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    chicks wont eat dry crumble

    Good morning y'all, i have some bcm chicks that are a week old. when i got them home i tried getting them to eat the crumble by "showing" them but they were quite lethargic(they hatched that morning and my brooder was a little too warm) and did not eat it. on day two i mixed the crumble with...
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    getting into black copper marans. guidance please :)

    hello everyone ! I have been wanting to get a flock of black copper marans for a few years and finally I will begin my journey! im picking up my first few birds next week. my goal is to create a functional flock(eggs and meat) but also try and breed to the sop. The stock im starting with is...
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    Amazon incubator suggestions

    About $100. Medium sized. Up to 2 dozen or so at a time.
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    Amazon incubator suggestions

    Looking to buy an incubator. There are a lot of options. What’s crap? What’s good?
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    hatching eggs being shipped to Washington question

    Hello! I am wanting to order some hatching eggs this year but have some concerns. I was made aware by a breeder that he has had poor hatch rates from eggs Sent to Washington state. He said he believes they X-ray the packages thus reducing viability. anyone have any experience with this? Anyone...
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    Looking for Marans breed to SOP in PNW

    Hello! Looking to expand my flock this year with some show quality Marans. Wanting to get a nice little breeding flock going. I live in cowlitz county Washington. I am partial to the Wheaten variety but black copper is nice also.
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    Is this the standard of perfection I want?

    I found a 1938 version for pretty cheap. Do the standards change or just new breeds and colors get added? If working with heritage breeds would it matter how old the edition is?
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    Is this the standard of perfection I want?

    $60......yikes
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    Is this the standard of perfection I want?

    I’m new to this and not sure if this is a reliable apa standard or Not
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    Regrowing feathers outside of molting

    I had some feather picking issues when my flock first came of age and started laying. I have corrected it with additional space as well as higher protein feed. I was expecting to see regrowth of feathers but I have not. My question is, do chickens only grow feathers in the molting process or...
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    Feeding rats to chickens

    I’m not sure if this belongs here or the pests and predators but here goes. So....I’ve got a lot of dead rats. I feel bad just throwing them away. They look a bit big to just toss to the chickens whole but idk. Would they tear it up? Try and eat it whole? What do y’all do?
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    Today was the day!!!

    Sorry to bump an old thread. But someone got a photo shoot this morning and wasn’t where where else to post these.
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    Pullets eating each other’s bum feathers

    Update: Switched food over to a 20%protien flock raiser. Before I got home my husband had made a “mix” with the new feed, the old feed, split peas, oyster shell, grit and some scratch grains. All of which I was fine with except the scratch grains but I didn’t say anything cause he was real...
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    Easter Egger Personalities

    These are them
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    Easter Egger Personalities

    I have one Easter egger. She is very friendly. She is usually the first one to jump on my shoulder. And she lays a really pretty mossy colored egg.
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