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    Chicken walking backwards but with head all the way back looking up

    Help! I have no idea what this is. My 18 month Millie de fluer just finished molting and has since started walking backwards with her head way back against her back while staring up. I know most people have problems with their chickens walking backwards but with their heads down so I can't find...
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    Coop pics****

    This was before we finished the trim and roof and attatched the run but you get the idea.
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    19 and a half weeks old and still no eggs :( egg countdown anyone??

    My girls are twenty two weeks old and STILL no eggs. This is my first flock so we are anxiously waiting. I have two silkies and a Brahma (all banties). We got a faux egg about three weeks ago from someone but nothing since. Any opinions on whether I will get eggs this year or will I have to wait...
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    where are the wonderful st. louis area chicken people ????

    I am in Valley Park, about 20 minutes West of the city. I am new to chickens too and loving it. We got day old chicks for my son for his birthday in June and now we are hooked! I would love to find out more about things going on in the poultry world a little closer to where we live. Anyone know...
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    Draft free but well ventilated

    How do you make your coop draft free but well ventilated? I am new to this and this will be my first winter with the girls. Any good ideas?
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    Chicken "in your face" pictures!!

    Good Old Sugar
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    Missourians are you out there?

    The weather looks like it will be beautiful. I have never been to this fair before. Is it really crowded then? any tips you can give me would be appreciated!
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    Missourians are you out there?

    I am new too, in Valley Park, about 20 min west of the city. Just started my new little flock. I have 2 silkies, 1 buff brahma bantam, and 1 jap black tail. Had two mottled cochins and a porcelain d'uccle but they turned out to be roos and I had to send them out to live on a farm Ü We are hoping...
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    mottled cochins, gender?

    and I guess in that case, is anyone looking for some beautiful Mottled cochin roos??? I live in St. Louis
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    mottled cochins, gender?

    So Sad! Thanks!
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    mottled cochins, gender?

    These two are about nine weeks old. Heard a bit of crowing but I am not quite sure which one was doing it. Perhaps they both are as I suspect they are both roosters. I am so sad because they are the only two cochins in my flock and I was hoping for at least one hen. We cannot have roosters so I...
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