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    Hen or Rooster, who decides the sex of the chick?

    All the chicks that my hens have managed to hatch (three hatchings of 2) have been roosters. Although it is nice to have fresh chicken for the pot I want to make sure the hens replace themselves occasionally. Do I need to send one of the older roosters to the pot and let one of the young one...
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    OMGOMGOMG 3 hatched today! Oh, a few Qs!

    They are cute as they can be. I have had my chickens (dark cornish and the oddball rooster, a silver spangled hamburg) for a little over a year now and have had four hatchings so far. The first three were only 2 at a time. This time I got 4. When I came back from a weekend away the person that...
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    Help my chicken doesnt look healthy

    I have a hen with the same symptoms. I have seperated her and am keepng her in a box in the house at nigh and putting her on the fenced off porch for the day. I feed laying pellets in a feeder in the chicken house that they can go to anytime they want and they are allowed to go anywhere they...
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    Weak Yolks

    The weather has been pretty hot.
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    Weak Yolks

    I have been extremely lucky so far out of the 50 chicks I got lost 2. One to a rattlesnake and one that was bitten by something and the bite got infected and I finally had to dispatch her. I have been getting plenty of eggs but lately, the yolks have been so weak that they break when I crack...
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    what is grit? grits?

    Going back to grit as oposed to grits, my chicks are not big enough yet to turn loose to free range but when they are, I was wondering: I live where the land is basically limestone with some dirt on top in places. There are large red ants that make piles of perfect size grains for grit but, is...
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    apple cider vinegar

    I created a self watering system with a plastic tank and PVC. It has fittings that are mostly plastic but have little stainless steel nipples that the birds push up to get water. There is one galvanized fitting between the tank and the PVC. I was wondering if this is too much metal to use with...
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    Is Loosestrife plant toxic to my chickens?

    I am new to BYC( and chickens in general) and only have dial up so I dont go after pictures much but it would be helpful to have pictures of plants and/or insects that are harmful to chickens as I have never heard of loosestrife and have no idea what it even looks like or if it grows in my area...
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    I Just Love Raccoons..............Dont You???

    Just got my first chicks the 21st of last month so I decided to put out the trap for awhile before they get big enough to come out of the chicken house. I hadnt done it for a couple years. In three nights, 2 coons and a possum. This is the first time I have shot a possum. I never had chickens...
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    Silly Broody Gave Herself Heat Stroke!

    Having a problem with the heat here as well. I just got about 5 doz chicks. They came in 18 days ago and I hadnt lost any till this afternoon. The coop gets to be almost 110 in the afternoon even with a vent fan going and insulation on the roof and west facing wall. They are too little to go...
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    second try

    This will actually be my second try at having chickens, the first was rather tragic. I went into the local feed store several years ago and just fell in Love with this darling little chick and the store owner gave it to me along with another to keep it company. I figured that if the pea fowl...
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