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    Fishy smelling egg.

    We have one polish that has been consistently laying fishy smelling eggs. I was suspicious of the first couple but when I knew the eggs were fresh and tried them they tasted fine. I eat them myself so they don't turn my little ones off of eggs. Every one I've had tasted just fine.
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I'm in Westborough so only a couple towns away. I am also wondering how our girls' first winter will go. I just got a water pail warmer off Amazon for the bucket we have fitted with chicken nipples and need to get it rigged up so we don't have to keep de-icing on cold mornings. We have already...
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    the sultan thread

    From reading through the Creve thread it sounds like our girls are black Polish. They look similar to Crevecoeurs but they don't have the red face. Thanks for all the input everyone!
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    the sultan thread

    We have a couple of chickens that came from what was supposed to be a bantam batch at TSC. My nephew (a 4-H kid) said they look like sultans. Both are black (with a bluish tingle in good light) but neither of them seems to have developed foot feathering yet (at 6 months old). Here are a couple...
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    Third Time's a Charm

    Thanks dd! Sounds like good advice. I'll check it out.
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    Third Time's a Charm

    Thanks for the assurances ChickCanoe! As I mentioned, we refenced the run. It is now all 1/2" hardware cloth. Our full setup has a 4'x8' footprint so it was still reasonable using hardware cloth. We have also tried to close up any gaps at doors where there was some play. The last weasel...
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    Third Time's a Charm

    Hi All, My wife and I are on our third round of chickens after having 2 previous small flocks wiped out by a weasel. We are in the Boston area in the suburbs abutting swamp so we have lots of predators to worry about. Coyote, fox, weasel, fisher, racoon, skunk... This time around we are...
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    Sponsored Post Enjoy free range chicken without the worry of night time predators with the new Brinsea ChickSafe au

    I've been trying to visualize the mechanism for the ChickSafe door opener. Looking at the Brinsea website and other images on the web doesn't show me how it connects to the door. The manual makes it sound like it is just a wire/string that the opener winds up to open and unwinds to close. Is...
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