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    Ameraucana/Easter-egger rooster

    Please, will you help our pet? We are desperate: this is Doodle's last day before we give him to someone for slaughter. I have exhausted all other options for him...we have ads on all the farm-rescue sites in the central valley, and none of the local farms will take him. We bought him as a...
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    Danceswchickenss Page

    Lisa's backyard chickens last updated 02/21/09 I live in urban San Diego, in the Hillcrest area: I started raising chickens in our backyard because, after discovering the true meaning of the label "organic free-range" on grocery store eggs, I wanted eggs from free-ranging birds that ate grass...
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    Small flock Ameraucana layer hens available for adoption in San Diego

    Due to unforseen circumstances we are going to have to rehome our small flock of pet Ameraucana hens. Five of the six are 18 months old; one is almost 6 months old. All were vaccinated at birth for Mareks; all beautiful, healthy, superb layers; eggs are olive, light green, light blue, and pink...
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    New to BYC, just finished coop, awaiting hatchlings, raccoon ?

    Most excellent coop! And cute kid too :-) Ya, don't underestimate a hungry raccoon in his own territory...I wouldn't be surprised if he was able to lift the edge up and slip underneath. I live in SD too and I've had lots of problems with raccoons and possums -- both love to eat my chickens...
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    My Backyard Coop and Run~

    Nice DIY job on the coop! Looks like you're all set. I think you could have more than 3 chickens in your coop as long as they are only closed in at night, but 3 seems like a good number for a 150' run. They'll be wanting to get out of that all day. Make sure your roost is well protected from...
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    starting baby ducks

    Ducks are waaay different from chicks in their needs. I picked up 2 baby ducks at a feed store after the proprietor told me I could keep them with my chicks, but it didn't work out that way at all. Unlike chicks, ducklings need constant attention from "mom", which you will be if you get...
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    Sand inside eggs?

    Haha, yeah I still use the eggs (which are amazingly delicious by the way) and usually don't think about the thingys. They are really disgusting up close, but they're small, and they go away when cooked. I'm just wondering what they are and whether they indicate something is wrong with my hens...
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    Has anyone made homemade tortillas?

    Hooray for you that you are making your own! Don't let your friends discourage you. I've been trying for years and still can't quite make the perfect round. Lots of my friends here in San Diego know how to make them; apparently there's no special trick...White or yellow, tastes the same - both...
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    Organic/locally produced chicken feed

    You can pretty much guarantee that non-organic feed has the residues of pesticides and probably herbicides in it. GMOs in crop plants are not necessarily bad in my opinion; it's the herbicides that get sprayed on some of those GMO crops that I take issue with. The plants (mosst of which are made...
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    veg shortening and mites

    Paint the roost with burnt motor oil mixed with malathion: rate of 1 gal burnt motor oil and 2 or 3 oz of Malathion concentrate sounds extra toxic!
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    How do you transport chickens?

    Yeah make sure you let them have water periodically. I've used a dog carrier (best solution I think) and a large cardboard box. Be careful about the box though, they will jump up and poke open the flaps. Having a loose chicken flying around the car is probably not the safest way to drive. :-) I...
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    Sand inside eggs?

    Whew, glad someone else has seen these before; my hens aren't the only ones with these thingies. Maybe they are a result of ranging after all...but how could something that big end up in an egg? They really look like kidney stones (I think they do, anyway, from the photos on the internet). But...
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    Sand inside eggs?

    They do look like kidney stones...do chickens get those?
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    Sand inside eggs?

    OK I got an egg with several of these thingys in it so I had to take some photos. In the photos below, I pulled a couple of the thingys out of the white and photographed them in macro. They look truly disgusting at this magnification, sorry but I really want to know if anyone can identify...
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    Sand inside eggs?

    Yeah I can't find anything about them either. Crumbly is right on. They're tiny but weird...hopefully someone on this forum knows what they are.
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