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    Introducing new chicks to year old chickens

    I am about to do this also for the second year. Last year, I had two batches of chicks about 8 weeks apart, so it wasn't like introducing full adults with babies, but we still had to go through the Intro process, as I raised them completely separately. I read some wonderful advice on this...
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    How are your DORKINGS laying?

    Yes, I felt lucky to find them. A local hatchery in TN had them. Mine are silver grey though.
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    How are your DORKINGS laying?

    I have a mixed flock of 13 including 3 dorking hens. They are apparently happy and healthy (and the Dorkings are my friendliest birds, so I love that). They hatched March 2011 and 2 of the 3 never really laid regularly. In October, they went through a light molt and it's been about a month...
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    Brahma Thread

    My Buff hen, Surya. Just hatchery stock, but we love her!
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    Something Eating/Stealing My Eggs?

    Are your leghorns going into molt? It's that time of year.
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2011

    This thread has made me feel so much better about my shaggy molty birds. They look TERRIFIC compared to a lot of these poor girls!
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    Salmon Faverolle Roo - when will he look like a roo?

    Hi everyone- I hope I'm not making a fool of myself here. I have a fairly new flock (Spring 2011) and have 3 salmon faverolles among them. My little salmon hens (Muffy and Buffy) began laying recently- they are exactly 6 months old. I have always assumed the other is a Roo because he...
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    Are Dorking chicks less hardy than other chicks?

    I have 3 Dorkings out of a mixed flock of 15. They are my friendliest and most outgoing birds. I've not had any health issues with them at all (and I did lose 2 other young birds to a mystery illness which all the birds came down with, but 15 out of 17 recovered). I have faverolles too and...
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    Why is my 16 week old hen crowing? Or is SHE not a hen, lol?

    I have 2 batches of chicks. One is now 16 weeks old, and the younger is now 12 weeks. The younger batch contains 2 roos (out of 6 birds) and the olders are all hens (I hope!) - 9 of them. However, one or two of my older girls have begun to crow in the mornings. I had read someplace that...
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    10 + hours, darn!
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    I just found this thread. I am a totally casual backyard chicken-keeper, but I HAD to have some dorkings when I bought my day olds. I found some at a local hatchery and have 3 hens, who are about 14 weeks old now. Of my 15 chickens, I love their personalities the best. One in particular...
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    problems with harris farms waterer, anyone else?

    If it makes you feel any better, it got a lot of good reviews on the TSC website. I was thinking we might have gotten a bum one (?) So, just watch it. Yours may be fine.
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    problems with harris farms waterer, anyone else?

    This is the type of waterer I have, only I have the 3 1/2 gallon size. (The 1 gallon size is pictured below.) My problem is that it doesn't always drain into the drinking pan, even when the reservior is full or partially full. At first, I had it sitting on some blocks in the brooder and I...
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    Massively swollen breast-Emergency

    I wish I knew what to tell you. I have a 4 week old chick this Am whose breast was super swollen. I picked her up and the pressure of that pushed water out her beak and it smelled like strawberries! (They had strawberries for a treat the last 2 days). I gently squeezed as much of the water...
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    when can i let my 4 week old go in the coop with the others

    I was just reading about introducing littleuns to biguns and I found a post several years old. One person (I forgot who posted it - sorry) kept her little ones in a dig crate in the coop for several weeks. She's let them out together with her close supervision, and she'd gently discipline any...
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    Finally found the right chick leg bands.

    Neat idea! I love it!
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    Breed and sex help! (added photos!) Hatched about 3 april

    I think #10 who you said was a rock is a Dominique. I think this b/c the barring is very regular and Plymouth rocks and cuckoo marans tend to have more "spotty" or "broken" bars - whereas Dominiques look more stripey. I am a beginner though, so just my two cents.
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    Field Trip!!! (with pictures)

    Mine are about the same age and they began huddling too. However, now they all willingly enter the cat carrier for transport to the great outdoors. They fly and flap around, RUN!, dust-bathe, and go back into the carrier when they're cold or tired. Maybe if you transport them in some kind of...
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    The Disneyland Area Chicken Coop - with photos

    Love your coop - looks good. BTW, your silver laced wyandotte looks a lot like mine. Mine is just a tad spottier. She is not chipmunk striped at all.
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    pine shavings, where do you get the best deals?

    I am fortunate enough to have a local industrial mill that makes railroad ties. We take our pick-up there, and the Amish workers fill it up - for $5 So, it may be worthwhile to see baout any mills in your area, especially if you live in a rural area. The hsvaings probably aren't quite as...
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