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    Are fall chicks a bad idea in Zone 5?

    Thank you! ❤️ Usually hubby builds the hutches, but this shed we found two hours away on Marketplace. The guy builds those and we got it for $300, unshingled, unpainted. Hubby is an electrician, so if anything electric wasn't safe, we wouldn't be putting them in these coops of ours. He...
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    Are fall chicks a bad idea in Zone 5?

    The reason between the two is sweeter heaters are larger, and way more expensive. The coops each have a heater in them already, both electric, one oil-filled, and the other more like a small furnace installed into a wall. These heat the entire coop(s). Both keep the coops to around 40-45°F...
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    Are fall chicks a bad idea in Zone 5?

    Cozy Coop radiant heaters btw are on sale for $54. I'd snag one of those as they are hugely comforting to put in a coop or chicken hutch when we're not so sure they will stay warm on their own. We have three of them and really do need a fourth. The growout pens all have one. Currently, one...
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    What happened and how can I fix this?

    I'll bet that's SLM, "scaly leg mites." I have never had turkeys, but presume they can get those the same as my silkies do. We go through this every two years with them. One method is to smother them. That takes slathering their feet with vaseline (or something similar) three times per week...
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    Can't seem to win. More sick birds?

    I'm confused how all of your birds got bumblefoot. Are the horse bedding pellets a new thing or are they jumping down too far? I ask because we've been using them in our coops and brooders for around 9 years and never have had one case of bumblefoot. Until you can treat them for bumblefoot...
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    Solved I Have A Question

    Me too.
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    Chocolate mottled x paint silkies

    Let's collaborate this spring!
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    Chocolate mottled x paint silkies

    If you're talking about that Silkie group on Facebook, I was a member for a few years, but left it as I got tired of some of those "know-it-alls" who, for one, are trying to get Satin Silkies turned into Satins, their own breed. I know an Exhibition breeder who was an APA judge. He told me to...
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    Chocolate mottled x paint silkies

    I don't think there's a thing wrong with it. Paint and mottled work in different ways. I can't explain this scientifically, but Mottled is a gene, recessive, paint isn't. A fact is that those mottleds you get, will have one gene of mottled and won't express it. They hatch looking mottled...
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    Hello everyone!

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow I'd try your state thread for Texas and ask there. Here is our forum of Chicken Breeders & Hatcheries so you could brouse or post there too. I have my best luck in local/state poultry groups on FB. Good luck! We're glad you're here!
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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    Some take a week off and fly away to some beautiful country. You take a week off and enjoy your beautiful poultry, and just relax. I like your vacation!
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    Introduction

    Hiya, Ivan, and welcome to BYC! :frow We're glad you're here!
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    New Member

    Hiya, Mabyn! :frow @Marie2020 is a gem, and sounds like you are too. ❤️ We're glad you made it here.
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    Hello from Mi, I have chickens, had ducks, peacocks, and still a goose who needs a bit of help. That’s how I found this site once again! LOVE IT!

    :frow Hiya, Amber, and welcome to BYC! I hope your goose gets well! We're glad you're here!
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    Feeling sad

    When I open up Breeding Pen 2 with a laundry basket in my hands and toss that over Piper, the mauve silkie, while I gather eggs, does that make one think I'm afraid of him? Nah, he just makes my basket smell good. :lau
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    Feeling sad

    If you're picking up the poop daily, what on earth are they complaining about the smell for then? I dunno about some people who wouldn't be happy without something to complain about. I didn't know you had other hens, and yes, that would make a big difference so the roosters wouldn't wear...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    You bet I am! Hubby likes fall, and I think most people do. I still have some tomatoes coming from my sickly tomato plants, and just picked 8 green peppers from two plants. This was the second harvest off the four plants. I cut a few in strips and freeze them for chili in the winter, and...
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

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