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    Anyone use these pens for baby chicks?

    I do it the old fashioned way. A wire cage with a light bulb hanging down. Covered with a dark sheet. Newspaper and paper towels on the bottom. Just raised 9 from November hatch and now I have 7 in the same cage.
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    Anyone use these pens for baby chicks?

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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    I started raising chickens/bantams when I was just a kid and had nobody to build me a coop so they roosted in the trees at night. I just turned 76 years young and still have the "bug". Every city we lived in as a family, we had chickens in the backyard and never had a complaint. My children...
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    Vaccinate or Not

    I do it if I can afford it. Where I live there is a great possibility that my chickens will get Fowl Pox. It's a terrible thing to deal with. I vaccinate if I can find the vaccine at a reasonable price but lately it has cost more to pay shipping that the actual vaccine. Anybody know how...
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    Vaccinate or Not

    I do it if I can afford it. Where I live there is a great possibility that my chickens will get Fowl Pox. It's a terrible thing to deal with. I vaccinate if I can find the vaccine at a reasonable price but lately it has cost more to pay shipping that the actual vaccine. Anybody know how...
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    Sick Leghorn. Help?

    Find a vet who treats farm animals or one who treats exotic pet birds. Call around.
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    Good Morning!

    Hello and Welcome. Are you wanting to start raising chickens for the eggs mostly or just for fun? I do it for fun and have always preferred bantams. Still get eggs but small ones.
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    What chicken breeds are best for holding/tame?

    In my experience, almost all chickens will make good tame pets if they are incubator and brooder raised. Mama hens teach their chicks to be afraid.
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    Kinds of predators

    Very close to Bishopville and a lifetime native here. I don't believe the lizard man would fit into any holes I might have.
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    Kinds of predators

    Very close to Bishopville and I'm a lifetime native here. But I'm sure there are no holes big enough for him!
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    Kinds of predators

    Sumter, about 40 miles east of Columbia.
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    Kinds of predators

    Ha...I'm going to drive to the Piedmont! I'll see if I can get DNR to come.
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    Kinds of predators

    I read this while researching weasels. [Weasel kills are identified by severed heads and severe wounds to the back of the neck.} And the chick that was eaten was attacked on the head and eaten partially down the neck. The other one was just killed. This may mean it had it's fill or something...
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    Kinds of predators

    Yes, we have a pond a good ways from the house but I doubt an otter would go that far away from a pond that is full of delicious fish. About the predator list: We've had bobcats, skunks, possum, snakes, hawks, eagles, you name it. Even had signs of a black bear. But very few can get into...
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    Kinds of predators

    Definitely. Didn't see any fur/hair.
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