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    Are bantam breeds better suited for indoor setups?

    Ahhh yes, pine shavings and dander - the gifts that just keep on giving 🤣 reminds me of the time my son accidentally put one of those pillows with these microscopic foam beads in it in my dryer and it busted. I borrowed a shop vac to vacuum the dryer out and it didn't have the filter on...
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    Are bantam breeds better suited for indoor setups?

    As someone who has had several disabled or injured house chickens over the years I can PROMISE you, it will get old so very fast. I would like to highlight one of the most unpleasant parts of having a chicken in the house. CECAL POOP. It matters not that it's a small bantam, all chickens have...
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    Whats up with these ear feathers?

    I will have to take some pics of the others, Olive, aka Big Broody Judy is very cantankerous and I only get to interact with the babies at bed time when it's dark or she goes full velociraptor on me. There were 3 that hatched a day after the others and she abandoned the nest so I threw them in...
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    Whats up with these ear feathers?

    I didn't do a very good job keeping y'all updated, mainly because we had a problem hen that kept eating Chief Crazy Hair's tuft and there wasn't much to report on lol. Said problem hen ate quite a few of his other feathers to be honest, and also the butt feathers off of my other hens. She got...
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    Is this wry neck or something neurological?

    You and I think alike lol. I would be very interested in how your chick turns out! I joined a special needs chicken group on Facebook that I was in many years ago and they have been a wealth of information and support. I really think my little guy is gonna make it, I moved him to a larger...
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    Is this wry neck or something neurological?

    It's me again :frow I just wanted to give an update on my little fella and hopefully get some opinions. My little wry neck chick is still alive and kicking, he is still as spunky as ever. I have been tube feeding him and I started to notice that he knows what the tube is and tries to eat it, so...
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    Is this wry neck or something neurological?

    Hello again, I just wanted to get some opinions and advice. My little wry neck chick really hasn't made any improvement. I ordered some poultry cell on Amazon but it won't be here until Friday. Tomorrow I am going to call another feed store and see if they have any (or some vit e selenium...
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    Is this wry neck or something neurological?

    Thank you! I think my mom has some vit E so I'm going to her house later to get some. I'm not sure how many mg hers are. How much is too much? I will make a mixture of all of that and start giving it to him today. I know it's not remarkable, but I do think there has been some improvement! Hes...
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    Is this wry neck or something neurological?

    He wasn't one of the first to hatch but also not one of the last, he was somewhere in the middle of the group. I'm honestly shocked he managed his way out of the shell in the first place! Poor guy. He is going to have an extended stay in the CHICK-U (aka incubator) for sure. I can't put him in...
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    Is this wry neck or something neurological?

    This chick hatched a little less than 48 hours ago during the night. I found him in the morning flopping around and laying on his back. Not my first rodeo with flip-floppers like that, and I had another one that kept winding up on his back so I followed my usual protocol of putting them in chick...
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    Winter ventilation question in a hoop coop

    Sorry in advance for being long winded.... I have been practicing keeping it short and sweet because I usually include way too much information but sometimes I just can't help it :he I think that picture was misleading because I took it from the inside of the coop, there are no holes or gaps in...
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    Winter ventilation question in a hoop coop

    OK thank you! I definitely won't be using the sawdust then! I will get some horse pellets when we winterize the coop. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question about putting something on the opposite side of what I'm showing. There is a gap at the top front and the top back of the coop that I...
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    Winter ventilation question in a hoop coop

    I'm honestly not sure on the breeds, they are barnyard mixes I hatched from eggs some neighbors and friends gave me. There are 9 that look like a RIR, and then 5 that came from some olive eggs. 7 boys and 7 girls. The oldest ones are currently 6.5 weeks old and the younger 5 are 3 weeks old and...
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    Whats up with these ear feathers?

    Thanks everyone! Yall kinda confirmed my suspicions, but I wasn't aware they could have "crazy hair" on just one side so I had a lot of doubt in the back of my mind lol. It reminds me of when my mom used to put my ponytail off to one side back in the 80s 🤣. I think Chief Crazy Hair is going to...
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    Whats up with these ear feathers?

    Just a barnyard mix out of an olive egg a friend from church gave me, I asked her and she said none of her chickens have crazy ear feathers like this lol. It's only on one side of his head. His name is Chief Crazy Hair. Thoughts?????
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