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  1. Debbie292d

    Baby Chicks Dying

    I highly doubt the vaccination has anything to do with this. I know one person personally who vaccinates all of her chicks herself. She has so many it makes it cost-effective as for smaller backyard flocks, it's not frugal to do it yourself. She's never lost a chick. I wish I knew why little...
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    New Chicken Owners

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow We're glad you're here!
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    Help! What do I feed my mixed flock??!

    This is what we've been using for our silkies, babies all the way to adults. When we acquired two ducks, I was tickled to read the bag and find out it was complete for ducks too. We have a separate dish for oyster shell for the hens as this is lower calcium and higher protein, thus good for...
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    Too many roo's

    We have a Buy/Sell forum you could try. Be sure to put your state in the title of your post. Also, my best luck finding homes for roosters is in the poultry groups on Facebook. I've also used Craigslist a time or two with success. Good luck!
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

    Happy Birthday! 🎂
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

    Happy Birthday! 🎂
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

    Happy Birthday! 🎂
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    new guy in Md

    We put kitchen/bathroom paint on the walls. It was over sheetrock as we live in Wisconsin and insulated. That coop has linoleum flooring. We use horse bedding pellets on the floor and only clean them out once a year, and the floor is pristine after 9 years. In the other newer coop, we were...
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    6 week-old Silkie (and me) attacked by a hawk yesterday

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    Mean rooster

    I didn't take it at first that he was their "sibling" and was thinking it was a different, older one. This makes even more sense. That's the stage of hormones for some breeds and it can take weeks or even months for them to grow out of them. This doesn't mean he's always going to be a...
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    6 week-old Silkie (and me) attacked by a hawk yesterday

    Hi, You're doing so well by her. I too believe I'd put her on some antibiotics assuming there's a puncture somewhere. Better safe than sorry. I was going to give you links to purchase online, but just saw you post you have some. Better than waiting two/three days for delivery. She's going...
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    SOS

    Hi, You're sure doing well by this chick! I think if it were me, I'd wait a couple days so it can get stronger, and faster. We've had the strangest luck with putting baby chicks around a month old, for the third time, into a breeding pen, and having a hen take them as hers, so to me, any...
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    Mean rooster

    Must be a young rooster? He's probably showing them he's the boss, but that's pretty rough. When cockerel's hormones are peaking they sometimes do crazy stuff. I'd pen him up away from them for a week or so. That usually fixes a mean hen, but with him, it may not until he gets past that stage.
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    Walking the plank

    To post videos, you can post them on YouTube, make them shareable, and then post the link here. That way people can see them without downloading something. Another way is posting them in our Gallery (tab above), then pasting a link to it here.
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    Broody hens with leg mites - When to treat ?

    Hi, Scaley leg mites don't work like the regular mites chickens sometimes get. Nothing I've heard of kills them in the coop per se. Even the diatomaceous earth that keeps the other mites and lice out of our coop doesn't do diddly for the SLM. I have silkies and their feathered feet make them...
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    Open Contest 2025 BYC Summer Fair

    We can't plant anything that'll be above ground, unless indoors, until May 1 at the earliest. May 15th is safer, or waiting until June 1. Chances of frost are slim by then, so we're buying/growing in the house, for instance, tomato plants that are 6" tall or so, planting them and other seeds...
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    PicChick stuff

    I have no idea what one of these images would be used for, other than a few giggles like we're getting. :gig
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    Hands on hatching and help

    24 hours after the pip. You've got an early hatcher there.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Sometimes chicks just hatch early. The rule of thumb about assisting is give them 24 hours from first pip. It doesn't matter how big. I wouldn't be worrying about any yet as they're not even due for another day. I've had say half of mine hatch the 20th day, the rest hatch the 21st day, and...
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    How to clean a frizzled chick with feathered feet

    Of course they'll try eat it, once. Just like with the pine flakes or any other bedding folks use. :) We've been doing this for the better part of a year for hundreds of hatched silkies and never had an issue. I put down about an inch of pellets, then cover the heated end with paper towels...
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