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    Eggs for food vs eggs for chicks...sound off please

    We had store-bought eggs for Easter last year because my girls were old and pretty much slackers. Then we didn’t use them and they sat in the pantry. Hubby was cracking one open a day, and feeding to the dogs when he got to the last one...smelled to high heaven and inside was a fully formed...
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    Comment by 'whillo' in article 'My Chicken Coop'

    Thanks Twins! I have to say, that 5 years later, it's still standing up pretty well. Needs a good cleaning though, which is the plan on the next extremely hot day. Only one lovely lady left from the original 8, but they were sure my favorite chickens ever. Been through a couple of accidental...
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    Comment by 'whillo' in item 'Brahma'

    I had a pretty mean little Bantam Brahma for a couple of years. She was always sweet and on the bottom of the pack until I got more chicks and I saw a new girl emerge. Even when the chicks were 8 months old, and bigger than her, she would be wandering around out in the pen then all of a sudden...
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    Splayed or Twisted Tendons. Little Red Broken Baby

    I just wanted to post a few pics with our experience with Little Red Broken Baby. We call her Libby and she is a Rhode Island Red. When I picked her out of the brooder, there were so many chicks, I didn't realize she was stumbling around until I got her home. It was too late. I couldn't take...
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    Comment by 'whillo' in article 'My Chicken Coop'

    A little late answer here. The coop is 4 x 8. 4x4 for the coop and the rest is pen. It sure doesn't look as clean and pretty on the inside any more, but that comes with silly chickens! We moved the whole thing on a truck to the vineyard two years ago and built a 12 x 12 enclosure with hardwire...
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    Ten chicks from MPC. Only one survived.

    So I went out yesterday and found her two friends. They are English Orpingtons and only two weeks old, but next to her, they look like ostriches! They are sweet and gentle with her and have taught her all she needs to know about eating, drinking, and most of all, to squat and sleep rather than...
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    Ten chicks from MPC. Only one survived.

    We call her Miracle, one of my two Plymouth Barred Rocks. She's starting to perk up a bit. Had some yogurt and drank some water. Pecked at some feed. Loves the Boxer (although not without me sitting very close by.) They said they will replace the ones that died, but since she didn't die...
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    Whillo's Page

    A Chick Diary I'm a total chicken newbie and loving it. Planted a lavender labyrinth on the vineyard last year and when we went to pick up the lavender I discovered a little flock of chickens that actually let me hold them. I was hooked, and have been reading books and BYC ever since. Lost my...
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    My Chicken Coop

    It's August 4, 2010 and the girls are 7 1/2 weeks old and chomping at the bit to get out of their horse trough! I feel so bad leaving them in there as Hubby works on the coop. The good news is... we're working on the coop! We still have plans to move to the vineyard but we just don't know when...
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    Prolapsed vent.

    Thanks Sour. I do check her a couple times a day. We don't have a rooster. She's been laying every day. My most consistent layer. Do you think we shouldn't eat her eggs? Would we be able to look at them when opened and see if something was wrong with them?
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    Prolapsed vent.

    Hi Chicken Peoples! I haven't been to the forum in awhile. My girls are now a year old and for the months before they came and until they were gangly tweens, I pretty much devoured these pages and thank everyone for all their stories, insights, and knowledge. I couldn't have done it without...
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    Do you like McDonalds?

    Around here, when the coffee shops close up, there's always MickyD's. They actually make a great cappuccino which really surprised me. Add a fruit and yogurt tray to that if you're hungry and it's not too bad. Burgers? Scary.
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    Double post. Silly iPad.
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    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    Here in Oregon and a week of rain. I read on here that we should put construction sand in the run. It was okay, but not what I expected in the last 3 months. I thought I would be able to pick up the poo better, but it would pretty much get buried. I would rake it once a day and turned it...
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    Hen With Poopy Vent Feathers & Possibly Prolapse - Graphic Picture

    So my Skittles is in a dark box in the house.... and laid another egg. Despite that fact that I'm delighted to find the egg next to this little girl (she was sitting NEXT to it, not on it?) and her vent looked soft and puffy, but not prolapsed like last night, I'm a little worried as to what I...
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