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    Shop Vac for the coop

    Thank you!
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    Shop Vac for the coop

    What's a good-sized shop vac that we can use to vacuum out the coop/ We wouldn't really need an industrial one. The coop is maybe a couple of hundred square feet.
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    Buff Orpington bantam rooster question

    We had a Buff Orpington rooster who was the best rooster in the world (until something got him). He crowed very infrequently, was considerate of the ladies, and was not aggressive towards us at all. Now we have Buffs from chicks, several of whom are likely to be roosters. But at over 12 weeks...
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    Chick mortality rate

    Just to bring everyone up to date on the final tally, of the seventeen chicks that arrived, we lost eight. The nine that are left are doing just fine. Thanks to everyone for their comments!
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    Chick mortality rate

    Okay, I just went down and cleaned their little butts. I'm pretty sure that I got everybody. @ Flockwatcher -- you mean molasses in their drinking water? Would sorghum be a suitable substitute?
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    Chick mortality rate

    Okay, we lost the seventh one today. One possible symptom, the chicks have rather large accumulations of poops on their rear ends. The accumulations (actually about the size of a small marble) are rather hard, but where they're exiting the chicks they are soft. Thoughts?
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    Chick mortality rate

    Last Friday we got our first batch of mail order chicks. Since then we've lost a few (six, and maybe today one more, out of 17) and we were wondering what the usual mortality rate for chicks is (if there is one)? Thank you!
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    Double Yolk!

    Thanks, everybody, for ALL of the input. I'll keep you posted as to any future double-yolkers! CD
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    Double Yolk!

    The other day I cracked open a HUGE egg from one of our Buff Orpingtons that just started laying and was surprised by a double-yolk! That's the first one we've had in almost ten years of keeping chickens! Is there a percentage of how often this happens? And what if such an egg was fertilized...
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    Something killed our rabbit

    The best place to keep rabbits in inside your house. We have two, and they stay inside all the time, with full run of wherever they want to go (no cage at all). Outside, not only can they fall prey to predators, but they can also catch diseases and eat things that are not good for them. (Sorry...
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    Vanished Peep mystery

    Here's one from the cold case files. Over five years ago our Mottled Cochin bantam hen Peep disappeared without a trace. This happened in the afternoon. We searched our two and a half acre property thoroughly for two days (at the time our chickens had free range of the whole place) and found...
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    Is it legal to shoot a dog on my property if they kill my chickens?

    It's definitely legal where we live. Our favorite Mottled Cochin Bantam, Peep, disappeared coincidentally on one of the very very rare days when a neighbor's dog was on our property. (We didn't actually see the hound get the chick.) I called the neighbor and explained simply that if I saw the...
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    Buff Orpington bantam pullets wanted in CA

    We live in Central/Northern California and would like to get about three Buff Orpington bantam pullets (backups for Pumpkin, who is getting older). Can anyone help? Thanks! CD
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