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    Dual Temperature Regulated Thermostat for Water and Heat Bulb?

    I was wondering if anyone has had luck automatically controlling two things: 1. Heated waterer 2. Heat bulbs. We are in Minnesota so winters can get pretty cold. I don't like the run the heat lamps unless it gets down to about 10-15 degrees but don't want to keep manually plugging or...
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    Gosling with open wound on neck

    Just wanted to chime in that we've had a couple of pecking cases and all the chicks pulled through and healed up just fine by flushing the wound with clean water, applying some anti-bacterial cream and then keeping them separated for a few days. I did nothing further other than check on them to...
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    Leg mites?

    I am no expert on leg mites, but the legs in the photos look normal to me. Why do you think they have mites?
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    Help me ID white specks on chicken comb

    Anyone know if this is something to be concerned about? Bumps are raised and oblong, and seem pretty secured to comb. Have not found any picks of spots that look quite like this after some searching.
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    Lumpy egg diagnosis

    Late this past summer our oldest hen (welsummer) stopped laying. She was a very consistent layer for 2 years straight and we figured she just was ready for a break. She has not laid any eggs since. Then our other 3 hens (1.5 years) stopped laying as well in September, but they were obviously...
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    CHICKENS ESCAPED AND SLEEPING IN TREE!!

    Did they come back?
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    Rooster Suddenly Aggressive Toward Hens

    Interesting, glad I read this post as we were considering putting those types of feeders out as well.
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    Self-flipping eggs! (Video)

    Whaaaaat? That's crazy!
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    Who laid this egg?

    UPDATE: Our little ones started laying last Friday! Small, creamy colored eggs -- as I would expect from a BO & SS. Our weirdly colored egg most certainly was a fluke Welsummer egg!
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    Who laid this egg?

    No we did not get them both on the same day. Only 1 egg on any given day :-( I wish everyone else would hurry up already.
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    Training rooster

    I've just started experiencing this with my baby roo, about 5 months old. He has been eyeing me up and did chase after me one day last week when I walked around the run to look for eggs. I think he took my inspection as a challenge to his authority. I'm hoping it was just a one time thing and...
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    Who laid this egg?

    I have 3 young hens (approximately 5 months old): a speckled sussex, a Buff orpington and an Easter Egger. I also have a 1.5 y/o welsummer who has been laying lovely brown speckled eggs consistently. The other day we got a light-colored, speckled egg that was definitely a different color than...
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    Speckled Sussex, pullet or cockerel?

    Yeah, the green tail feather just appeared out of nowhere and I was like, :-o!!! But thank you all for the input!!
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    Speckled Sussex, pullet or cockerel?

    These responses are making me feel much better, thanks everyone!!
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    4-week old chicks arriving this week!

    Fun! You will find this site so helpful!
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