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

    10 years now and I cannot fathom my life without them! They’re wonderful pets with big personalities!!! All it took was watching my neighbor’s flock for 6 months and to taste one of their fried eggs and I was hooked! A week later I had two chicks, then went back and got two more a couple weeks...
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    Cat killed my goose last night

    Have you thought of cattle panels from Tractor Supply? They’re pretty stiff, inexpensive and could cover a lot of space. Then maybe fill in spots with chicken wire fencing.
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    New Here!

    Welcome!! Easter Eggers are one of my favorites…. Do you have pictures?! Tiny chicks are so adorable!
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Meet my sweety 2 1/2 month old chick Georgie…. She loves lap time and sitting on the arm of my backyard chair!
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    Please help! Chicken suddenly gasping but otherwise alright

    If she’s wheezing and has fluid flowing out of her beak, it could be pneumonia. Call your vet. I think you can give VetRx orally, but check the instruction. If you have Nutra Drench, give her some. That should help! I’ve given it to a sick chick and it perked mine right up!
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    Please help! Chicken suddenly gasping but otherwise alright

    Yes! Corn is a hot food! My dad grew up on a farm and raised chickens for eggs. Dad advised me not to feed it to my city flock during the warmer months.
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Marans

    This is my first time with Marans. I have one golden and one cuckoo, then three olive eggers which are mixed with an Americana. My chicks are hilarious and are SUPER active! Their favorite thing to do is run FULL SPEED and then fly to wherever they are going!
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    please advise, heartbroken and afraid

    I think three. Better three in case she picks on them!
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    please advise, heartbroken and afraid

    I’m so sorry for your heartaches. I wish you well! It will get better and yes, get more ducks!
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    Cuckoo Maran chicks fluffing up neck feathers?

    Four of them are all taking a dust bath in a flower bed… oh wait, the fifth one just joined them! They blend in perfectly in the dirt! LOL I live in the city, yet a Cooper’s hawk live in the neighborhood, so I supervise after I get home from work. Oh yeah, and my cats are afraid of them! The...
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    Cuckoo Maran chicks fluffing up neck feathers?

    Oh yes they are! I often sit outside with them instead of watching TV. :wee
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    Cuckoo Maran chicks fluffing up neck feathers?

    Okay!! I’ve had RSLs for 10 years and I’ve never observed the neck fluffing like the marans. I was afraid maybe they were cockerels. My RSLs just fluff up all over and shake their feathers. These marans are hilarious and super entertaining!
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    Made my own Coop, respectful critiques welcome!

    Ummmm, just WOW! I need to make one too, and now I think I want to copy your! It’s wonderful!!!!!! I’m not a carpenter either, so perhaps you could write an article about how you made it and its dimensions?! I only know the very basics!!!!
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    Cuckoo Maran chicks fluffing up neck feathers?

    I have five cuckoo maran chicks which are about two and a half months old… I’ve noticed an odd behavior. They sometimes fluff up their neck feathers. Any clues if it’s particular to this breed of chicken? I’ve never had them before. They all look like pullets to me. No one has a larger comb...
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    Post pictures of your funny hens!

    Oh that is so hilarious!!! Have you ever thought about picking up local fertilized eggs, just to see what happens? That might rock Pea’s world! She might be the best little mama bird ever!!!!! 🥰😂🤣. I carry my ten years RSL hen from the roof of our hot water radiant heating house (the roof...
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