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    Guessing game - What breed is this chick? Day old "freebie" from Murray McMurray

    ooh, that looks like a real contender! If so, this little guy/gal is going to be beautiful! Thanks for your guess! https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/blue_laced_red_wyandotte.html
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    Guessing game - What breed is this chick? Day old "freebie" from Murray McMurray

    Good afternoon all, I got this little chick thrown in with a batch of cornish cross and was curious if anyone had any guesses as to breed.
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    Need thoughts and suggestions - (temporarily) relocating hens 40min away from house to vacant land

    Good thinking, there should be construction workers there, but not every day and the people there rotate out--they are all specialized trades/subcontractor teams that come and go and that I don't know or meet. I do have one neighbor that I have met that is friendly and might be willing to...
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    Need thoughts and suggestions - (temporarily) relocating hens 40min away from house to vacant land

    Hi All, I am looking for advice and suggestions on the logistics of a challenge I have. I currently have illegal chickens (3 hens) in the backyard of my subdivision home. I've had no issues with the city or my neighbors, but I am listing my house for sale in another month and the chickens...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    Hey ya'll, exciting news at our place today--we got our VERY FIRST EGG! Came from our Calico Princess hen Traci that we got as a chick in August. We also have one more calico princess and an australorp we got at the same time, but the other two girls are a little behind in their development...
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    What is this on my chickens face??

    Any updates? Inquiring minds would love to know!
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    Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

    Add me to the "pecked in the eyeball" club. Fortunately my blink reflex was on point and I got an eyelid down before the peck happened. It still hurt! I'm brand new to chickens (we've had ours since August), and I've never been around any kind of birds before at all. It never occurred to me...
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    Embarrassed and sadened. What actually happened?

    Odds are the 3-4 days of no food/water contributed to the event and loss of your chicken. You'll probably never know what happened exactly or on what timeline, but I wanted to tell you this---don't be harder on yourself than you already have been. You didn't do it on purpose. You didn't...
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    What is this on my chickens face??

    It's killing me to want to pick that scab off and SQUEEZE. Note, that this isn't recommended, but is what I would do anyways...lol
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    What is this on my chickens face??

    I'm a chicken newbie so can't speak with any experience regarding chickens specifically, but i used to work as a veterinary assistant and the pictures, to me, look like a puncture wound (either a peck, or got poked with something) and resulting inflammation/swelling due to infection--possibly...
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    The ‘I’ve Got The COVID Shot Club’!

    The science denial is so frustrating. People have the absolute right to do with their bodies what they wish. I believe people who don't want to be vaccinated should not be forced to be vaccinated. This doesn't, however, remove the responsibility and consequences of those decisions--which, for...
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    The ‘I’ve Got The COVID Shot Club’!

    Dude. We were talking about the flu shot, but do you consider all preventative medicine "poison" now? I'm sorry that you've fallen victim to politicized misinformation. I hope you remain well.
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    The ‘I’ve Got The COVID Shot Club’!

    Being afraid of something and doing it anyway is the bravest thing, and I know how hard it is. I don't like needles, either, but I've found that in the last couple of years my anxiety has decreased a little with "practice". Just remember that the anticipatory anxiety is always the worst--the...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    I had to unexpectedly cull my first chicken today, my 12wk old cockerel started crowing this morning (we're not allowed chickens where we live, let alone roosters) so that was all very sudden and unexpected, but I think I did a decent job with the cull and processing and the poor guy is in the...
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    Help me choose a LGD please!

    A LGD seems an incredible investment of cost and effort (the dog itself, if from good stock won't be cheap, plus annual vet costs--both routine and sickness/injury costs, plus feed, plus training, plus flea/tick, heartworm and grooming needs) for a very small number of birds. Dogs are...
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