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    Would You Buy Mixed Chicks?

    My first 5 chickens were barnyard mix and they have been good layers and very healthy.
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    silkie's neck bent downwards? HELP!!!

    Could you add pictures? How long has the chick been unable to lift its head? btw I hatched silkies about 4 weeks ago too.
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    Just brought them home. Approximately 5 months old. What are they?

    both are beautiful hens, congrats
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    New from Southern Oregon

    welcome to BYC! I am near Portland but grew up in southern Oregon - still have family there. You chose a beautiful place to live
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    baby rooster hurt

    I'm so sorry this happened to your little roo and wish I knew how to help. Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in.
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    different color brown eggs

    Hi, I think that is normal. My hens each lay a unique color of egg and it's part of the fun for me being able to tell which of my hens laid each egg.
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    what kind of predator makes this print

    thanks, I have set the trap every night this week without catching the critter and didn't think it would be this hard - more of an art than a science I guess. I will try the camo idea and hopefully tonight will be the night. thanks again!
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    what kind of predator makes this print

    90% certain it is opossum, I saw places around the prints where a rat-like tail had been dragging. Trap was set two nights in a row but the opossum won't go in it. First night pork chops, second night can catfood, will try fruit tonight but I think this guy knows about traps. Will he...
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    what kind of predator makes this print

    thanks all, I am going to buy a trap today and hope to soon post a picture just like the one above from Kim95037. Also thanks for the good ideas on bait.
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    what kind of predator makes this print

    oh and I am sure hoping it wasnt skunk. I would learn to trap for anything else but can't imagine the smell from a live skunk in a trap.
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    what kind of predator makes this print

    Thank you, the roo was my very first baby chick, hatched and lovingly raised by my hen Lisa. I loved him so much, we took pictures to document his growth week by week thru the first few months. Celebrated the first crow a month or so ago - he was just starting to be a "real" roo. I guess it...
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    what kind of predator makes this print

    Hi all, something attacked and ate my rooster during the night and I would like to figure out what it is. The chicken was badly mauled, neck broken in a couple places, head eaten, and the body was also chewed on and gutted, but the rest of the bird was intact and left in the coop. I have seen...
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    Little shed into a coop - My summer project.

    Hi and congrats on the good deal on the new hen house. The only suggestion I have is to look into building pop-out nest boxes in order to maximize the inside space for your birds. I can't comment on the best type door, we just used a house door with a handle. Tacky but it works and was free lol.
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    bent legs

    hi, I'm sorry to hear about your little chick. I had a little chick who couldn't stand, it would drag both legs behind it and crawl like a seal. I ha d very good luck putting bandaid splints on the chick, it took about a week before i removed the splints but the chick walks fine several months...
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    Washingtonians

    Hi all, does anyone have blue silkie pullets or hens for sale? I would like to have a couple in my backyard flock.
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