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    Moving across country with our chickens, any advice?

    So, after loads of planning we ended up not bringing our chickens at all! The sale of our house got delayed and our concerns about keeping the chickens cool turned into concerns about keeping them warm. Ultimately we sold quite a few and left our favorites with my mother. It turned out to be the...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Now I wish I'd taken more pictures of her! This is one of my lovely show quality Gold Laced Wyandottes, her name is Iron and this is her first hard molt. She had a nice mild soft molt last year and she didn't even stop laying! Poor girl! She was half naked and then the temps dropped from...
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    Explaining Chicken Math

    Oh dear! I have been a willing victim of chicken math for quite a while but I'm preparing to move my family (chicken, giant dogs, and cats included) across country soon. I started selling down my hens and slaughtered extra roosters (have some away that we're too pretty and polite to eat) but...
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    Lavender Orpington Thread

    Oh they're so sweet!
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    Fertilized Fairy Egg!

    They sure do! They're hilarious! This is my favorite, Helena! ( I was trying to mimic her serious surprised face but it came off as "goofy surprise" mostly!)
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    Fertilized Fairy Egg!

    The hen that I'm pretty sure layed it usually has lovely large eggs and we just hatched a sweet little guy from one of her eggs! (My sister is holding the cutie so his beautiful fluffy legs show) And this is one of Anna's normal eggs next to our brightest blue Easter Egg!
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    Fertilized Fairy Egg!

    It's not showing in the pictures (took them with my iphone) but there were loads of little veins. I'll have to dig out my fancy camera if it happens again!
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    Fertilized Fairy Egg!

    One of my Girls layed a fairy egg and I found it today buried in the favorite nest! I opened it to show my boys and to our surprise it not only had a teeny tiny yolk, it had veins and a teeny tiny embryo! I've only ever heard that fairy eggs are yolkless so I'd love to hear about any other fairy...
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    7 week old Easter Egger, pullet or roo?

    Yep, Cheesecake ended up being a cockerel! I gave him to a woman that wanted a friendly guy for her hens so I'll have to check and see if I have any good photos of him.
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    Moving across country with our chickens, any advice?

    I am definitely more concerned about keeping the chickens stress free/minimally stressed than I am about a mess. I'll be feeding them as normal with extra treats and toys so they don't pick at each other. I may end up going the livestock trailer route so they can have a bit of extra room...
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    Moving across country with our chickens, any advice?

    Thanks y'all! It would be a small livestock trailer (vented sides and plenty of room) if we went that route.
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    Moving across country with our chickens, any advice?

    We are moving across country soon (from Texas to Washington) and have 18 chickens coming with us. We also have 2 large dogs and 4 cats coming! Currently the plan is to remove all the seats from our mini van, have cats and chickens in separate crates and the dogs (both travel well and are low...
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    Can you tell what breed this chicken is? Girl or Boy?

    It's super cute! It looks a lot like my light brahmas when they were tiny.
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    Pecked 12 Week Buff Orpington

    I would be concerned that at 12 weeks he is mating so aggressively, and girls that aren't squatting for him at that. You can dab iodine on her sores, that will help her heal up. I second the separation suggestion. If you aren't planning on breeding specifically but still want a rooster you...
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    7 week old Easter Egger, pullet or roo?

    I should say, she is HUGE. Bigger than our Light Brahma Roo of the same age and nearly twice as big as our confirmed Easter Egger roo of the same age.
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