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    Children Vaccines and Autism

    We do not vaccinate our kids, it is a personal choice that only the parents can make. We have 2 friends that took their 18 month old boys in for their check ups. The boys were fine. Both received the standard vaccines. In less than 5 hours both had fevers and were never the same. One parent...
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    Sheet Metal Egg Boxes

    I was on here about 5 months ago and found some pictures of nesting boxes that someone made out of sheet metal. Anyone?
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    Determining What Hens Are Laying

    I'm a new egg...got my coop up thanks to help on here, got 9 of my 10 pullets to about egg laying time.... I'm getting an egg here, 4 there, etc. All 9 of my hens are in the same coop/run, how do I determine which hens are laying? Should I start to separate them somehow and monitor them? I...
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    Sexing a white rock

    thanks everyone! I'm sorry mods that I put this in the wrong forum...I'm a new egg...haha
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    Sexing a white rock

    o.k., AWESOME!!!
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    Sexing a white rock

    I have a white rock that looked just like the other 2 'girls' up until about a week ago and all of a sudden his comb has sprouted... How exactly does one sex a chicken, don't you squeeze their 'rear' and look for a nub? I'm a pretty new 'chicken' farmer...and I can't figure out how to upload...
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    Dog Crate Brooder?

    the plastic at first seems like a great idea, thanks for all the advice!
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    Dog Crate Brooder?

    Awesome, that's exactly what I was going to do! I was going to just push a doll rod through when the chicks got a little bit bigger! Thank you!!!!
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    Dog Crate Brooder?

    I'm getting my 10 baby chicks next wednesday and was planning on using a large size dog crate for my brooder. What are your thoughts to doing this? I plan on getting some shaving to put in? I've got my feeder, waterer, heat light, and food. My friend raises pheasants and always puts a...
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    Hatchery/Breed

    I actually took the chance and ordered them from our local farm and fleet. I got 5 white rocks and 5 New Hampshire reds for a whopping total of $15. They come from a hatchery around 2 hours south of us and have a 10 day 'return' policy. I would have like to only have to order 5-6 birds and...
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    Hatchery/Breed

    Where does everyone get their chicks? Is there anywhere that does not require you to get 25?
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    Hatchery/Breed

    I live in Central Illinois and will be ordering our families first chickens here in a few days. I was going to order some White Rocks and was wondering what other breed would play nice with them. Also, I was going to get sexed chicks from Murray/McMurray, how good are they at sexing the chicks...
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    New Coop

    Just got my walls all put up for my coop. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped with their ideas! I'll post pictures and such after I get them leveled and the rafters/roof on!
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    Playhouse Coop Ideas

    Awesome! I looked at like 50 of the coops and I didn't see that one!!!!
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    Playhouse Coop Ideas

    No one has some decent pictures of their builds?
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