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    Show Me Your Best Chicken Photo Bomb!

    Her name is Butterbean, and this is her "Butterbomb". :)
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    Holy cow, I bought 6 chicks! My Dallas backyard chickens

    :) Our chickens are in their coop and are doing well. We predator proofed the crap out of our coop, so when they go to bed, we put the coop at DefCon 1, lock the girls in tight and head to bed. So far, no predators have gotten to the girls. We did have a feral cat drinking their water over the...
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    Chicken sneezing, watery nose

    Thanks! As for dust or ammonia, I try to sweep as much dust out of the coop as possible when I clean out the bedding each week. We use straw bedding. I do have some electrolytes that I can add to her water, and probably the others' water as well (we absolutely must have it for the hot Texas...
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    ***Crevecoeur Thread***

    Hi! Good to see you on the Crevecoeur thread!
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    Chicken sneezing, watery nose

    Hi, All, Hope you can help. I have a bantam orpington who is sneezing a bit, with some watery discharge from her nose only when she sneezes. None of the other birds in our flock are exhibiting the same behavior, and I've noticed it over the past three weeks. Poo is fine, normal, she's not...
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    Just watching one of my girls having a dustbath

    Oh, my gosh, yes! My chickens scratch right up next to one another, lay on top of each other (often one will lay on another one's head), kick dirt all over each other, wallow, and peck bits of dirt and leaves and whatnot off of each other. It's part of the joys of my day when I see my...
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    Hi, from Dallas, TX

    I know. I think she was hoping we could re-home them as pairs, and that they'd be more desirable since brabanters are so rare. This really came about as an idea because she really wants the brabanter hens, but we can't find them as chicks, just as eggs. She certainly doesn't want to...
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    Hi, from Dallas, TX

    Thanks, Sumi! On your suggestion, my husband and I are looking into finding LED bulbs that will put out a warmer "natural" light, but with less risk of anything catching on fire. We currently have an ark style coop (actually, a really big one that we made for the chickens), so we need to be...
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    Hi, from Dallas, TX

    Hi! I'm not exactly new here (I've been checking out the site for information and advice for a good while), but I thought it'd be good manners to introduce myself and ask a couple questions. First, we are (again) from Dallas, and we currently have three chickens that we were sweet talked into...
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    Dallas tells garden center they can't sell chickens anymore

    Just to update this thread, Bageniece Farms has been having pullet & hen sales at North Haven Gardens. I have not seen anything posted regarding any selling of day old chicks at this location. Here's hoping we can keep Bageniece Farms selling and educating at NHG.
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    Texas

    Happy lunchtime with Mississippi John Hurt. Enjoy!
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    Texas

    Hi! I'm in Dallas, and heard that everyone was having problems this spring and summer with all veggies. Our garden was not very good through the summer. Spring tomatoes were great, though - prolific and delicious. Now, we did have good potatoes this spring, but the squash never produced...
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