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    Please help identify the mystery mix sent with my surprise order!

    LOL -- thanks for the reply...but that was from like almost 2 years ago -- they've all grown up! You are correct though, the first box was silver-laced polish (and they turned out to be mostly male so we had to give them away). The last one was indeed an easter egger :)
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    Why do my hens look so wrecked?

    Thanks for the suggestion, I'll work on their space needs. Seems like a win-win, more room for the hens and hopefully less rooster damage in general.
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    Why do my hens look so wrecked?

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    Why do my hens look so wrecked?

    Thanks for the insight. Would it possible to remove the Rooster from them for a few days at a time to let them have time to heal? Or will that mess up the entire pecking order? I actually had a couple more roosters (that were much more alpha than my current one), so we gave them all away...
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    Why do my hens look so wrecked?

    Here's the photos: http://imgur.com/a/gTtrl Background, about 25 hens and 1 rooster live in a 150 ft coop (with outside time). They have a giant 5 gallon waterer and 5 gallon feeder. Is this a disease/infestation problem? Is this just what hens look like and is normal? (Some of them don't...
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    Olandsk Dwarf Chicks hatching May 11-12

    Hey! I was the "friend" who got three baby chicks last year! They're all doing very well, one turned out to be a roo and the two others are hens. The roo is very protective of his girls! All three are different colors and very pretty (since they're a "land race"). Anyway, you should get in...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    Be sure to update us with what you get :D
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    Update please! (And pictures!).
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    I'm interested to see if your requests are met, please let us know. It was nice that they put those specifics on your invoice, I asked for a couple of specific breeds but they just wrote "Customer looking for good assortment." Although, in the end I was still very happy with my assortment (but...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    Wow! 26 Polish! That's pretty awesome--I only got 19 (and 13 of them were Silver Laced Polish). Your chicks look really big for one month! Mine are three weeks now and they still look pretty small, I wonder if I'm not feeding them enough. Do your chicks run away from you/are frightened by...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    Hrm. What did you ask for and what did you get? What are "no thank you" birds? On my order I wrote that I wanted: "Silkies, Turkens, Top Hats and EEs for pets. No meat birds please." On my invoice they wrote "Customer looking for assorted variety for pets. No meat birds." In my actual...
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    What % protein should I be feeding?

    Awesome. Thanks for the advice. I'll switch them to a higher % protein feed this weekend.
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    What % protein should I be feeding?

    But as two week old chicks, is the 18% starter/grower feed acceptable, or should I up it to 20%? I haven't decided what I'm going to do when they reach laying age (since it's a mixed flock of male/female and light/medium/heavy breed chickens). I read here that some people just use layer feed...
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    What % protein should I be feeding?

    Perfect. Thank you for the link/article.
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    What % protein should I be feeding?

    Does anyone know of any general guidelines for what % protein we should be feeding backyard chicks/chickens? Online, different feeds come with different % amounts. From what I've seen: 18 to 22% for first 6 weeks 18% for week 7-18 16% for week 19 and on Is this the correct protein % for my...
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