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    Chick with bad balance

    I'm starting to think the poor girl is spraddle legged. Odd, I thought that happened very early, but I really didn't notice it until a day or two ago. They were on newspaper for 2 or 3 days over wood shavings, and have been on wood shavings since. I checked some other postings for spraddle legs...
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    Chick with bad balance

    One of my chicks, an australorp pullet, not quite 3 weeks old, is showing some strange behaviour. In the last couple of days, I have noticed her sitting/squatting/crouching so that her lower legs are touching the litter, then she'll rock back on her knees(?). Sometimes she'll catch herself, and...
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    rare breeds

    Hi Picco, I have 3 out of the 4 BLR Wyandottes that I ordered fro MM, but as they are only 2 weeks old, I don't know what I have. They only offered straight run. If I end up having two cockerels, I only intend on keeping 1. Would you be intersted in the other, if there is one?
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    Someone insulted my chickens!!! :(

    Maybe he should go back and look at a picture of himself when he was a gawky teenager!
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    HOW DO THEY DYE COLORED CHICKENS???

    Wow! I never knew that. My Grandpa used to mix up dye (maybe it was RIT, not sure) in a pail, then dunk(didn't put their heads under water) his white silkies (chickens, not underwear!) and work it in with a brush. He had yeloow, red, and blue. He would take them to the livestock auction and sell...
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    Ok, so I have the fever....NOW WHAT? lol

    If you aren't in it commercially, and the price of feed doesn't bother you, then I don't see replacing them every year. Maybe three, who knows. This is my first year with chickens, so I will learn as I go. I suppose part of the mindset is how attached one gets to them. If the really are your...
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    Poop Buildup on chicks, but not blockage

    Got them cleaned up this morning, about 6 of them. I don't think any of them were truly blocked, just poop stuck to the skin and wee fuzz below the vent. I used warm water and a washcloth, which helped, but I still had to pull a little bit. They didn't like that! Must be like pulling off a...
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    BYC Member Frappr Map

    Woohoo! I'm on the map! If you see my picture, I'm the one on the right.
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    Poop Buildup on chicks, but not blockage

    I have some chick that aren't quite 2 weeks old yet. I was just down to see them after work. They are all active and look fine, but some have a lot of poop built up on their rears. They are very skittish, but I managed to get hold of one of the worst. The vent is clear, but the poop is stuck to...
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    Anyone from Western New York

    Hi Finch, I have in-laws in Boston, NY, which shouldn't be too far from you. Have you ever been to the Springville livestock auction? Do you have peacocks for sale? (for future reference)
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    Popular Saying That Originated From Chickens

    My dad used to say, well, he still does, "Sweatin' like a hen drawing rails" I guess those would be fence rails, as a lot of the fences where I grew up were made out of split cedar rails.
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    Anyone from Western New York

    Picco, Hmmm, Let me guess. SUNY Geneseo? You don't have your chcikens in the dorm do you?
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    Anyone from Western New York

    Hi, I live in Kendall, which is about a 1/2 hour northwest of Rochester, just into Orleans county. I would like to find out who all is into chickens in my area. Thanks.
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    Canadians check in here....

    I'm originally from Ontario, and my mum has a little flock of RIR's just north of Wiarton, Ont. on the lovely Bruce Peninsula.
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    thechickenfarmer, I don't know if Monarch of the Glen is still on. I missed some of the later episodes Lunachick, My wife's name is Ginny, also. Just Ginny, not Virginia, or Ginger, though we sometimes call her that.
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