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    No oats for our chickens!!

    If you read farther into the article, Kayla, it goes on to explain how the oats are bad for their digestion, preventing absorption of healthy foods, and giving them icky poop...so oats are bad for treats.
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    No oats for our chickens!!

    So, I've got some expired steel cut oats, probably fine but my daughter freaks out over best by dates, so I was gonna take it out to the girls for a treat, but THEN I found this article....according to Purina poultry nutritionist, it's really bad for them...
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    Columbian Rocks from Tractor Supply? I think not...

    Wow, I think you nailed it, thanks so much! Are those barred rocks with them, that's what my black ones look like, too...seems we have the same chicks! Grrr, Tractor Supply!
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    Columbian Rocks from Tractor Supply? I think not...

    I got these chicks from Tractor Supply last week. The yellow ones were sold as Columbian Rocks, but the feathers are coming in brown!! Anyone want to guess what they really are????
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    Ameracauna or EE??

    So, to update my thread, of the 5 chicks I got, the 2 brown and the black and white one all turned out to be boys, dang it! Lesson learned, never pick a pretty chick, pretty chicks will be pretty roosters!! We ate them, and the two little grey hens laid little green and blue eggs, medium/small...
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    Ameracauna or EE??

    Just to follow up, I put the black and white chicks pix on the thread for determining gender, if anyone wants to follow my post over there....please be girl, please be girl....!
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    Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

    Here's my 7 week old back and white Ameracauna/Easter Egger...I'm thinking boy but hoping girl! Is there any hope???
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    Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

    I have 5 EEs, about 6 weeks old....2 of them are getting some black tail feathers with that shiny black/green/blue sheen on them....is that a clear sign for boys? One of them is definitely a rooster, comb is really red, plus I think he was trying to crow this morning (!), but the others comb is...
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    Ameracauna or EE??

    Well, whew again! Now I don't feel so stupid for being confused on this subject, seems like there's a lot of confusion shared by many! I appreciate everyone's thoughts on my green legged EE birds! I'm gonna post better pix soon to see if we can figure out the sex of couple of them that are...
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    Ameracauna or EE??

    Alex, I got these chicks from a young small farmer not far down the road from me.....my flock was killed by a fox a couple weeks back, so I scrambled to find chicks right away, the feed stores were all sold out. Here's a pix of the pretty things, the 2 brown ones are very friendly, the grey ones...
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    Ameracauna or EE??

    Whew, the more I read, the more confused I get, there is SOOOOO much information on this site! So, let's see if I understand this right...an Ameracauna is a breed that lays blue eggs, and if you mix it with another breed you get an EE...is that right?? And can you know which you actually have...
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    ⠀ Day 20: Post a photo of your Oyster Strong™ System eggs. *To be eligible, you must post between May

    Oh my, those are a beautiful pink shade!
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    Hi Chick peeps!

    Thanks for the warm welcome and all the great advice!
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    Small Chicken Tractor

    OMG Maggie, we are tractor sisters!! We do wrap ours in plastic in the winter to keep the girls sheltered from the wind and snow.
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    What buries its kill?

    A couple weeks ago, my son let our 4 chickens out of their coop and into their fenced in run at around 7 in the morning as usual. At around 10 o'clock I walked by their run on my way to the garden and saw feathers everywhere. Entering the run I found one chicken sitting by a chicken with its...
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