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    Help! New chick - prolapse? Pasty butt?

    I miss identified the vent on my first chicks, it looks like that is quite a bit lower than the tail in the picture, I think it is the dried "umbilical cord" (I have no idea what the actual name is in chickens) you have picked. Look above that for another hole, it is probably not pasty.
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    Can Chickens Eat Alfalfa Hay?

    I came on here looking for info about alfalfa pellets. I bought some to give them some cheap greens for the winter and then got to wondering how good of idea it was. I also have ducks and just dumped some today in water for them. So, thanks
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    Chicken Garden - Are These Alright?

    Mine didn't eat calendula either. I let them have access to the garden after we were done with it. They never did eat the calendula, pretty much everything else was eventually eaten. Ours really liked tomatoes and watermelon. They also haven't been interested in carrots no matter how I give...
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    Did they pick their own next box? Updated and pictures added

    Update: Appearently they have been laying a while. This morning I found 15 more eggs, 11 in a little pile right next to the house under our rake and behind a toy of the boys, one right under our back porch, one kind of exposed next to a tree, and two close to that but not in the pile. None of...
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    Did they pick their own next box? Updated and pictures added

    We have 6 barred rock pullets and two sussex pullets that are a month younger that have a portable coop, but lately we have just let them freerange during the day. Tonight my husband went to the back of our large yard near an old rabbit cage or coop that was from the previous renters and there...
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    Perfect Age for Meat Duck?

    Not to hijack, but I am curious about Rouens ( I figure if they know ducks they might know both types).
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    Processing Broiler at earlier age

    I am not trying to be impatient I am just wondering if we could save the feed money and have chickens for roasting that are just right for a family dinner for us. I would do some later for bigger pieces like for frying and such.
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    Feathers

    I am also wondering about composting the feathers. Do you just throw them in your regular pile whole? I would think they would be like a brown material, so you would need some green in there too?
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    Processing Broiler at earlier age

    I am wondering about ordering Red Bro Broilers from JM. I am wondering if there is a growing curve or some reason that we shouldn't process some of the biggest like at 5 or 6 weeks. We by fryers from Shelton's that are like 3 pounds and those do pretty well for our family. I also make...
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    Feeding enriched uncooked rice with scratch

    Did you ever get an email back about this? I am really curious. I didn't read the snopes but I have been told it is actually because people were slipping on the rice and bird seed is different things so not as slick.
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    Pictures of red or black broilers?

    Tomorrow the local feedstore guy is getting an assortment of chicks from Privett, it says on the website there will be some meat birds in the mix. I was wondering if anyone has a picture of what they might look like, the guy there is no help at all. Privett has pictures, but it is hard to...
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    Sussex and Buttercup mix up?

    I am pretty sure they are buttercups now, there are two small rows of combs. What do hatcheries normally do if this happens?
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    Wall-mounted feeders?

    Quote: Oh bummer, I would love a picture
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    Sussex and Buttercup mix up?

    Oh geez, I forgot. Sorry, fixed.
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    Idaho?

    Hi, I am in North/Central Idaho. I am new to chickens and loving it so far Stephanie
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