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  1. kiaya611

    HELP -- Egg Eating Chicken!!!!!

    I have 44 hens and 2 roosters and somewhere in the bunch, I have a chicken (hopefully only one) that has decided that it is a good idea to eat eggs. I feed them layer crumble and supplement that with oyster shells (allot which they gobble down like candy) to give them plenty of calcium. I...
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    Hot weather and fans for chickens

    Well...in Oregon we don't have heat like that (at least not in the valley)....but we have had temps in the 90s and that is hot for here.
  3. kiaya611

    Hot weather and fans for chickens

    That's good to know. I will get some fans for the chickens. Here is a pic of my coop and you will see how the screens are all across the front (FACING WEST where the rain comes in) Thanks,
  4. kiaya611

    Hot weather and fans for chickens

    Do any of you put fans in your chicken coops when the weather gets hot. We have been having a heat wave and my chickens are panting all of the time. I was thinking of putting a fan or two in the coop for them. Is this a common practice or does it create a problem (drafts, etc.)? The ironic...
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    Releasing keets and chicks from nursery into "general population"...

    I have 4 week old keets that are now with 5 and 7 week old chicks in a nursery in my chicken coop. They have been there for about a week now and I am wondering at what point can I release them into the "general population". My chickens are now 19 weeks old and I have 36 of them (34 hens and 2...
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    Collecting eggs and keeping them cool before incubation?

    Unfortunately I don't have a basement and the crawlspace stays about as hot as the outside temp which these days is in the mid to upper 80s.
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    Collecting eggs and keeping them cool before incubation?

    Hi All, I want to save up a weeks worth of eggs to hatch so I don't have a couple of eggs hatching every day for days if I were to put them in the incubator as I get them, but I know that the eggs need to be kept cool (around 55°) while they are being stored before incubation. How do you all...
  8. kiaya611

    Space Problem in Brooders for Chicks and Keets

    Yesterday I made a "nursery" in the chicken coop for the chicks and keets and put them in it. I watched them and they are getting along great together. They even sleep together. I will keep am eye on them, but it looks like they will do fine in there until I can let them in with the older...
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    Can I put my poults outside at 33 days old?

    Thanks...You should see his Mohawk now...it is allot bigger! I seem to have a few other cockerels in the bunch of younger chicks. They all look really good. I have a 16X16 covered pen for my poults. I also clipped their wings so they won't get the idea of flying. I would love to have them...
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    Can I put my poults outside at 33 days old?

    I have 1 Narragansett and 5 Royal Palm turkey poults and they have outgrown their brooder. I was wondering if I could put them outside in their pen at this point. They are fully feathered and I can provide heat and shelter for them. Let me know what you think these are the first turkeys that...
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    Space Problem in Brooders for Chicks and Keets

    Sorry, My mind knows what it wants to say, but sometimes that doesn't get to my fingers
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    Space Problem in Brooders for Chicks and Keets

    I have a space issue in my brooders and I was wondering if I could combine my chicks and guinea keets. I have 2 Brabanter chicks that are 37 days old that are with 8 other 24 day old Brabanter chicks. I would like to put them together with my 9, 18 day old guinea keets and move them to the...
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    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    Yes I got mine from April at H and H Poultry. She has been such a pleasure to deal with and so much help. I would recommend anyone to her. I got my Brabanter eggs and Guinea eggs from her. They are all turning out beautifully. I have an 8 day comparison of my "Mohawk" cockerel. It is...
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    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    I talked to my breeder and she got her first Brabanters from Ideal. She said: "That is where I got my first ones. I ordered some more this year. I just got them in. I am going to have to do some line breeding but that is all I can do because Ideal is the only other source, besides me, that I...
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    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    Hi Carla, I am not sure where my breeder got hers from. I will ask her and post that. Steven
  16. kiaya611

    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    Ok, Here are the new pics...CBs, keets and poults. CB CHICKS 16 DAYS OLD (7 of the 8) CB 29 DAYS OLD (HIS MOHAWK IS GROWING) KEETS 10 DAYS OLD KEETS 10 DAYS OLD POULTS 25 DAYS OLD There...that all of the new ones. They sure grow fast...it is amazing. Before all of this, I had...
  17. kiaya611

    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    I originally had 5 each of the following, but I sold one of each to make room fotr the new ones or the guineas...I have to think about who goes where (I only have 1/2 an acre and it is getting a bit crowded with pens and coops: Silver Laced Wyandottes, Delawares, Light Brahmas, Buttercups...
  18. kiaya611

    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    I am so sorry to hear about your coop invasion. I would be devastated if that happened to me. I have 34 17week old heritage and rage breeds and will be adding the CBs to the group (10), unless I can build them their own coop and pen. I am thinking I might want to raise the CBs. I really like...
  19. kiaya611

    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    They are sweet! Is that yellow one in the back a CB also? All of mine are mottled. The small ones of mine are starting to get their crests. The one in the "Mohawk" picture above has at least doubled his crest size since that pic. This is the first CBs that I have hatched. When I saw pics of...
  20. kiaya611

    Cream Brabanter chick pics

    Here are the latest pics of my Cream Brabanter chicks. The young ones are 8 days old and the 2 older ones are 21 days old. CHICKS - 8 DAYS PULLET - 21 DAYS COCKEREL SIDE - 21 DAYS COCKEREL BACK COCKEREL w/ MOHAWK COCKEREL w/ MOHAWK - CLOSE UP Hope you enjoy these! They are really...
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