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    what breed rooster does she need? help pls! :)

    My sil has black sex links. She wants to add a rooster so she can get fertilized eggs and hatch her own chicks...but she wants those chicks to be good layers and meat birds for future eggs/meat. What breed roo does she need to add to her flock? Is the blk sex link a mix with a barred rock...
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    trip to Cancun, Mexico...passport info?

    Dh has decided to go to cancun for our anniversary. In 2 weeks. He's already got th trip planned and whatnot. We would leave the 8th in the am. Soooo what about a passport? How long does it take to get them? Kind of a big deal, right? Do I go to sec of state? Thanks in advance!
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    what temps can 5-7 weeks be outside?

    My chicks are about the same age. I even have some 3 weekers out too. I put them into the coop with a heat lamp. I have 28 chicks though so their body temp helps too. They've all been fine first night it was down to 35. I also had a second lamp out there but needed to bring it in for a hospital...
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    BR, pullet or cockerel?

    Definately a roo! Sorry Kfox had it right...pullets will be much darker. All of mine are.
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    sand floor in my coop...can this be their "grit/oystershell"?

    Thanks for the input! I'm glad I asked..I thought I read somewhere that grit/oystershell was pretty much the same thing but now I know better! p.s. I did not feed them any...I will throw their treats out and just let then go for it
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    sand floor in my coop...can this be their "grit/oystershell"?

    It would be convenient! Otherwise I bought oystershell...its so big! Or at least it seems like it...how do ya'll make it for chicks? Hammer/rock is taking FOREVER! Advice please
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    PLEASE - need serious help with my chicks pecking eachother!

    I'm so confused. I don't know what to do! Here's the backstory... I had all of my chicks in one brooder. as they got older I moved my 8 BRs in with my ducks. The BRs pecked at my ducks so I separated them and moved the BRs into their coop as it was just finished. I also moved my ISA browns and...
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    Roughly 7 weeks old, What are we?

    I have 3 ees that do not have greenish legs. They're yellow. Two started out yellow, are now white and there's black coming through. They were labeled at tsc as americaunas. Fat chance...they're ees.(mine) I'm still new but I don't know any breeds that have colors so mixed like those...
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    Roughly 7 weeks old, What are we?

    Look like ee's to me. And your black one(bottom chick) looks like a roo.
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    Discount Chicks!!

    Quote: Maybe call first?
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    Discount Chicks!!

    Quote: I checked my two local tscs every week hoping for silkies or even polish. Not one. And you just happen to come accross 7 when out looking at discount chicks. Sigh. Lucky! *I'm jealous!*
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    OE and another Sebrite?

    The one on the right looks sorta like my chicks. I though OEGB for a while but now I'm sure shes*crosses fingers* a silver phoenix. Look at the phoenix chicks....maybe that's what it is
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    why do they pluck eachother??

    Well they ARE female. Sigh.
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    why do they pluck eachother??

    Is there anything else that can cause it? I teally doubt it being their overcrowded as there's only 9 in there end half are bantams, and they're all under 4 weeks and its a big space...any other ideas?
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    why do they pluck eachother??

    It started with my duck. They plucked out tail feathers. I got her separated and bandaged up...now more than half of my chicks(older ones) are outside. The younger ad bantams are still in the brooder. Went down this morning and overnight someone plucked at my BO chick and her tail is bleedimg...
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