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    Fencing options

    Didn't know that about CA Whites before I bought a few last year. Constantly escaping and laying large clutches in the garage, carport, etc. They go right up the side of the fence like a helo, as you said. Even after we clipped!!
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    Partial paralysis in newborn chick

    I recently inherited some chicks from a nearby college lab and supposedly the humidity was not properly attended to in the last days of incubation so very few hatched. One that did however, seemed slow to perk up and seemed to be hobbling along. Now, at 4-5 days, he’s eating fine, but he can’t...
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    Leghorn crossed with a Rhode island Red?

    For the past two years, I"ve received the left-over chicks from the incubators in the science lab at a nearby college. They were supposed to have been RIR, but the chicks were fluffy yellow without discernable sex-link differences. As they matured, the roos developed red patches and golden...
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    What breed are my chickens?

    I was given 27 chicks from a school laboratory project and have raised them up. The school told me they had ordered RIRs from a hatchery, but it was very clear that the chicks were no such thing as they were fluffy yellow and not red at all. As they have matured, the hens are all white with...
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