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    Black australorp w/ frostbitten legs?

    Thank you very much for posting the link to the previous thread on frostbite. I will keep an eye on her and watch to see how her feet are doing and whether or not she has any frostbite. I will have to keep an eye on the rest of them as well. It's funny how emotionally attached we get to these...
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    Black australorp w/ frostbitten legs?

    I just went back in there and she was standing on one leg and had the other pulled up by her body. She's moving around fairly good and then she sat down fine on the floor. Maybe she was just faking it so she could get a free trip inside!! Well, she got her wish, I'll keep her inside until the...
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    Black australorp w/ frostbitten legs?

    Maybe I was a little over worried. She is somewhat moving around in the pet carrier although somewhat clumsy. I went in to check on her and she had one foot in her feed dish, so she must have lifted it high enough to get it in there. I don't know how to tell if she has frostbitten feet or...
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    Black australorp w/ frostbitten legs?

    Usually my wife takes care of the chickens, but as it has been so cold, I wasn't working today so I went out to feed the chickens and ponies. When I went out to feed the chickens, I took some feed into their coop and all but one chicken followed me in. The last hen couldn't jump up into the...
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    Update on our hatch, the good and the bad.

    I posted last night wondering about whether to pull out the chicks that had already hatched. I got mixed results, and the lady I bought the fertile eggs from said it was ok, so I took out the ones that were dry. Last night, we went to bed with four chicks. This morning we woke up to nine...
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    Hatching eggs, what to do with the chicks now?

    I have 26 eggs from black and blue australorps that are starting to hatch. I have one or two chicks that hatched early today that are now dry. Should I open up the Hova incubator and take them out and put them in my brooder or wait? They are running around and moving all the other eggs. I...
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    Have one chicken out of five that is a runt, is something wrong?

    About three weeks ago, I went to a local feed mill that sells day old chickens. They had five black australorp pullets which we bought. Brought them all home and they are all growing well, but one has always been a runt and as the others are growing, this one is lagging behind and the size...
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    Looking for black australorp chickens in WI or shippable to WI

    I live in Jackson, WI which is just north of Milwaukee.
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    Looking for black australorp chickens in WI or shippable to WI

    Hello, new to this forum. I am looking for some black austalorp chickens. I have lost most of my hens to old age and only have two barred rocks left so after doing some research, I would like to get some black australorp chickens. I am looking for some in WI or closeby or someone that has...
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    Australorps in SW Arkansas

    Is there a way that you could ship them to someone in WI?
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