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    Advice needed on introducing new flock member to a grieving hen before winter. Ostrich died of...

    Hi, everyone! Basically, the sad tale goes like this: I had 3 chickens, ostrich, dodo and emu the rooster. Emu bit me and bit ostriches comb in half, so we gave him away. So life was good, i had two young hens who were laying daily. Till suddenly ostrich got sick, slowly by slowly, as in no...
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    Clucking along to the bulbuls' sweet song

    Clucking along to the bulbuls' sweet song
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    Ended Caged Bird Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    My gosh, i won! Wasn't expecting it at all, the other pictures were so much better than mine, i was sure the pink galah or the amazon parrots would win. Thanks, everyone!
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    Ended Caged Bird Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Yes, i know! These were pictures from when i first bought them, the breeder was a mighty stingy lady and crammed them into a tiny cage in a dark corner, since then i have had their nails trimmed by a petshop owner, given them egg food and greens and reduced the amount of millet in their diet and...
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    Ended Caged Bird Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    My oldest bird, named Sowhat. He is rather calm compared to the other one, looking at me as if saying 'so what?' He looks like a plump, grumpy old man in this photo!
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    Ended Caged Bird Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    This is one of them on their favourite perch. Placing perches in the corners of cages for smaller birds really belps them feel safe and becomes an ideal sleeping perch, btw.
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    Ended Caged Bird Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Hi, all! Here are pictures of my spotted munias or spice finches, (lonchura puncrulata). Many people likely haven't seen this bird before, as it is a shy southeast Asian finch species. They are social birds, and prefer their own company rather than that of humans. I have two of them, and one is...
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    Fowl pox after injury to comb on young hen...

    So its a long story, but my rooster pecked my hen, tore her comb real bad. Took her to a vet, got things cleaned up and perscribed. There was this antibiotic powder medication given for putting on the wound every other day for a week, but i noticed rashes on the poor bird after the treatment, so...
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    Rooster Picking on one Specific hen.

    Yeah, i guess you're right, i was trying to avoid this outcome in the end, but i have a few people lined up who just might like a crack crazy rooster, or I'll give him back to the breeder. Such a shame, though, he was getting to be such a handsome bird, with glossy purple tail feathers coming in...
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    Rooster Picking on one Specific hen.

    I've also been having problems with a rooster. I have a real small flock of 3, 1 eooster and 2 hens. I did not intend on a rooster, but i asked for 3 hens and 1 turned out a rooster. I know this ratio is totally terrible, but i really love all my birds including the roo, and I've had them since...
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    Vibing with the birds as the world goes by

    Vibing with the birds as the world goes by
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    A fellow who is content vibing with his chickens while the world goes by

    A fellow who is content vibing with his chickens while the world goes by
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    Tiny red bugs found in feed bags

    Yeah, definitely mites that you find in grain will not be a problem for chickens, its a bit like saying bugs found on a cow's hide will affect the person who drinks its milk🤣 what i would do would be to spread all the grain out to dry in the sun, as in really, really spread out and hot, then...
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    millet as a feed

    My chickens never eat millet, though i grow it a lot for my finch birds. I think what i grow is foxtail millet, are you supposed to dehull or soak them or smth? My birds dont even consider them food. I grow rice extensively, the only fodder that i can manage and the only chicken-only crop...
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    How many times a day to feed a flock of 3 young chickens?

    I do around the same thing with feed! But what sort of stuff would you grow as fodder? As in growing your own grain, or growing greens and leaves?
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