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    Would a run be a better option?

    I've been watching craigslist, so far nothing of use. Trust me we know full well the legalities of shooting dogs on our properties, even told be the cop (and everyone else) that next time we see any of their dogs on our land to shot them. The owners are not right in the head and have about 25...
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    Would a run be a better option?

    I've been free ranging for about a year now, and the only issues I've had are from neighbor's dogs. I love free ranging my birds, but I'm done having these dogs come out and go on killy sprees in my yard. My BF suggests that if we wait until later morning to let them out we would solve most of...
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    Last babies out, how long to leave them in the incubator?

    So all the chicks that were going to hatch have hatched. There was a humidity drop so the one's pipping ended up drying to the shell so I ended up helping them out a little. Yolks fully absorbed but one was very weak. Few hours later they're both up and moving. I was wondering, since these...
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    There is some hope!

    About a month ago I lost all but one of my flock to a dog attack. I had been gone a week so there was a decent buildup of eggs left. My incubater wasn't up and running but something told me to get it on and collect as many eggs as possible. Despite that I didn't hold out much hope most of the...
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    Lost my entire flock...

    ginger c. : we're so sorry for your loss! are the ploice/animal control going to get the rest of those dogs away from the nut? Not yet, but I believe if there are any more reports they will be very close to it, least I hope. These dogs are very noisey, totally unsocial and unsafe, and in very...
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    Lost my entire flock...

    Wow thank you all for your kindness! Makes me feel so much better. I'm in Montana, so a bit far from most of you unfortunatly, but am so greatful for your offers I cant even express it. I do have a few LG incubators, I attempted to incubate last month but there was a heatspike early on, so...
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    Lost my entire flock...

    I went on vacation for a week with my dogs, leaving my BF alone with all the other animals. He gets home from work one day to our entire 2.5 arces strewn with chicken bodies. Something had come in and destoryed about 25 chickens and 2 turkeys. Nothing eaten just torn up. Luckly one single...
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    Decided to start incubating my own eggs!

    Hello everyone, I've just jumped into the world of hatching my own chicks! I have a couple little giant incubators which I used to incubate snake eggs for a few years, chicks are going to be a little bit different but atleast I'm quite familier with the incubator. I'll be putting eggs in...
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    Few questions about chickens in the cold

    I am using deep litter, only the two I have inside now are bantams, the rest seem fully feathered but could the not have the needed down and under fluff yet? I think he was hobbling moreso from recovering as his feet look fine. Had to bring in a young barred rock before he died this morning...
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    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    That's what they are, Millie D'Uccles. They just did not seem to be able to handle it, and I have never seen a bird so close to death recover so well. How well do they do in deeper snow? We've got about a foot here already.
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    Think it's too cold for your chickens? Think again...

    I'm in Montana, the past few days have been below 0F, windy and snowing. I did loose a few birds, but I think it had much more to do with them being too crowded as they all squeezed to get under the heatlamp then the cold itself. I raised the heatlamp to the ceiling of the coop for our coldest...
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    Few questions about chickens in the cold

    So I have a flock of about 25 13 week olds, two older bantams and an older hen. I live in Montana and we were just smacked by winter. This is my first winter with chickens so I'm still learning a lot. The coop has plenty of ventilation and is a few degrees warmer, plus I have a heat lamp on...
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    Vomiting young barred rock

    I have a 3 month old barred rock cockeral who right now is very lethargic and 'vomiting' a yellowish liquid. He was acting fine yesterday, however didn't go into the coop last night unknown by me. It's been in the 30's here. I found him this morning by the rabbit cages very lethargic, picked...
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    Wyandotte and sex-link?

    What throws me off about the first one is that they came from Mcmurry, the EE's I got from them look totally different then that one making me wonder if she's a hatchery quality something else.
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    Wyandotte and sex-link?

    Or are we something entirely different?
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