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    Winter hardy layers??

    I live in Wisconsin where it can get to -20 with several weeks in the single digits. I do not heat my coop nor do I use supplemental lighting. My coop walls are insulated however, with what most people would consider a lot of open ventilation at ceiling height. I also keep all food and water in...
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    Hen with droopy wings, gurgling "wet" cackle...still eating and drinking

    I forgot to add that a couple times she coughed/sneezed/tried to cackle and it came out very wet sounding?? Almost like she was gargling...
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    Hen with droopy wings, gurgling "wet" cackle...still eating and drinking

    I found my 10 month old partridge rock hen inside the coop looking very weird. Her wings are drooping and she stumbles when she tries to walk. She was broody last month and sat on some fertilized eggs I got from another chicken owner but her chicks were eaten by the other hens. We don't have a...
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    Will a chicken attack a squirrel?

    My fives hens are scared of everything, yet I swear whenever a grey squirrel is anywhere near their run they run/fly over to where it is at as if they wanted to get it, like they do with flying insects. Am I imagining this? Has anyone ever seen a chicken or a group of chickens take out a...
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    Fresh dirt = Happy Chickens

    Very cute!
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    Ordered Chicks From My Pet Chicken - ???

    I ordered 25 layers from them and was sent 27, all alive and happily chirping. Of the seven I kept (split the order with someone), one is a rooster unfortunately, but the other six were healthy and happy. Sold one at five weeks and now have one pretty specimen of five different breeds. Can't...
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    My Pet Chicken Gifts in Plenty

    I ordered 25 layers from MPC and was sent 27 Split the order with someone and kept seven, one of which is definitely a rooster I don't know if they send extras on smaller orders, but they did with 25! All of them were alive and happy after two days in the mail.
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    Wisconsin chicken law in zoning RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY

    What has happened with this? My folks live in Oneida Co. and their neighbor regularly raises cornish, 50 or so every summer. I wouldn't bring attention to yourself, just keep on keeping on.
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Quote: Thanks so much for the clarification! You have all been very helpful!
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Mypetchicken doesn't sell "production reds" or "red sex link" breed chickens...? If you guys don't think they are EEs, I will post to the general ID thread. Thanks for all your help! edited to say: I see that mypetchicken does indeed sell Red Stars which are sex-link. So perhaps you did ID...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    Thanks for the advice so far. My chicks were light yellow as day-olds, and they don't have any darkening on their feet at 2-1/2 weeks, and not super fluffy cheek feathers, but they sure look like EEs otherwise, so pictures: Kristin just a couple days old Sunshine just a couple days old and...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    I am trying to identify some of my chicks that came from my pet chicken, and it seems like two of them can only be EEs (yellow chick to start, whitish buff feathers coming in on wings with greyish stripes and red neck and head feathers). However, they both have very yellow legs and toes, no...
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    New chicks eat my hair

    My two week old chicks like to climb on my shoulders, which I think is cute, but while they are up there they often peck at my hair and eat strands of it occasionally. Is this bad for them? Should I be concerned?
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