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    Hurricane flipped coop, now chickens wont sleep in nesting area at night.

    You said their nesting area is heated. Thats not good. First they dont need heat. As long as they in a place where theres no wind blowing their feathers around, they fluff up and hold their body heat in to stay warm. Even down to single digits. By offering them a heated coop, youre setting them...
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    My heat lamp is making the brooder too hot

    They They have ceramic heaters that screw into you light fixture. Ive used one for years and put it to one side of the brooder, about 1 foot above the floor. Iike it bc therws no light Look at Amazon. The chicks will move away and mine actually rarely sleep directly underneath it.
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    Help! My Rooster tried to attack me!

    I had a rooster for almost a year before he challeneged me. Idk why but he suddenly went after me. Shocked and a little scared i turned my back and he came at me again. I picked up a stick and went towards him, slashing the stick thru the air to make a whoosh sounds, stomped my foot and screamed...
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    Chicks eating layer feed

    I could use some advice as well. I have raised baby chicks using a Broody before so this is not my first time. However this time around I forgot to get chick starter. So I have two week old chicks who have been eating layer feed since they hatched. I noticed three of them today not acting...
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    Feather sexing silver laced wyandotte at 1-2 weeks old

    I concur with what you say. I raised chicks a year ago first time and observed hens getting tail feathers before males. I did lhave 1 roo who got tail feathers early so it isnt 100%. But its pretty darned close. I have 17 chicks now at 2 weeks old and im applying this knowledge today as i feel...
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

    You're not that place on 244 that has all the different chickens in pens with buckets are you? If so i drive by there often. I work in springdale but live in Cincinnati. Or is 244 past your place?
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

    Hey! My first Whataburger was in Russelville! 1980 something. Lokll
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

    Im in Siloam Springs! Hey neighbor!
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    Arkansas folks speak up.........

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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    Yeah, see a lot of possibly well-meaning people often dont know what the heck they think they're talking about. Like freeing Willy, only Willy was raised by humans and does not know how to live in the wild so he dies. So we humans who raised him are demonized and those freeing him and...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

    I live on a grade A dairy. Grew up drinking milk fresh from the tank..Still do. Last week I told a 77 yr old man who used to work as an inspector that i did that. He said you know its not pasturized right? Im like uh yeah.....
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    Week Old Black Copper Marans Chicks - Sexing by Feather color? Pictures added!

    I had a black copper hatch last fall who turned out to be male. i noticed big feet and prominant comb fairly early. He was bigger than others as well and acted dominant.
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    I have no clue who the father is. No red anywhere so i doubt its Red.the other rooster i have is a cuckoo marans,which looks like a black and white barred rock. I want to mate the silver one above with the colorful rooster! Should get an interesting assortment of colors! But she hasn't started...
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    In addition, he has a brother who looks like him without colors and a brother who has thh same neck colors, a purple straight comb, no tuft on his head but he has the feathered feet and 5 toes. They all have the signature black skin too. Now i have another silkie cross who is gray but with the...
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    Cross Breeds!!!!

    I had a buff orp hatch several eggs from several birds last fall. One was a silky cross and idk what she's crossed with. Shes mostly black with gold feathers streaking her neck to shoulders and a tuft of feathers on her head and a walnut comb. I have 2 roosters I had no idea who father was...
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