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    Broody Crushed Chicks

    Thank you for sharing your experiences. 🤗 Good news! The egg hatched this afternoon! It was zipping so slowly all morning, seemed tired. I finally decided to help, so picked off some eggshell in the line. *Crack* there's a chick kicked out into my hands. It seemed really large for its egg. I...
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    Broody Crushed Chicks

    I just wanted to vent, more than anything. Yesterday we discovered 5 newly hatched chicks crushed by the broody hen. I can't understand why she did this 😭 She had experience, not necessarily our best broody but a decent one. We found one alive who is doing well under a plate heater now. We had...
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    Give me the truth about roosters

    Op, I see the same dominance behavior in my current roo. He checks most of the temperament boxes so I'm disappointed to see him marking specific hens for harassment. This is a breeding project so I'm always changing the roos, and his paternal line were all very sweet and mild. But this...
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    The gene-spliced breeds are not good backyard chickens

    It is false to call them gene-spliced or transgenic. They are simple hybrids, crossing two breeds in physical mating conditions. It is widely known the layer hybrids are prone to health problems. The production of eggs without ceasing is hard on the body the same way a mammal constantly...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    permies ?
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    Is anyone working on a Chocolate Mottled Leghorn project?

    He has dark shanks... Orps are supposed to have white shanks. With the Leghorns having yellow, the offspring should be white or yellow, not dark... ? So I happened to mix Leghorns with English Orps in the past. They were not the goal but a building block to get larger eggs and faster growth in...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    We are looking for a farm rental in FL. Little bit odd situation, but we have an RV, and have been renting at a farm for a while now, with our chicken coop and own fencing. But the current landowners are moving out of state. (The goal is eventually to have our own land, but prices/financing...
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    Training Chickens For Extensive Handling - Resources?

    I'm not an expert on this... but I am trying to work with some chicks I hatched, as they may eventually go on to a girl who wants to show in 4H. The timing is uncertain so it may be their offspring, but in any case I'm trying to keep them tamer than I would usually bother with. For most of my...
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    At what point is overkill on permiter run fencing?

    To the title: When you can no longer access your chickens 😅 To the body of the post: We have found 2x4 4ft welded wire "No climb" fence with metal t-posts every 8 ft to be sufficient for our chicken yards. It's less pricey which helps us give them a big yard. During the day, when chickens can...
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    Prepping for winter ugh

    Umm, I think there's a rule against talking about winter prep when we are roasting 🥵🫠 😅
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    Any advice for Coccidiosis

    With them already very sick you are far better off getting some tolturazil. I believe it's easier for Canadians to get online (?). But your vet could certainly prescribe it. When they are already very sick they can go downhill fast. One thing I learned the hard way is that when they sit with...
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    Please help with run placement! :)

    Shade! (to the title) To the body of the post... still would choose shade, always. Whether the chickens pose any danger to the tree from exposed roots depends on the age and type of tree. We have old Live Oaks with some exposed roots, it's a very hard wood and the chickens like to use them...
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    Chicken Heart Health

    I'm going to risk being a pest and tag @U_Stormcrow because I know he's talked about organs in dissection and has read more poultry studies than most of us could contemplate. But it may be a little bit before he has time to reply. For me, I would like to know how to evaluate chickens for...
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    Things you wish you could say

    I live where many Florida-Man can be found, so YES it should totally be a thing! LOL Last year we got some safe yard fireworks including flaming swords that were very fun to wave around, but too short lived. They need to perfect those things. So much better than sending fire into the air that...
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    How to find small breeders?

    Since the rest has been answered I'll just respond to this part... I've had better experiences (3) from private breeders. One was a box of chicks sent from a member here, with Ameraucana and Genetic Hackle chicks. All arrived very perky and grew into good examples of their breed. Another time...
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