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    Duckling drinking a lot of water, watery white poop

    That's okay. Sometimes it happens. We got 2 more ducklings from TSC so that our other one wouldn't be lonely. Hoping they fair all right.
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    Duckling drinking a lot of water, watery white poop

    Nevermind, it passed away today.
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    Duckling drinking a lot of water, watery white poop

    Hello! We bought some chicks and 2 ducklings from our local Tractor Supply yesterday. Everyone seems to be getting along in the brooder except for our brown duckling. It's been drinking a lot of water. Not running around like everyone else. I haven't seen it eat yet. I did see it poop a couple...
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    Official BYC Poll: What Is Your Perspective On Chickens For Meat

    This is our first flock of chickens so we haven't had a chance to eat them. I don't really feel weird eating chicken. We aren't planning on eating our girls but I also don't really have an issue eating them, especially since I know what they've been eating. I don't have a problem eating their...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    We don't have a rooster. :) (also she keeps brooding on either nothing or the fake eggs we got in there... those will be in until the goldens get used to laying.)
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    We finally mixed the Welsummers and Golden Comets together. There was (and still is) some jostling but they seem pretty content to be around each other. One of our welsummers has gone broody so I'm working on breaking her (or at least getting her out of the nest so she can eat and enjoy the...
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    Does anyone else's chickens do this?

    I caught 2 of mine trying to lay in the same box today! Most of the time my girls choose 2 (of the four) boxes to lay in.
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today we made pomegranate jelly and gave the chickens the leftover seeds/skins to the girls. They had a blast.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    We got our first one today! Wooooot I'm so happy!
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    At what point do my chickens know when it’s time to go in the coop?

    It took us quite a few evenings physically putting the chickens into the coop before they learned to go inside. (Though we had less trouble with our second batch of chicks.) The Welsummers didn't roost until we blocked off their sleeping corner and now they're fine, at 18 weeks. We have a...
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    What gorgeous eggs! Congrats on your girls <3
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    We got new babies!

    Hello! I know it's been a while since I've posted anything significant but I wanted to share my good news and I'm not sure this is the place to do it but... yippee! After a delay and praying they'd arrive okay in a heatwave, our 15 Golden Comet chicks just got here safe and sound! We ordered...
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    Learning coop/run shedule

    We have a night light(and a regular light) in our coop so the chickens(15 weeks) can see once it's time for them to go to bed. It's only been a few times they didn't make it inside; so we turned on some big lights to help them get in. (We went inside the coop then and called them) A couple of...
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    cooling off your chickens

    The first time we got the little wading pools for the chickens, they did not know what to do with them either. It took them about a day or so before they hung out in it. We have shade cloth covering part of the run, as well as have the coop up a bit (like 18 inches? 2ft??) off the ground and...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yesterday we harvested a bunch of squash and okra from the garden. Later today I'm going to be help pickling the zucchini we've been saving with the mother in law. Wish us luck!
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    I want to celebrate my success here! With the roof finished, we let the birds out and had them keep to themselves all day. I went in this evening to see how many would go inside and they all went in! Even the Rebel! I'm so happy~
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Tonight was the first night we let the chickens put themselves to bed and I think it went all right! 5 of them went in the coop all by themselves. 4 went in after being herded to the correct side of the coop (2 sides of the coop are inside the run boundaries) and one, which we're calling The...
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    Official BYC Poll: Why Do You Have Chickens?

    I forgot to click on other as an option- because they're cute!
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Ours are about 6 weeks old! Today went better?? They stayed out for most of the day after being tossed out. Had to throw most of them back inside. The last one was being rude but then decided she wanted to walk up the ramp all on her own. XD Ah well, homesteading-lite is an adventure!
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today was the chickens' first day out! It took a lot of coaxing (and eventually my husband going in and handing me chickens so I could bring them outside but 7 of 10 enjoyed the outside air. 3 of them ran back inside, and just preferred to stay in the coop. They did really well! We're having a...
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