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    Never ending sick chickens

    I hatched my original flock from hatching eggs and also added 6 hatchery chicks that were mareks vaccinated. This was approximately 2 years ago. About six months in, I purchased 2 separate adult trios from a breeder at a show. Those 6 birds have never shown a sign of being ill and up until that...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Ha ha, I keep saying, I only need one more and then I get it and I realize how I can organize it even better with one more coop. So my goal this summer is to add two coops. I have three now, do you think five coops will be enough? Isn't it easier to add coops than to get rid of chickens or stop...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I am so jealous. My husband would freak though. I hatched too many light brahmas last year and am just selling the 10 light brahma boys that took over my brooder space. Once they are gone I can regroup my breeds and get ready for hatching. I am probably still 8 weeks away, but super excited...
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    Brahma Thread

    Yes they are. I also had 2 black americaunas but they have both been taken. I would love a couple young large fowl females... If anyone ended up hatching too many, but unfortunately it is usually the other way around!
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    Brahma Thread

    [/IMG] Is anyone in Michigan needing a large fowl rooster? I have chosen the two I want for this season. I have 10 more to get rid of. One will be 2 in May. The rest were hatched last July. I am just beginning with chickens/ breeding and unfortunately hatched almost all boys last year!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    [/IMG] It has been a long time since I have visited. I hatched 18 of 20 LF light brahma eggs from the trio I bought from Ron Hahm in late May. Unfortunately I only hatched 3 females. I am going to keep one of the boys, the rest are going to go into the freezer soon unless someone is looking...
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    Silkie thread!

    I am new to chickens. I hatched my first group the first week of August. Two of mine are sick too. I found my roo laying on the ground with not much life in him this morning. He was still alive tonight. I separated him, but he did not look any better tonight. I only have one silkie and he...
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    Silkie thread!

    Are any of you in the Michigan area? I hatched out 35 chicks in early August. Only 1 of the 12 silkie eggs I had hatched. All the rest are various LF. Now that they are all roosting at night, I feel bad for the little lone silkie sleeping on its own on the floor. The silkie, "Winter", is my...
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    Brahma Thread

    Tim, do you happen to know anyone around the Michigan area who may have some of your buff brahma bantams? I am looking to get a breeding pair or two for my son to show. The breeding project will be fun for me. I am also building a coop right now for the large lites I just got. How big should...
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    HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

    Here are my 8 black copper marans and 4 Americaunas. Here is my #13 hatch. It only unzipped 3/4 by itself... but it kept looking at me and chirping so after 12 hours or so, I unzipped it the rest of the way and it got itself out. So, of course I shouldnt have helped...usually if they cant...
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    HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

    Hatch update. Out of 30 shipped eggs, 13 hatched. I had 10 that made it to lock down not hatch. One pipped but got another hatched shell stuck over the top of it and I didn't catch it until too late. One other one unzipped half way, but died before it got out sometime during the night. None...
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    HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

    I live in Michigan and it is getting in the low 30s at night. I dont have a heated coop. The eco glow says not to use it when it is less than 50 degrees. I am worried about this last hatch. I probably timed it too late in the year, but I couldnt help myself. I can only keep them in the...
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    HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

    aH! Good idea. I spend 20 minutes a piece rying to get that dried coating off.
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    HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

    Those are the brinsea Eco glows. That is what I use for heat... Although it doesn't take long and they use it to roost on and as a poop shelf!
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    HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

    ...you lost me when you got to the "scan" part. Ha. Ha. I bet I could find someone to do it for me though. I love the tractor! That would also be great to grow out a meatie group and not have to devote coop space for them... How does that PVC hold up to raccoon?
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