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    Pinless Peepers and still pecking feathers :(

    3 of my 7 girls were getting their feathers pecked out by the other 4 so we put the pinless peepers on the worst offenders. It was good for about 2 days and now at least one of them with the pinless peepers is right back to her old tricks and I think that one of the others who hadn't been...
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    Mystery Blood

    When cleaning the poop board off this morning I noticed a bunch of blood drops. Big drops, probably a couple tablespoons of blood I would guess, all dried. There was no poo in with the blood, only blood drops. The biggest drops were in line with the other poo piles but then the smaller drops...
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    Bleeding foot/leg question

    Here is a pic of the worst wound. It almost looks like a scrape. There was skin hanging before. That is now gone. Again I don;t think it is serious but just want to know if there is something I should do.
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    Bleeding foot/leg question

    Hi All, I don't think this is a super emergency or anything but I noticed my barred rock this morning as some torn skin on her ankle (do chickens have ankles?) and there was just a bit of reddish but not really bleeding. The other foot between 2 toes the skin looks like it is roughed up and a...
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    When to and how to start a little free ranging?

    Hi, my 8 girls are 7 weeks old and have been in the coop/run since they were 3 or so weeks old. They go into the coop at dusk and whenever a dog barks. They will only be going out to free range when I am home... my neighbors dog (who has one of those underground fence tingys) likes to herd...
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    It is like a chicken World War out there!

    My 8 chicks are just about killing each other in the coop for roosting space. It is crazy out there! 5 of them are trying to roost on a window cill that only has room for 3 of them, maybe 4 at the most! And the 2 Austrolorps (named Jedi and Vader oddly enough) are fighting to the death for a...
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    Can I turn the light off now?

    Hi all, My girls have been in the coop for a week and a half. They are 5 weeks old on Monday and I would say pretty well feathered out. I have been turning the heat light on only at night and they have been outside all day. Today's temp was only in the 60s. The temps are still only in the...
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    Are we Roos?

    Thank you. First time chick momma and don't have anything to compare them to other than the other girls in the coop. The combs on these two seemed much pinker than the others and I was getting concered.
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    Are we Roos?

    We will be 5 weeks old on Monday. We came from MyPetChicken.com and we are supposed to be hens but we know they can't be 100% sure. None of our sisters have this much pinkish in their combs yet and the pink doesn't show up as well in these photos as it does in real life. Anyone have any...
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    Roost in brooder (pic heavy!)

    Great brooder and roost! I love that sweet chick in the 2nd photo! ADORABLE! Quote: I had a plastic bin for a brooder also and I got some large dowels, 1" or so. I cut them to size so they would fit across the bin (the short way) and then drilled a small hole in each side of the bin wall...
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    New fluffy butts-picture obese!

    Ahhhh! So cute!
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    Girls' first night in coop...empty nest :(

    Seriously?! I felt foolish that I kept hearing the girls in the other room after they had flown the coop.. err brooder! Phantom Chirping! Glad to know I'm not the only one.
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    Poo Question

    I am probably just being a nervous chick momma but..... I found this bloodyish kinda poo (hope it shows up well enough in the pic) this afternoon when I went to clean a favorite roost spot of my nearly 4 week old Barred Rock chick. I looked at the poo page and it looked like it was just the...
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    chick-fil-a

    Quote: My sister-in-law doesn't eat any meat that has a bone--not even T-bone steak. The bone has to be gone before it is cooked or she won't eat it. I am the same way! I can have the meat cooked on the bone but the bones do not come to the table with me EVER. As for eating chicken now...
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    Field Trip Day 1

    So funny! That would have made a great video!
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