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  1. Nemo

    Looking for a guess on breed

    Oh, he's no puppy any more. He's ten-and-a-half years old and 88 pounds.
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    Looking for a guess on breed

    Pic 2 by Nemo posted Oct 29, 2018 at 9:54 PMPic 1 by Nemo posted Oct 29, 2018 at 9:54 PM I'm looking at a Craiglist posting about some chickens hatched last spring. The guy says he ordered Sunnyside Hatchery Rangers, but isn't sure that's what they are. The birds are an-hour-and-a-half away...
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  5. Nemo

    Anyone molting?

    Here. We have enough feathers on the coop floor from our twenty-one birds that I could prob'ly make a twenty-second.
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    What Breed Was Your "Free" Murray McMurray Bird?

    Three years, three roos... A Sicilian Buttercup, a Buff Cochin, and a Silver-Spangled Hamburg.
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    Is it too late to get a few chicks?

    I live up in northern Wisconsin (Mercer), and bought a dozen Red Stars at the end of last September. I do have a well-insulated coop, but it's not heated. There were also seventeen Buff Orps in a separate pen in the coop, and that was way-too-many chickens respiring in there. The Reds started...
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    Advice on Knives

    I use a cheap fish filleting knife that's been in the old tackle box for at least twenty years.
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    Can I have a ROO??

    Quote: That's how we got our current rooster, from a couple who work out of a garage they turned into an office. She ordered a handful of hens, but one turned out to be a roo. With the coop and run just outside the office, they were bothered by his crowing. Quote: As do we. Our coop and...
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    yolk on the outside of the egg?

    I've only had chickens for three years now, but I'm not really worried about the occasional odd egg.
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    Soft Eggs - What's the problem?

    Quote: It's prob'ly just that they are new layers, and their plumbing is quite worked out yet. You might try mixing a little of the oyster shells directly into their food to make sure they are getting it. It should work itself out, though. Quote: If she kind of looks like she is sticking...
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    is 3 percent calcium too much for a 4 1/2 month old

    At four-and-a-half months old, she is 18 to 21 weeks old. She should be fine on the layer feed.
  13. Nemo

    Opinions Wanted: Gender of Blue Cochin

    Female. Here's a pic of my male Buff Co at six(?) months old...
  14. Nemo

    Sock Help

    Is he walking around with only socks on? Either barefoot or slippered, then. Maybe it's something in his shoes? Get a new pair of insoles in there to see if that helps.
  15. Nemo

    How to feed young and old simultaneously

    Feed them all chick feed, and make oyster shells available for the ones laying. The layers will need the calcium, and they will take some as needed. The chicks don't need it, and it could be dangerous to their kidneys, but they will (most likely) ignore the crushed shells.
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    Pic of the babies!

    Yeah! I love pics of little-bitty chicks.
  17. Nemo

    I'm so frustrated!!

    Hope you have better luck next time. I've tried incubating twice, and got two birds to show for it. I got a Brower 'bator from a co-worker, and put in nine of our BO eggs. The temps went wild, and got up to 107° one day. I thought they were cooked, but I left them in, just in case. Two...
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    "Are these Roosters?

    Looking at this picture... ...You can tell which are male and which are female. The dark ones with the big combs and wattles, and the upright tales are roos.
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    First Eggs! First Eggs!

    Yeah! We had Red Stars starting at fifteen weeks old at the beginning of the year. We were surprised, too. You can use the "IMG CODE" to put the picture in the actual post...
  20. Nemo

    chicks

    The standard practice is to put chicks in the brooder at 95°, and lower it 5° every week until you hit the normal air temperature. If the barn is in the 90s during the day, you might be able to turn the heat lamp off, but they'll need it at night. If you are willing to gamble the money it cost...
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