar is butt, to be honest, I play it because it's an accessible instrument to others, but my hands are just not big enough to play chords well. I use it to write funny songs or jam with people, but it's definitely not my favorite haha

I agree, the entire household is very hyper-aware of cleanliness and hygiene, so this was the first thing we researched, though I am probably the most paranoid of the three of us about what's on an egg that just plopped out before it comes inside.

We are constantly learning and improving our routine with the chickens and their set-up, as well as learning about their different personalities and the needs/preferences of different breeds. What is something you have learned about keeping chickens through experience that would have been...

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I keep meaning to by a ukulele and other stuff keeps coming up! I have never seen a Chinese harp in person; that's really cool

Thank you guys for the warm welcome!