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  1. brandislee

    Hurt broiler chick

    Thanks!
  2. brandislee

    Hurt broiler chick

    So that's something I can't do myself, right? Poor thing...
  3. brandislee

    Hurt broiler chick

    I have a 3 week old broiler chick who is dragging one leg behind it. I can't find anything visually wrong with the leg, and the chick seems fine otherwise. I've had broiler chicks go down in the legs before and this isn't that- then they go with both legs, and they usually act weird on top of...
  4. brandislee

    Hurt broiler chick

    I'm probably going to ask this on the meatie board too, but I don't think this is a meatie specific issue... I have a 3 week old broiler chick who is dragging one leg behind it. I can't find anything visually wrong with the leg, and the chick seems fine otherwise. I've had broiler chicks go...
  5. brandislee

    Minnesota!

    You underestimated the power of a woman, that's what went wrong (and also, you probably made her mad with the hair deal, which I'm sure didn't help ) I'm really hoping I can find someone close. There HAVE to be other EE keepers in this area. But then, I guess they don't have to be on BYC. I...
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    Minnesota!

    And also, glad to see the MN thread is more active- a year or so ago no one ever posted on it and I had to post on the WI thread to get any responses.
  7. brandislee

    Minnesota!

    I'm not a show person, either, I just want good, healthy barnyard birds that lay well and range well and all that good nonsense. I'm really only looking for 6-10. Hatchery descendants are fine... most of mine are at least descended from Hoovers birds, other than the ones I got from...
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    Minnesota!

    I am not so much of a noob, but I share the same rule. Kind of a live and let live kind of thing. I don't even grudge the Eagles a few birds in the fall (I always loose a bird or two during Eagle migration... the only time it bothers me is when it's a proven broody or something). I mean, I do...
  9. brandislee

    Minnesota!

    Is anyone within reasonable driving distance of the South Metro (I'm in Hastings) planning on hatching any Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas this Spring? I normally get mine from Minniechickmama (she's great, if you're looking for chicks) but I want to mix up my genetics. I was going to just suck...
  10. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    ... and kind of related. Has anyone asked anyone in charge of BYC if we could have a natural chicken keeping forum instead of confining it all to one thread? It would be so much easier to organize/find information and any threads we wished to ignore, we could just, well, ignore! But other...
  11. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Right... I try to do that. And really, do we need to reply with "cute!" at all? Do any of us need that kind of ego stroking? I get where Stony is coming from... both on defending his position and this thread devolving into a "look at my cute chickens" thread. There are 50,000 "look at my...
  12. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks, these pictures are really super helpful... I should be able to tell more with mine in a week or so. Only my rooster is solid white.
  13. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    My compost pile is just pallets on the sides and open top. No problem keeping animals out of it... other than the dogs themselves, who feel the need to steal as much of the chickens' feed as possible. The chickens do an excellent job of stirring it up and keeping bugs down (not flies, though...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    And that is something that has always been totally beyond me, regardless of the species. My brother in law raises show pigs and has fertility issues with his sows... that he tries to AI with super expensive boar semen. I don't get it. An animal, in order to be "ideal," should both fit the...
  15. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    That sounded really catty... don't worry, I do like to see pictures. I've had a rough couple days (my dog is really sick...) and I'm getting kind of snippy. My apologies.
  16. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    x2. And I'm sorry to anyone this offends, but all the OMG CUTE! posts annoy me a little. They're easy enough to just skip, so no one should feel like they need to stop posting them on my account (although really, do we have to quote them 50 times? Especially the ones with 10 pictures?). But...
  17. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Lots of people here mix their own feed. It costs a little more, but especially for a small flock is totally doable and worth it to those who do it. I want to get there, but I'm taking baby steps. At the moment I'm feeding GMO free layer that is a combo of cracked seeds and the protein and...
  18. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I think $8 is plenty expensive... I paid $5 for my buckeye and faverolle chicks and I thought that was high (and turns out I like my hatchery EE's better... go figure!). If I were looking for a super hard to find adult chicken I MIGHT pay 20-50, depending on the breed, age, health, etc, but I...
  19. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks! I'd much rather leave them together.
  20. brandislee

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    For those who doubt the safety of chicks jumping from a nest box.... the kids and I watched Earth the other day, here's my favorite part-
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