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    cedar wood chips yea or nay?

    I've only ever used cedar chips and never had a problem. That being said my brooder boxes are either open on the side or the top so there is plenty of air in the boxes. I've used them in my coop as well and never had any issues there either. But the coop is very open as well. I've never lost a...
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    How do people free-range their chickens??!!!?

    I only let my chickens free range when I am home. We have cattle and horses and when they are out they tend to stay close to them. My gelding is a very messy guy so the chickens love him! I have a rooster who does a pretty good job keeping an eye out, but things happen and I still loose a hen...
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    Silkie color genetics

    I'm with @ButtonquailGirl14... pass the popcorn! I'm here to observe!! New to the silkie game myself. Mine are only about a week old, but I've tried to do a lot of research, and keep studying while they grow!! Hopefully by then I won't be such a noob!
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    Sneezing

    Hey guys, i have a question. At the end of March I picked up four pullets at a swap meet, quarantined for over a month to watch said girls. When I thought we were in the clear, (being that everyone seemed healthy) I added one of my chickens in as a pigeon test. For about a week I watched to see...
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    Barred rock 2-3 months old, male or female

    Thanks, she's funny too!! She'll cry real loud if she's left by herself and then expect you to take her to the rest of the flock!:lau
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    Barred rock 2-3 months old, male or female

    Polly is my daughter's bar rock, she's about 3 months in this picture, she's always been larger than the other chickens and held herself more erect. I wondered for months, (since she was a few days old) whether she was a roo or not, but i'm 99.9% sure she's a pullet. I think she just has a big...
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    I'm at it again...

    That makes complete sense! I knew a blue and brown egg laying breed were used to create olive eggers, I just wasn't 100% sure what they were crossing! LOL! I'm new to colored egg layers and don't breed chickens, but the genetics of color laying are fascinating to me!
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    I'm at it again...

    Hey guys, I picked up four wonderful chicks about a month ago and after watching them mature over the last few weeks I'm not 100% sure that these guys are what I was told they were. The two smaller chicks in the front were supposedly Olive Eggers, but have started developing crests on top of...
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    When do you decide to integrate?

    I completely agree with the attitude towards a breed! While trying to integrate my chicks to the flock, my bantam cochin hens killed a 6 week old Ameracauna chick. Everyone says how sweet and lovable they are I on the other hand can not agree with that statement! My reds on the other hand are my...
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    Mystery Gals

    I googled the Birchen Cochin, and they have that green tint to their wings too!! They are such amazingly sweet little gals!
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    Mystery Gals

    Yup! That's Thelma! I have two game hens that I started with. They definetely are not as friendly as the others! LOL!!
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    Mystery Gals

    Thanks for the quick response! And one of the red gals is a game hen! She seemed to get big really fast after I got the Reds!!
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    Mystery Gals

    Hey guys, I got these little gals a few months back. I had traded my ducks for two RIR's and two black buff's. The more research I do I'm not 100% sure they are buffs. They are sweet though and I'm not complaining, just merely curious! They are more bantam size and have feathering on their legs...
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    Is it even worth it?

    I have totally been there. I lost a whole coop in a week to a raccoon my first year. My friend, and husband, wouldn't let me give up and ten more pullets and five ducks were added. So we fortified the coop, took care of the raccoon problem. I kept them for almost two years before a new round of...
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    Broody Hen

    I have two hens, one that was constantly broody and the other runs at her own shadow. I don't want to say I 'broke' the hen of being broody, but she got tired of my petting her, picking her up, and toting her around. I still notice if I don't pull an egg soon enough she will sit on it, but more...
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