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    How much is a chicken worth?

    Ok, let's stop all the misinformation. The bottom line is this- If you are a BYC'r your chickens have no value at all. I know, I know Buffy was a lifelong friend and companion but there are laws. If no laws are broken then there is no crime and thus not punishable in our wonderful legal system...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Thanks Ron! I assume then that the boys sort out their order as well as their respective harems within the flock. I have the chick survivability, and effecient layer production down but the last piece in completing flocktopia would seem to be roosters, three I think. The trick then is to find...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Indeed. There are only 4 males (humans, dogs, cats) on our ranch and we are awash in way to much estrogen. It begs the question though, can a large flock be functional with multiple roosters? Or do you keep the roosters separate until you want to get viable eggs? I'd be happy to have more...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Breeders! Need a fine specimen of a tutored BA rooster for sixty BAs (Ideal) and sixty BSLs. Paradise or hell for him depending on your perspective. Please PM me if you have or will have one available now or within the next three months. Thx!
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 06/17/2013 – Picture by Irishgirl

    NINJAS They're everywhere.
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 06/17/2013 – Picture by Irishgirl

    CURIOSITY Some places remain unknown because no one has ventured forth. Others remain so because no one has ever come back
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    How do I improve the quality of these eggs/shells?

    Since all the supplements and foods have been discussed, have you considered something in the chickens environment that may be poisoning them? Lead based paints, asbestos (which is naturally occuring in some soils), lead, anti-freeze, oil. If you are on well water does it have high levels of...
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    6 week old with Cocci-is it possible for her to recover?

    Are you feeding medicated crumbles? You don't have to feed them a regiment for eight weeks just cut a portion of it in with your regular feed. I deal with hundreds of chicks every year ( micro-farm layer operation) and the regiment I use is designed around imprinting the natural defenses for my...
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    Mice in chicken coop

    I'm going to agree with one of the other posters in saying if any rodent is stupid enough to climb in the arena (in my case) with 120 feathered food processors then good luck to you Mr. Rodenta Darwinicus. On the other hand, SPCA's in many states have feral cat programs. You simply confine the...
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    daytime predator

    Big box stores carry commodity (cheap) bird netting for under $30.00 in 20'x45' sizes. This is the really fine mesh almost like fishing line and is black in color. If you go to the roofing section of the same store(s) you will find roofing nails (1"5/8 shanked nails with a green plastic cap for...
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    Black australorp hen or rooster?

    I've only got sixty Australorps but from the picture it looks like at least a dozen or so of mine. If the bottoms of the feet and toes are pink with black or slate shanks and the beak is black you have a Black Austrolorp.
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    Does anyone know how to "interpret" different noises your hens make?

    Azygous, Fiddleblue, I couldn't agree more. I own a micro farm with 119 Australorps/Black Stars layers and spend about 12 hours a day with them. Our operation is under construction so it's standing room only for the chickens when papa's working. They love to watch and follow me around like...
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    healthy chick poop

    Birds in the wild tend to not stay in any one area for long. But in a confined environment your chickens can generate refugee camp humanitarian crisis in very short time. No species has developed (naturally) coping mechanisms for this scenario. Like any gut biology, too much of any one type of...
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    Using sand in run AND in coop?

    I use sand exclusively in the coop. I also have hundreds of chickens. Like you I live in the high desert so any problems with smell or biological vectors is cured by the sun, arid air, and heat. I have made simple a custom rake using 1"x2" furring strips and 1/2" and 1/4" hardware mesh. Imagine...
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    healthy chick poop

    Anytime! You could probably get ten thousand answers which would be right to varying degrees depending on situations. I raise layers for eggs. When my plan is fully executed I will have about 500 chickens. I have different considerations for using medicated for the first few weeks. All chicks...
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