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    So Say I Wanted A Goat?.....

    Which books would you all recommend for reading up on dairy goats? Which have helped you the most? The least? They are in our future plans so I would like to research this well.
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    Corey! Tori! Why Me? Yet ANOTHER Ideal Sexing Mistake (PICS ADDED)

    My 4-week olds have me concerned, too. I have 3 SLW in my bunch of 18 that I ordered from Ideal (I ordered all pullets), and they have had small but quite pink combs for over a week now. I hope I'm just having roo paranoia since a few others have me scratching my head and this is my first time...
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    One chick much smaller than others??

    This is my first time with chickens also and we have a small Australorp, too. She is the littlest of all 18--even the other two 'lorps are much larger. She is about half the size of the EE's. We are assuming she's a runt and so named her "Runt." She eats, poos, and plays with the others and...
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    Backyard Poultry Magazine

    I received a subscription as a Christmas gift. I like it. I'm new to chickens and find it informative.
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    Another sick chick

    Thanks, dlhunicorn. I'll try the yogurt. Our local feed store is closed now so I will try to get electrolytes there in the morning. If they don't have them, then I'm out of luck on that since the next feed store is 50+ miles away. Here's hoping!
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    Another sick chick

    Forgot to add that they are on paper towels (for bedding) right now; I'm planning to move them onto pine shavings tomorrow.
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    Another sick chick

    I got my chicks two days ago from Ideal (they were shipped on May 5). One of my RIR started acting narcoleptic today and is now only responsive if we pick her up. She seemed to start the day fine, but has become more and more unresponsive. They are on medicated feed. She is not pasty. There...
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    Ideal order came today

    Yeah! Mine were shipped yesterday so I hope they make it to Wisconsin tomorrow . I feel like an expectant mom- I keep walking around the brooder, checking everything...
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    GM Foods and what they are doing to us...

    The site is cornucopia.org. Quite interesting.
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    Ideal Poultry

    Mine ship May 5 so I'll find out soon!!! I do hope they throw in a few packing peanuts (I ordered 19) since our weather has been so yucky lately--yesterday we woke to 18* and this morning it was a whopping 25*...at least the snow is gone...I thought that May would be a fairly decent and safe...
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    Smelly chicks

    Thanks everyone for the words of experience. I think we'll start the in the house then move them to the basement if it gets bad. I think I'll try to wait till June 1 or so before moving them permanently outside--it's just so cold and windy now. Hopefully we can at least go outside and play...
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    Organic Feeds

    Our small town feed store does carry the organic feed, it's just 3x's the cost of regular-almost $30 a bag!
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    Smelly chicks

    We have babies coming in one week and will have to keep them in the house for a while (we had snow this past weekend, 18* this morning, and are supposed to have freezing rain this weekend...). Is there a way to keep the smell to a minimum? I had planned to keep the brooder really clean...
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    Who got SNOW last night?

    We woke up to snow yesterday and today! Will spring ever come to stay?!
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    Let's compare gas prices

    North Central Wisconsin: $3.65 -went up .17 overnight!
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