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  1. springcreekchic

    HOA rules and regulations

    Thank you for your thoughts. My FFA kid talked to her poultry team and advisors and they are planning on speaking at the meeting. We live in an area that is zoned agricultural and residential, and for the past 20yrs there has been no interest in how many birds you kept. Most people self limit...
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    HOA rules and regulations

    Lots are mostly 1-2 acres. There are already dors for set backs. This is specifically about roosters and numbers. What makes a sustainable breeding program, production program for market birds, sustainable backyard flock. Where do you begin to use numbers as guidelines? I thought maybe the focus...
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    HOA rules and regulations

    I have found myself in the unique position of being able to help shape the recommendations for committee action on the number of birds our HOA is willing to allow in our HOA. I am curious about how to approach this subject. There are many FFA and 4H kids who will be affected by these rules. I am...
  4. springcreekchic

    HOA rules and regulations

    I have found myself in the unique position of being able to help shape the recommendations for committee action on the number of birds our HOA is willing to allow in our HOA. I am curious about how to approach this subject. There are many FFA and 4H kids who will be affected by these rules. I am...
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    show quality speckled sussex ??

    If this thread is still viable, I would like to join in.
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    How to improve hardiness in my hatchery stock

    Thanks your advise. I guess tracking down people who are breeding Speckled Sussexes is now on my to do list.
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    How to improve hardiness in my hatchery stock

    It has been a few years now since we first ordered chicks from Murray McMurray. We have gone through three different batches of birds. We now have 8 grown birds, all mutts, all well loved pets. We have 24 babies in the brooder for this year. We sold most of our grown hens to neighbors who turn...
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    all those feed store chicks!

    I am considering it.
  9. springcreekchic

    all those feed store chicks!

    I am kicking my self right now. I should have known better, and I did, and I was weak and said yes, each time my little girl wanted "just one more, Momma?". I let her buy 16 chicks from the Feed store over about three weeks time. They are all doing well, but now that they are 6-8 weeks, guess...
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    Conservation Breeding Program Using Hatchery Chickens?

    Thank you so very much! I will direct her to the breeding section. I foresee a LOT of questions ahead of her. Ahead of us.:/
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    Conservation Breeding Program Using Hatchery Chickens?

    Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Speckled Sussex from Murray McMurray. (brown egg layers) Partridge Cochins, Silver Laced Cochins, and Rhoad Island Red Bantams from Welp Hatchery. Aracaunas from Welp. Sebright Bantams from Welp Silkies from Dunlap Brahma Bantams, Blue...
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    Conservation Breeding Program Using Hatchery Chickens?

    So, we joined the Livestock Conservancy, which seems to be interested in conserving breeds of animals that are no longer in production, or no longer kept by people. Birds like the Sebrights and Orpingtons and Yokohamas, that sort of thing. My daughter posted on my board, so I will see if I can...
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    Conservation Breeding Program Using Hatchery Chickens?

    I'm not sure if this is where this thread belongs, so feel free to let me know and I'll copy/paste this to where it needs to go. I received my chicks from a couple of hatcheries (Murray McMurray, Welp, and Dunlap). I unintentionally bought mainly heritage breeds. Am I able to use these to...
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    seabrights from feed store

    It is the second day now that my little seabrights are clear eyed and acting normal. I think maybe giving them another week before claiming that they are cured is a wise move. On the cuteness scales, however, they are now topping the charts. They call for me when I am not around or they can't...
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    seabrights from feed store

    This is just a little update on my seabrights. I washed their eyes with sterile saline solution (homemade) and then applied a little Neosporin arounf their eyes (very carefully) for two days. This is the third day and they are doing well. Their chests are fuller and less lopsided and their eyes...
  16. springcreekchic

    Northern Nevada Newbie

    Hi! We live in the Spring Creek area. Glad to see you here! My girls are about the same age - 15 and 12. We have 32 egg layers and 20 Bantams. They are all this years' chicks. Glad to make a connection with someone in our area!
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    Hello from Spring Creek Nevada

    Thank you!
  18. springcreekchic

    seabrights from feed store

    We purchased two little seabright bantams from one of our local feed stores. Inside the store, they would not let us touch the birds or examine them, as biosecurity measures. When we took the chicks out of the little box they were transported in, at home, they both had serious eye issues. They...
  19. springcreekchic

    Hello from Spring Creek Nevada

    Hello All! Well, we have proven to be very weak when it comes to saying no to "can we get just one more?". We are up to 52 birds. Divided up as 32 egg layers in the barn and 15 bantams in the A-frame coop/run, 5 cochin (medium size/bantam) which will have a small house of their own and an...
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    Day old chicks pecking eyes

    I noticed that one of my black chicks - barred rock - constantly picked at the eyes of the Buff Orpingtons - yellow chicks. I have two brooders set up - one as backup - learned that last time around - and simply separated the black chicks - the Barred Rocks and Silver Laced Wyandottes (both...
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