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    Whoops! It IS Illegal. :( Discreet Chicken Keeping Tips?

    I just caught up with this thread and saw the last few posts and thought I would add a note. I'm by no means a scofflaw and I did spend some time thinking about the implications of breaking the municipal zoning code. What I decided was that as a tax paying property owner in the United States, I...
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    Poor Jim :(

    We live on a small lot in the city but for many months enjoyed a pair of free ranging Cayuga drakes in our yard. They slept in a dog crate in the garage at night and by day they had a pond and access to several beds of nice greens for forage. Two weeks ago, when I took the chicken coop down...
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    Tell me about Bantam egg laying, please

    Oops!!!!!!! I didn't notice how old this thread is. How big are the eggs?!!!
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    Tell me about Bantam egg laying, please

    I recently acquired some Dutch girls myself, though it will be a while before they start laying. Our bantam cochin lays pretty regularly and her eggs are about the size of our Araucana's (which is to say, small) but are rounded and pretty. We had Coturnix for a while and they laid very nice...
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    My Ameraucanas look like hawks :-)

    I'm fairly new at chicken keeping but I have to say that I've had the most wonderful time with our Araucanas. They're so quirky and friendly and they've laid nearly nonstop (two have been broody). Have fun with your hawks!!! (Any pics?)
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    Speaking Dutch

    Hi there, I had a novel chicken purchasing experience the other day - we had to choose our chickens based on what we could catch from a mixed flock (ducks, too) running through a pasture. We ended up with four very calm, pretty, friendly Dutch girls and what appears to be a baby Silkie cockerel...
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    Cold climate coop design...

    A note about garage coops - there may not be an odor but boy there will be DUST. We kept chairs next to our garage coop so that we could sit down and enjoy the show but with a thick nasty coat of "chicken dust" on them every time we walked by we never ended up using them. I came upon this post...
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    Uh...why do our chicks have a lump on their chests? Help

    That would be the crop - it's usually lumpy in the evening. The first time I saw all my chicks with their crops full I panicked and thought that they all had impactions. You can probably relax.
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    needtohatch, that rings true - it was day 23 though, my first hatch and the others pipped and zipped pretty fast... its not very pleasant when our learning comes at the expense of the defenseless, is it? we have a pretty awesome responsibility
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    membrane is all off (holding chicks with one hand, please pardon typing) the one who lost more blood is just chilly - have been giving her sugar water and have her and the other membrane baby against me for warmth...they"re finally quieted down
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    thanks anyway! the weaker one is cold, have them rolled up in my shirt cradling them against my stomach for warmth, rhythm and dark so they'll rest
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    Well... No takers, I guess. The one with the most trouble is too weak to be left in with the others so I brought the next smallest chick in with her and have them in a cake pan next to my bed under a light. What a racket she makes! Guess it's going to be a long night.
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    Rather Concerned here!!!!

    If they're not on medicated feed, this might be a good time to go that way. I lost a couple of chicks to coccidiosis - one early on and one much later in a gruesome way (cecal coccidiosis - really, really not pleasant). This is the time to medicate. Once they're over the hump, it's great to...
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    The first chick was given sugar water and has dried off and perked up. The older chicks (2 days older) are bullying but I think he will be okay (seems like a male to me for some reason). The second one is wiped out and I have her in a "nest" made of an old ash tray (it came with the house)...
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    This is our first hatch - we put half in the 'bator and half under a hen. We've had 2 from under the hen - one had membrane stuck to the whole body when it came out and lost a lot of blood - seems to be doing okay. Now we have a second one from under the hen - pipped but no progress. This...
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