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    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    This is long, but I want to give a background on things. I am so puzzled as to what has happened... Just hatched my first batch of chicks ever. Thanks to Sally Sunshines' excellent instructions we built a cooler bator. I used eggs from my own chickens and incubated in the cooler bator. I got a...
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    My Crop Tube Feeding Journey With My Bird (Pics For Visuals- VERY detailed Post)

    I have a young bantam duccle pullet who was looking off today. I picked her up and she is lighter than the other pullets. She is eating and drinking but is obviously not getting enough in to gain weight properly. She spends lots of time all fluffy and after reading around I think I should...
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    Need Advice - living near commercial poultry barns

    Would you consider it a high likelihood that my current flock is going to catch something?
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    Need Advice - living near commercial poultry barns

    I've been trying to learn as much as I can about how to keep my chickens healthy. I've had chickens before, but always in dry, warm climates...and away from other chickens. One thing I have noticed in reading around is that lots of poultry diseases are airborne. We just moved to an area where...
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    New to BYC...and loving it!

    Thanks for the welcome everyone. And thank you for telling me about the breed thread, Kelsie2290. I will go over and take a look!
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    New to BYC...and loving it!

    Hi, I've been stuck for several hours reading posts on here. This is an amazing place! A bit about myself... I am new to the world of chickens. I have 3 pet silkies and 7 nice quality Mille Fleur d'Uccles. I've always wanted some d'Uccles and was finally able to find 7 nice quality birds...
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