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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    I was looking for advice about the very same problem - I thought my girl was bad but oh my goodness! If yours can heal mine can too!
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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Hope this pic works! This is ziggy - she is just 5 months old and this is what I woke to this morning! The others had started pecking at her but this is!!!!!
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    I wish! Actually in our urban area a rooster is not allowed!
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    Trying again with the second pic!
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    [/IMG] Hope my pics work! These are australorp chicks about 10 weeks old - the ine with the bigger redder comb is concerning me! As far as i know they are all the same age, same shipment. Could she be a he? Lol - they are sweet, and getting along well with the 2 Turkens and 3 wellsummers i am...
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    When to move to coop????

    I just moved my chicks out to the coop and run today! They are 7 weeks and definitely fully feathered. We are in the SF Bay Area and night temps are in the 50s? I have full grown hens so I used a folding fence to separate the babies from the ladies - because they eat different food? Not sure how...
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    For the new folks that haven't experienced a molt yet.

    Thank goodness for this thread! I have 9 ladies that are 14 months old and they went through what I guess was their juvenile molt. Problem is most of their tails are still scruffy looking. It's been more than 3 months and I am wondering if what is happening is more bullying? I have one hen who...
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    What snacks DON'T or chickens like???

    Funny, my girls LOVE zucchini, and greens of any kind. The only thing they don't go for is carrots (I feed those to the guinea pigs), and pineapple - my daughters gave them pineapple peel once and they didn't even sniff it! I spoil mine with warm oatmeal with a handful of mealworms in it for...
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    How to Keep Chickens From being Bored

    today I tied 2 ears of corn and hung them from a beam - to just a few inches from the ground. (my girls are only 2 months old!) so far they are still checking them out, but I can't wait for them to peck away! Can't wait to try the suet cage idea, too!
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    Help! newbie and we've lost 2 chicks in the last 24 hrs!

    Thankyou! I will look for the chart. The only thing someone told me was no leaves from any trees with sap in them? It will be good to know for sure. Thanks to everyone!
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    Help! newbie and we've lost 2 chicks in the last 24 hrs!

    BTW we are sitting out by the coop watching the shenanigans while hubby installs the auto waterer - the chicks are happy and chasing each other around - hubby keeps singing "ding, dong, the witch is dead"! Lol!
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    Help! newbie and we've lost 2 chicks in the last 24 hrs!

    Well, the she turned out to be an aggressive roo! She/he is now gone and peace reigns in the coop - yay! I went and got some wound spray (the purple stuff) and the little ones tushies are purple now. No new blood and hopefully things will settle down. They already seem happier - they made a...
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    Help! newbie and we've lost 2 chicks in the last 24 hrs!

    Hi All, WHew, what a weekend! Yesterday (saturday the 21st of July) we banged out the coop to at least a condition the chicks can live in. They are doing ok in their new, spacious digs - thank goodness, lots of new stuff to play on and area to investigate. BUT the suspect chicken that may have...
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    Help! newbie and we've lost 2 chicks in the last 24 hrs!

    Thanks for the encouragement, y'all. I have been digging for info in the Storey chicken guide - I think (horror!) That the lost chicks were canabalized. I didn't mention that their vent area was completely destroyed - I assumed that happened post-mortem. Ugh! The good news is the coop will be...
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    Help! newbie and we've lost 2 chicks in the last 24 hrs!

    I would love to have a broody hen take care of it next spring! The best laid plans of mice and men - we had not planned on having to keep the chicks in the tub this long, or that hubby would get hurt, or that he would be changing jobs next month! I did not know it would just the ladies to be in...
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