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    What do you use for a brooder?

    I've moved the cage the momma had her nest in, into a small pup tent. The tent is in our garage during our cold snap. It's big enough for them to race around, yet small enough to keep them cozy with a drop light. I change out a towel on the floor every day, and go in there and sit with them...
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    Piggy back rides!!!

    These piggy back rides, have been going on since the chicks started gettting their wing feathers last week. They are just over 2 weeks old now. They are absolutely hysterical. I gave them peas the other day, and it was like I had 7 little wind-up toys, they were all zooming around in crazy...
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    Brown eggs and my weird mother

    My mom wont eat my farm fresh eggs because.... (this one-liner should be a new post) .... she thinks she's eating potential chickies, and that its just plain gross. For somereason commercial rasied eggs are not gross, but any egg coming out of my cute chickens who eat healthy things is Gross...
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    Skunk beat up by Rooster! Other rooster faints! Nugget meets ice.....

    OMG.. I was laughing so hard, I had tears rolling down my face, I had to re-read it outloud to the family, and couldnt even talk. What a great story. Poor Blue! I want a Nugget... he might take on our Coyote issues!! Thanks for posting.. made my day!
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    Motley crue hatched!

    Thanks, chickies are staying warm. It's about 80 inside the tent, and they go under momma to sleep. They are doing very well, and are soo much fun! I keep hearing that hens get mean when they have chicks, but this one turned sweet. Maybe she's thankful we saved her from the coyotes, and...
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    Motley crue hatched!

    We have a white American Game foul (I THINK) who started sitting on 15 eggs. She is small, so I gave 6 of her eggs to another sitting hen, whos eggs never hatched. She deserted the nest, so I brought the eggs home, and put them in an incubator. I really didnt think they'd hatch, but they did...
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    Fleas maybe?

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    MASSACRE...I need a shoulder... :(

    So sorry to hear that!
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    Mites, mites & MITES!!!

    I feel for you! I have about 40 free-range chickens, we just got the property about a month ago, and this weekend tore down and cleaned up where the previous owner had a bunch of nasty old cages. There is no grass anywhere the chickens lived, but there were a bunch of vines covering the roof...
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    are these Speckled Sussex?

    Thanks so much!!!
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    are these Speckled Sussex?

    Here is another shot.. also a little blurry, sorry, they move so dang fast. I have two of these gals.
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    Here's another, what type of Roo please????

    I have 4 of these, one has a white tuft of feathers on his rump, two appear to be twins.. and even pal around together. I am assuming they were nest-mates. Thanks!!
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    are these Speckled Sussex?

    Is this a Speckled Sussex hen?
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    New chicken owner needs help identifying her pets

    Speckled Sussex.. sounds good. No, he came with some land we just bought in sunny Ocala, FLORIDA. Thanks for all the quick responses.
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    New chicken owner needs help identifying her pets

    He does resemble this.. maybe he lost his long tail feathers like your's has. Maybe Joker is a "mutt". Is there a chicken world term for "mutt"
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