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    My Recipe for Chicken Granola!

    Here's a recipe I created for what I call "Chicken Granola"
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    Setting up our dust bath

    FWIW I consider animal husbandry to be very important, and I understand that there are many different ways to create a great environment for livestock of all types. I understand that one of the main reasons to provide a dust bath is to reduce the mite burden on chickens. I don’t have...
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    Setting up our dust bath

    https://youtu.be/bW1ceWI3Stw This may not be new news, but it may be entertaining!
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    Chicken Halloween Pumpkin

    Thank you.
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    9 week old Black Langshan cockerel to good home Central IL

    My "Free Surprise Chick" From Murray McMurray hatchery is a Black Langshan cockerel. The hatch date was August 27, 2025. I don't really need another rooster, so I would like to place him with someone who will appreciate him. I contacted local 4H groups hoping to get him into a child's care...
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    Chicken Halloween Pumpkin

    I don't know if this is allowed, but I would like to share a fun video of my chickens, their covered run, and the Halloween pumpkin treat that I shared with them!
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    My "Free Surprise Chick"

    You are right. The chick began to develop feathers on the feet, but not the same density as a Chochin. I'm fairly certain, based on what's available at Murry McMurray, that it's a Black Langshan.
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    My "Free Surprise Chick"

    Actually, I think I just figured it out. Can someone confirm it's likely a Barred Plymouth Rock?
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    My "Free Surprise Chick"

    My new chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery arrived on Tuesday. I received a "Free Surprise Chick" along with Red Star and Black Star pullets. Can anyone give me a guess about this "penguin marked" surprise chick might be?
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    Buff breeds

    Thanks! I'm patient!
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    Buff breeds

    I have 5 week old chicks from MurrayMcMurray hatchery, from the egg layer assortment. I have two feather-footed buff chicks that I'm assuming are Buff Cochins, since that's the only buff colored, feather-footed breed I see on their website. However, I also received two, smooth legged, buff...
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    Third time with chickens over many years

    I went with the MurrayMcMurray "Choice Egg Layers." In the past, I got the "Brown Egg Layers," so this time I have a wider variety of chicks.
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    AI Chicken Breed Identifier failed to ID

    Thank you so much. I appreciate the help.
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    AI Chicken Breed Identifier failed to ID

    That was FAST. You must know your chickens! I would have never found the Egyptian Fayoumi or the Easter Egger.... I've been scouring the MurrayMcMurry website for days. But, at least Blue laced Red Wyandotte was on my list of possible choices for the third girl. Thank you very much.
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    Third time with chickens over many years

    I got my first chickens back in the mid 1990's when I was single and lived on a small farmette in Wisconsin (with sheep and ducks and the Border Collies that herded them.) In 2001 I moved with my new husband to southern Illinois. We sold the Wisconsin chickens, and then about a year later...
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