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  1. Hamons3rdGrade

    Overland Park, KS

    Howdy Stillwell Chick, Nice to knwo someone fairly clkose is a poultry lover too. - jeff
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    Overland Park, KS

    I have 6 mixed breed 2 week old chicks now that came froma coop with Rhode Island Red and Red Star Hen and RIR Rooster and Polish Rooster. Every chick looks different. I will only end up keeping 2 hens probably -- Have to wait and see how they develop. I was just looking for peopel who...
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    Overland Park, KS

    Anyone from Overland Park or surrounding cities? I tried going out last night and driving around to see if I could hear any chickens clucking -- but I couldn't find any.
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    Anyone from Kansas

    We're in Overland Park, KS - the big city
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    Inside of Coop

    Ok - I'm in the idea/design phase of putting together a great chicken coop for two soon to be hens in my suburban neighborhood. What important features for me to design into this small two hen coop? Things I know I need -- Place for them to roost -- place for them to nest - place to eat and...
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    Help Me get started the right way.

    Right now i have 6 chicks -- I will keep 2 that are hens. Roosters will be going out to a farm
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    Help Me get started the right way.

    Hello, I am wanting to raise some chcikens at my house for the first time. Would you please lookj over my plans and tell me if I'm nuts? I live in the middle of suburbia. I am planning on building a nice chicken coop(using ideas from the great coop page on this site) with an attached 12x...
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    Chick can't straighten its head

    Unfortunately ou little chick went to the giant coop inthe sky last night. It was for the bst. We have 6 very healthy and energetic peeps now running around. Started with 11 eggs -- 8 hatched -- One died while hatching - abd then this one died -- Three still incubating. Will turn off...
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    Chick can't straighten its head

    He is doing a little better -- i have been holding him off and on and helping him straighten neck -- after holding him for awhile -- the he seems to be able to keep it straight before it curls up again.
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    Chick can't straighten its head

    Well, I'm not ready to cull him yet. He is healthy except for the drying up yolk sack and the bent neck. If I nudge hsi neck straight he seems fine -- but as soon as I let go -- it curls back up. He doesn't stand. He just kind of scoots backwards. He was not like this yesterday --...
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    Chick can't straighten its head

    We are a third grade class who has decided to raise and brood some chickens as part of the learning in our class. We got the eggs from our teacher's dad's farm. We started with 11 eggs and so far 5 have hatched and we have one more pipping. ONe was born less healthy though. He was the...
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    Help us with Chick with exposed yolk sack

    He was actually our first egg to hatch.. We are very excited about the hatch. We have learned a lot and will continue to learn more and more. We want him to be ok.
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    Help us with Chick with exposed yolk sack

    Thank you for the reply He is moving around -- but maybe not as much as the other chicks. Do you think it is a problem that he is moving around less than the others or would this be expected?
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    Help us with Chick with exposed yolk sack

    We are a third grade classroom and we have been incubating 11 eggs. They started hatching yesterday. One of the chicks was born with an exposed yolk sack. We left in the incubator over night and most of the yolk has been abosrbed. However, there is still a pea sized part hanging out. Is...
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