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    Adopted Chickens

    So, I was at Close Feed and Supply getting feed for my chicks, and my mother decides to get me MORE chickens. She did this without asking me. I'm a sucker! Now I am over the limit with chickens!!!! But I love them just the same. The 2nd and 3rd pics are of them at around 9 wks. Meatwad, the...
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    Gumamelachicks Member Page

    Here's the raised coop and run. The coop has 2 levels; top level is 4' x 2.5', has pine shavings and roosts; bottom level is 4' x 5', has sand substrate, feeder & waterer. The nest box is attached to the bottom level, left side of the coop. Ground level (under the coop) is part of the run. All...
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    Awww.... bummer! No worries; I'll figure something out. They're sweet and really funny, but every time the dogs start barking, they ALL join in with the very loud QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! I think it's cute but the neighbors are probably getting annoyed. I can do with 3 or 4 of them going on like...
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    I'm so glad I checked back in... I've been "away" for a long while now.... I have some welsh harlequin ducks (hatched 7/25-26) that I need to rehome. I got 8 eggs from Metzer's and hatched 6 ducks! What are the chances? I'm sad that there wasn't at least one drake. I wanted to see these girls...
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    ADVICE NEEDED! Anybody suffer from sciatica?

    I suffered from sciatica for months after I injured myself incorrectly lifting heavy pots of soil while gardening. All of a sudden something just *snapped* and then I was on the floor. It took me 15 minutes to crawl from the hall floor to my bed. Nausea from the pain pretty much knocked me out...
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    Newbie From The Philippines!

    Hello- and from the San Francisco Bay Area! I'm a little jealous- I miss being there. Your property looks wonderful! My mom and dad travel back and forth every couple of months (Bicolanos, Mom from Libon, Albay, and Dad from Naga). My next trip will be summer 2011. Are you raising chickens...
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    My 2nd egg today not cracked but smeared with yolk

    My leghorn laid one like that- bright yellow like an easter egg. It was her second or third one laid. I have no idea why it happened, but I suspect that she hasn't gotten the hang of the whole laying thing. Two days later I found one without a shell- could have been hers or the other layer, my...
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    Had an unbelievable eating experience today....

    I absolutely love Brazillian churrascurias!!! My first experience at one was in downtown San Diego 10 years ago. I hardly ever eat at restaurants, but I will spend $$$ to eat at a churrascuria! And there are 2 of them in the SF bay area! It's not all beef, though- Filet mignon, flank steak...
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    Setting 26 eggs today (June 27th) Anyone else?

    Hi Pippy and friends! Yes, I'm still here... 8 eggs on day 13 still going strong. Although this morning, there was a temperature spike in the bator from 99.5 degrees to 102.1 an hour and a half later! I quickly got it down, but I'm so stressed that I've cooked the poor little ones! Time will...
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    Is candling too much bad?

    I do, too!! I know that people who have incubated before normally only candle 2-3 times during the incubation process, but this is my first time in a homemade incubator, and I want to make sure things are progressing okay. I do a lot of comparisons to the candling pics on Metzers site (I've got...
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    Omg The Unexpected Egg It Has Hatched

    Congratulations! Beaky Doodle Dandy is such a cutie!! What a wonderful surprise. I'm a newb, too... so I have no idea as to how that little one might feather out. Hopefully the experts can chime in. Oh yeah, and
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    Setting 26 eggs today (June 27th) Anyone else?

    Awesome, PippyChicken! How exciting!!!
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    Hello! I'm in Hayward- the suburbs. Anyone else from here? I got my first 5 chickies in March, and they're now going on 17 weeks. The white Leghorn is doing the egg squat for me! I hope they will start laying sometime soon. Oh, and then 3 weeks after I got those, I went and got 4 more chicks...
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    Soon to hatch or newborns near SF Bay Area? Need help please

    Hello! I'm in Hayward... and I'm on day 9 of hatching some Welsh Harlequin eggs I got from Metzers. It looks like there are 9 viable eggs so far (out of 9 shipped, 1 was infertile). If you'd like to wait til 7/28 for the hatch you can pm me. This is my first hatch in a homemade incubator but...
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    Setting 26 eggs today (June 27th) Anyone else?

    Hi! I set 9 Welsh Harlequin eggs on 7/1 (they were shipped, and candled at 7 days, one was infertile), so I'm waiting on 8 viable eggs so far. They will be due to hatch on 7/28. I know they're duck eggs, but can I join the party? It would be nice to have company and advice- this will be my...
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