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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    19 weeks and 1 day old and we have our very first egg! Our Buff Orpington, "Pepper" kept coming up onto the front porch this afternoon. They typically stay wherever the sheep are out in the field during the day. She was making a purring sound and following us very closely in the yard--even when...
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    Gender Guesses on These Chicks?

    Thank you for your input! I didn't even realize until I looked closer at this photo that Pepper's wattles have grown a lot over the past week. Hmmm . . .
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    Any Guesses What Breed This Pretty Girl Might Be?

    I was starting to think that may be the case. LOL! Thank you for responding, though. We sure like her--she has a fantastic personality. :)
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    Hello from Denmark!

    Welcome! :)
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    Gender Guesses on These Chicks?

    Our Buff Orpingtons were supposedly all hatched the same week . . . everyone started out the same size & weight for the first couple weeks . . . then, Pepper got huge real fast, Space got sick and didn't gain weight again until a couple weeks later, Salt got big, but slowly rather than suddenly...
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    Oregon

    We're just east of Roseburg, Oregon. :)
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    Any Guesses What Breed This Pretty Girl Might Be?

    This is our mystery chick, "Tiny" . . . Tiny was hatched at elementary school with her 2 siblings . . . the teacher has no idea what breed or breed combo they might be (the fertile eggs were donated by a family and we haven't been able to make contact with them due to summer vacation) . . ...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    I'm so grateful to be able to share this photo! These 5 all hatched the same week . . . the black one came home from my child's elementary school and the other 4, we bought from a local Buff Orpington raiser. (We have no idea what breed the black one is trying to be . . . she has dark gray...
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    I was so proud haha

    Half A Dozen, I can totally understand your pride! Our babies are 4 weeks old--still in the brooder at night, but outdoors with our supervision quite a bit during the day. I have felt that same pride with every one of our babies' accomplishments! The first time one of them scratched the ground...
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    4 week old chick losing weight, but unsure why . . .

    I am so happy to report that Spacey has had a weight gain of 3.0 ounces since last week! Such a relief! Thank you again to each of you for your suggestions!
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    4 week old chick losing weight, but unsure why . . .

    Hi everyone! Just wanted to update you on our little Sicky . . . she's doing really well! We got vitamins & probiotics into her and today we're starting raw Apple cider vinegar. Everyone but her loves scrambled eggs! She still tastes them, but will not eat them! Ha ha ha!!! She is much more...
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    4 week old chick losing weight, but unsure why . . .

    Oh, yes! Thank you for the reminder that probiotics are good to give after a round of antibiotics. :)
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    4 week old chick losing weight, but unsure why . . .

    I cooked up a scrambled egg first thing this morning and when it cooled off, I served it to the whole group together . . . at first they were all leary of it, so I offered each one a taste from my fingers. Space (named by the 7 year old) did take a taste, but she thought it was weird. The others...
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    4 week old chick losing weight, but unsure why . . .

    Thank you for the ideas! We'll get her started on those today. :)
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    4 week old chick losing weight, but unsure why . . .

    We have 5 chicks who are all 4 weeks old. Four are Buff Orpingtons and the fifth chick's breed is unknown--she came from my child's classroom at school. At week 2, everyone was doing fantastic. At week 3, classroom chick and 3 of the Orpingtons were doing great, but 1 of the Orpingtons...
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