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    My no topic TudyBot questions

    @TudyBOT on the other hand, since their entire existence has been in this hoop coop, I feel they know very well where home is. If I install a fence high enough to keep the chickens in, but the Muscovies can fly over easily, do you suspect they'll spend days at the cattle pond very close by, but...
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    My no topic TudyBot questions

    @TudyBOT would it be advisable to clip their wings to prevent flying out?
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    My no topic TudyBot questions

    @TudyBOT I am fostering Muscovy ducks until their owner builds her chicken coop and enclosures on her farm. They are about about 5-6 months old, 3 males and 3 females. I also have 7 pullets and cockerels in the same coop. I've raised and cared for them through the winter in an 8' x 12' hoop...
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    Issues reintroducing chicken

    Was she viciously attacked, like feathers pulled and bloodied? Or was it over in a few seconds with no injuries?
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    I haven't been active on BYC since the fall, just distracted elsewhere with life: Getting settled in after the move to a new farm and all the upgrades and adjustments (inside and out!) that requires, new grandbaby for whom I get the blessing of babysitting 4 days a week, winter care and feeding...
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    My chicks in my class are hatching

    so exciting for the kiddos, and you! Please post pics of the babies!
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    What Breed And Gender is This?

    I don't know the breed, but that's definitely a pullet.
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    My Bresse starter flock

    Second batch (12) eggs are in the Kebonnixs and on Day 3 of incubation. Hatch date about 5/19. Fingers crossed.....
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    Kebonnix 12-egg Incubator Thread

    You're welcome! I use the yellow circular grid that keeps the eggs separated to mark the outer and inner circles onto the liner, then I cut the liner - offset by about 1/4 to 3/8-inch for both circles - so that it fits inside the tray with a margin of clear space all around the edges, so that...
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    Having roosters with small children and babies

    LOL - two entirely opposite viewpoints from experienced chicken owners. @haleymarie, it really just highlights the different experiences people have. You'll have to decide what you're most comfortable with, and how much value you place on having a rooster in the flock vs. the risk to your children.
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    Having roosters with small children and babies

    If you let one or both cockerels grow into adult roosters, you will then know what their behavior is like. You could very well get lucky with one or both well-behaved roosters. I have three, though it took me awhile to get there. Just don't let your son around them until you're sure you've got a...
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    My Bresse starter flock

    My first brood has arrived! Seven beautiful babies, hatched (6) on Saturday, and (1) yesterday. I set 12 eggs; three were clears, one early quitter, and one still in the incubator that's probably DIS. My plans for these: Cockerels to be my first taste of Bresse meat. Pullets integrated into...
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    Help please! My hen has a respiratory disease.

    @IncognitoMode4723 where are you located, if you don't mind sharing?
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    My new Speckled Sussex chicks - and a breed ID for 2 others?

    Yes, they were in a bin labeled Speckled Sussex, pullets. It was in their back room with other bins, not even out on the sales floor yet. Well darn.
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    My new Speckled Sussex chicks - and a breed ID for 2 others?

    So I'm adding another breed to my mixed heritage flock - Speckled Sussex! I picked up these six chicks at Tractor Supply a few weeks ago, to be buddies with two rescue chicks from a neighbor. She's new to chickens, and when one of her 2-day-old chicks fell in the water dish, it almost died. She...
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