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    Hen raised chicks vs. hand raised chicks?

    I am not even close to being an expert but I am going to throw my $.02 in anyway. Last year I raised 25 chicks in a brooder. I handled them everyday. I still spend time with them almost daily. About half of them run away from me while the other half run to me. If I sit in a chair in the...
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    WHAT THE ?!?!?!?!?! Suggestions PLEASE!

    Thanks for all the suggestions! When I first posted I was in a panic. Now I am calmer but creeped out. I have a chicken with a bad leg so she does not roost at night. I just realized she has been curling up with the skunks! I also regularly ran my hand under the boxes to check for stray...
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    WHAT THE ?!?!?!?!?! Suggestions PLEASE!

    I have been using the deep litter method using straw. Today I went out to do a complete clean out to prepare for fall. I moved the nest boxes out and forked some hay and then I found it...a den of SKUNKS!!!!! Living in my chicken coop!!!!!!!. I have 14 chickens and 3 chicks (2wks old). No...
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    20 wk old buff orpingtons in NJ

    Please help me make room around here! I have too many chickens for my yard so I am selling several 20 week old buff orpingtons - not laying yet. I raised them from day old chicks from a hatchery. They are and have always been very healthy. $10 each I am in South Jersey. Thanks!
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    What do you think? Is she a he?

    Thanks for all of your input, I'll ditch the name Francis and go with Frank. Quote: Yes, I can have a roo in my neighborhood. Actually, I am surrounded by farm land that has recently been developed into a neighborhood (:mad: whole 'nother issue) so we are still under farm zoning laws...for...
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    What do you think? Is she a he?

    Please excuse my newbie ignorance - but I just have to ask. I ordered all females but I know that the sexing is not 100%. No big deal if I end up with a roo. I got 25 chicks including 5 black stars. Since black stars are sex links there is really no way one of them would accidentally end up...
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    Chick pics-thought i would share them! Soo cute!

    Adorable!!! And I love their names.
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    The start of my chicken adventure...in pictures

    Quote: LOL! That's why I posted the "clean towels" picture and not this one: I was embarrassed about the mess! The paper towels lasted one day. Then I switched to pine shavings. Now they are outside full time with heat lamps at night. Thanks for the welcomes everyone!
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    The start of my chicken adventure...in pictures

    Well, I've been lurking around BYC for a few months getting lots of info to prepare for my chicken adventure. Now I can finally join in as an official chick momma! I received my babies just over two weeks ago. I have five black stars, 15 buff orpingtons, four easter eggers (one died in...
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