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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest - 06/03/2019 - Pic by Mvan42

    A chicken, a duck and a goose go into a bar...
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    What age to allow chicks to roam the yard?

    The chick pen is pvc pipe with yardgard plastic fence zip tied to the sides and top it is 5X5X5 so I can stand up in there and the chicks can flap till doomsday.:) I love it!!! I’m a stay at home fur, fin, and feather mom. I can set one of those up in minutes tomorrow! Thank you!!
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    New member: KCK Chicknwhisprr

    I’m in Kansas City, Mo. welcome to the coop!~
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    Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad rooster.

    Me too. I’m new to chickens and had ordered eggs to hatch. I only hatched 5, and one of them died do had 4. 2 roosters and 2 hens. I babies them bad! They both became terrors. The lady I got my eggs from died not breed any mean Roos. She has been working 7 years to help Barred Hollands rebound...
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    How to find the right coop if you can't build it?

    My small coop was purchased from a shed company. It is sturdy! Mine is coop 6x6 with an attached small covered pen of 6 x6 so total is 6x12 building. The delivery guy brought it on a trailer with a ramp that has rollers. So he slid it off of the truck then used a skid lift (like in warehouses)...
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    What is Your DREAM Flock? (And What's Realistic?)

    I only have Barred Hollands, and they are all I want. My hens are the sweetest!!! I haven’t had luck yet with keeping a rooster that doesn’t become so extremely protective of the hens and try to flog. I have only had 2 Roos so far though and since I’m a newbie, it may be I raised them wrong...
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    Pic of chick starter???

    I don’t see it listed. That is what I was worried about. I’ll get some chick grit tomorrow.
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    Pic of chick starter???

    Thank you both! They were just hatched yesterday, so was concerned if they could digest that. Have a great day!
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    Pic of chick starter???

    My husband went to a different feed store and picked up chick starter feed yesterday. I’m concerned about it, so need advice please. I don’t give my chicks grit until I give them food other than chick starter, but this feed has small pieces of ground corn. Can they eat this? Pic attached.
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    Testing My Dogs with the Flock

    I have a Pointer. When I first got the chickens two years ago, she was very interested in them through their fence. They were young and she was fascinated. The first time I let them out, she would be scolded if she got near them or even “looked” at them. She had to learn to leave them alone...
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    Broken heart

    I have helped before too. I get a cup of warm (not too warm water) A damp cloth, a q tip and tweezers. I set the egg on the damp cloth, then wet the q tip and dampen the dry membrane. Make sure not to use too much near a nostril. Once the membrane is supple then I carefully pick just the shell...
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    Incubator help please

    Good luck with your eggs!
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    Why do you have the breeds you do?

    I chose Barred Holland’s. I am looking forward to working with a breed genetically to try to bring back the breed’s qualities they should have. Suzanne (Coyle?) has been working with the breed for about 7 years and she has helped many of us get our stock. Recently talks of a Breed club have...
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    Taming a Rooster?

    My “mean” rooster experience. I have only had chickens for a year and am working with a specific breed. I babied my roosters as a chicks and onward. They were sweet hearts with me, until they got moved into breeding hens. They would fight me to the death to protect their hens. To them, I’m...
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    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    I apologize if that isn’t allowed. Someone asked about the ones I’m hatching this year, and posted in case someone is interested.
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