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    Omg Please Help Me

    What a relief! I kept praying for your chickens throughout the night, when I woke up, and today as well...thank God for tough little chickens! I bet you'll sleep tonight!
  2. Pink Delphinium

    Omg Please Help Me

    What a relief! I kept praying for your chickens throughout the night, when I woke up, and today as well...thank God for tough little chickens! I bet you'll sleep tonight!
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    Probably a dumb question: what is an EE?

    Thank you!
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    Probably a dumb question: what is an EE?

    I've figured out the other abbreviations, but...what is an EE?
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    Help! chick with injured leg!!!

    This spring, one of my Cuckoo Marans chicks, several weeks old, broke her leg. I wrapped the leg in gauze, braced it with 2 popsicle sticks that I'd cut to fit her leg, one on each side, and then wrapped the leg and popsicle sticks with waterproof tape. It worked just fine. Can't even tell...
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    SUCH a lucky chick!

    What a great story...love your pictures. Grrrrr....to your neighbors!
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    Hawk

    Could it possibly be some type of eagle?
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    Really Bad Hen

    Your stories make me smile:D! When we first got chickens, I ordered White Leghorns. Talk about MEAN!!!! Wow! They'd chase my kids around the yard. Needless to say, they didn't last long. Buff Orpingtons are pretty easy going. I think they're my favorite as far as being mild mannered. A...
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    I want to clarify my breed, thanks!

    I agree...definitely sex links. I have two Red Stars that look just like them.
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    Chris, in reference to being able to tell which young birds are roos or pullets by first looking for red in the comb and then checking out the stockiness of the legs, I agree with you on all points...it's about 99% accurate, although I did have a chick that looked like it might be a roo at a...
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    layer pellets vs. layer crumbles

    I just started my chickens on pellets a few weeks ago...at first, they weren't sure what it was I had given them. I threw a few on the ground and they got the hang of it. I'm finding that they are much more economical as the chickens fill up quicker on them and there is no waste. You know how...
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    Winter any advice?

    Yup...there shouldn't be any problem. Some chickens prefer to sleep in the trees! Wild turkeys do...they'll be fine.
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    Omg Please Help Me

    I am so sorry for you...praying....
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    What predator will kill like this???

    So sorry this happened to your chicken. An owl kills like that.
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    Banties: Any ideas if any of the breeds really lay well?

    Wow...thanks, you all! I didn't realize so many breeds would lay so well. I appreciate all your imput!
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