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    New layer still sorting it out, or cause for concern?

    My splash marans laid her first egg Oct 17, a massive double yolker (ouch!). She didn't lay again for a few days (I thought) and I figured she was recuperating from the first monster. But then I found three soft shelled eggs on the floor of the coop. She's currently my only brown layer, so I...
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    My flock has lymphoid leukosis, I could use some advice.

    Thank you so much! This was extremely helpful!
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    My flock has lymphoid leukosis, I could use some advice.

    On New Years day, I lost my beautiful girl, Hemlock. She was my third loss in a short time. A necropsy by the state vet showed lymphoid leukosis. I've read everything I can find, and am no longer feeling quite so despairing. I had already ordered new chicks, with delivery in early May. The...
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    Great Bernese mix dog... anyone have these with poultry?

    I have a beagle/poodle mix that is 100% chicken safe and an eggcelent guardian for them. The biggest problem we have is her scarfing down any kitchen scraps or extra food we put out for the chickens. She ate a bug once, does that qualify her as a ruthless animal killer? Maybe because I don't...
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    Recommend me names for my cochins

    Cloud and Wind
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    Oddball chick

    I have a crevecour (Thistle) in my flock. She's bottom of the pecking order, but no one picks on her. The others even look out for her, most of the time. Sometimes when they're out foraging in the yard, Thistle won't notice when the flock moves on. When she notices she's alone and starts...
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    Tiny chickens? Or chicks?

    The white one looks like a porcelain d'uccle; they're even smaller than most bantams.
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    Meyers adoption Summer 2023

    Adorable! I had a couple more turn out to be cockrells I couldn't keep. I'm currently resisting looking for more chicks. Fall has arrived and any new chicks wouldn't have the time to reach maturity and fatten up before the cold hits.
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    This morning's alarming poop

    Oh thank goodness! 😂 Thank you both!
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    This morning's alarming poop

    I found a red(maybe orangeish) poop when I went to scoop the coop this morning. It was the only one, the rest all looked normal. We finished treating for cocci a couple weeks ago after I found blood in a new chick's poop. It looked quite different from this, though. I treated the whole flock...
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    Little Araucana Chappie - what is your youngest crower?

    And Easter egger that had just turned 5 weeks. I've heard seramas are really early crowers, but my guy didn't crow until 11 weeks!
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    Winter Exercise

    I'm in the Anchorage area. My husband built our girls a covered run, with greenhouse panels for the roof. They'll have a nice dry place out of the snow, while maximizing our limited sun. It's been really great this summer, too, since it's been so rainy. I leave the door to the yard open most of...
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    8wk old bantam cochin

    Thank you!! I've raised 23 chicks this year.... and gotten SEVEN pullets.
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    8wk old bantam cochin

    I keep going back and forth. I'm currently leaning pullet. Can those with more experience help? I have had an *unbelievably* high roo rate....
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    Winter temperatures

    People in Alaska keep bantam cochins, so you should be just fine.
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