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    Ended Official BYC-Mini Contest - Post a pic of your chickens with your other

    Thank You... :) They actually play often and look for each other and the chase is on!!
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    Newbie in Illinois

    Im sure that if you do hatch your own or start with chicks you'll do fine. And honestly theres a world of information on BYC and many other sources that will be avail to you for support for ANY situation. I don't think your jumping into the deep end lol. It'll be fun
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    Newbie in Illinois

    Very excited for you...They are fun. We have 3 chickens and decided to go for young hens (16 to 20 weeks) just because winter was around the corner at the time plus all we had was a coop as well. I must say we have no regrets. We have been able to get get comfortable with handling the hens and...
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    Ended Official BYC-Mini Contest - Post a pic of your chickens with your other

    Runnnnn!!!
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    Clear bubbles coming out of eyes, help appreciated

    I just went through this myself recently and It ended up being coryza and it lasted about 3 to 4 weeks before it cleared up all the way. If i would have known exactly how to treat the condition right away i think it would have cleared up much sooner. We separated her from the other girls...
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    Quit eating the Chicken poop!!!

    Oh Wow... Really, cayenne pepper huh? You know i just might try that. I'm learning more and more that the chicken poop probably won't hurt our dogs but honestly I think I'd feel much better if they didn't eat it on a regular basis lol. So the cayenne pepper will have no negative effects on the...
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    Quit eating the Chicken poop!!!

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    Quit eating the Chicken poop!!!

    Well folks i must say that i definitely have some peace of mind by now knowing that our dogs will be fine after enjoying chicken poopies (Yuk) but also that we are not the only ones having to experience this. I really appreciate the shared stories and the info.
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    Quit eating the Chicken poop!!!

    Yes.... Its gross. I am just thankful that our chickens appear to be smarter than our dogs and do NOT eat poop. We make our regular "pooper scooper" rounds of course, but I'm not sure that I could stomach eating our eggs if i ever caught the girls eating poop. Thank God (knock on wood) we don't...
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    Help- smelly sandy run

    You said your run is covered so If the water is runoff from all of the rain you may consider sandbagging the outline of your run if the space and resources allow it. That way you can also detour the direction the water runs. It may be tedious but well worth it. We line our run floor with straw...
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    Ridges and grooves on egg?!?

    I just read this article and it was VERY informative. Thanks for sharing the link.
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    noisy girl

    My chicken (5 months old) did this the other day. I thought she was spooked or upset about something. She ran out the coop, flew down the ladder, ran right out of the run and straight across our yard hooping and hollering (loudly) the whole time. I thought she was going crazy too. All of a...
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    Quit eating the Chicken poop!!!

    Ok good....If the vet says it won't hurt them then that makes me feel much better. Its totally disgusting to see and I couldn't figure out how to keep them from doing it other than yelling at them, lol. Thanks so much for the info
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    Quit eating the Chicken poop!!!

    We've had chickens for a while now and often let them roam as they please along with our two mini Dachshunds problem is we can't seem to keep our dogs from eating the chicken poop. They risk getting in trouble just to snack on the chickens' poop and I can not imagine this is okay for them...
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    Wattery Bubbly eye!!

    Our "Brown Sugar" got her penicillin shot early this morning for her respiratory issue causing her "Bubbly Eye" lol. She is doing very well but we can tell she can't wait to be reunited with the other girls. Will post her "after" pic when she's %100. Thanks for the support everyone
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