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    Tcombests Page

    Combest Chicken Ranch San Angelo, Texas Well, I guess I am a big time "chicken rancher" now since I have my own homepage on BYC's website. I live in San Angelo, Texas. I am a 51 yrs old male and live with my 22 year old daughter in town. I have a 10 acre place 10 miles west of town where I...
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    The 2x3x8 Tractor Coop

    The 2x3x8 Tractor Coop Here's a picture of a couple tractor coops I built. Some building photos: Pre-Cut 2x4's Drill out the screw holes Toe-in vertical boards with screws Screw toe-in the verticals Putting...
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    Black stuff around beak, eyes, comb, and chickens dying

    Thank all of y'all for your replies. I did some google homework just now and also on BYC and it does seem to be Fowl Pox. It looks like I will probably be doing a coop overhaul. Again, thanks.
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    Black stuff around beak, eyes, comb, and chickens dying

    I have a coop out in the country with a dirt floor. The coop is very dirty and not very airey. I have lost about 20 chickens. They get black spots on their comb and around their beak. Their comb begins to droop. The chickens act fine, may be a little lethargic. Whatever this is that is...
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    Tumor

    I have a Turken that has the same thing... but you can see it all the time because she has no feathers there. We thought all the time that it was a big tumor... gross. We even named her fugly because of the way she looked. But I've noticed that if you watch her, the "tumor" will be very small...
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    Chicken tractor size

    Im just now finishing up my fourth tractor. The first one had a yard 4'x8' and a house 3'x4'. The unit is almost too heavy to move around. It can be done, but not that easy... and I didn't build it all that bulky. I now have a new design that I think is much better. The house is 2'x3' and...
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    My chickens butt hurts

    Thank y'all for your help. I noticed last night that she is getting weaker. I put some food and water in front of her on the ground and she was obviously starving. I don't think she wants to walk 10 feet outside the coop to the feeder. I'll isolate her today, give her plenty of food and...
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    My chickens butt hurts

    I don't know how else to put it. My hen walks around standing straight up with her butt dragging the ground. She acts like her butt is hurting. I noticed that her eggs now have some wierd lines on them like there is something going on in the shell formation. She is getting weak now and the...
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    Can you cross a bantam rooster with a white rock hen

    OK, Im pretty sure that we've seen a lot of fertilized eggs. I assume a not fertile egg has a very small dot, i.e., 1mm across like a pencil lead????? And then if it is fertile, it should be a round dot about 3mm across with a dot in the middle??? The pictures do help a lot and I really...
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    Can you cross a bantam rooster with a white rock hen

    Im not real good at knowing how to check the bullseye. Should it be much larger? Or what should it look like? .......... I think our previous incubator was too hot. I have since bought a new incubator and have it set right. I am hoping for better luck now and should have eliminated that...
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    Can you cross a bantam rooster with a white rock hen

    I have an Old English Game Bantam that has been "having a field day" with several of my brown egg layers hens. He is the only rooster with them. He is definitely breeding with them.... or trying to. We have only found one fertilized egg out of many. I am wondering if it was a fluke that they...
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