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    Need help

    Our Rhode Island Red chick has some leg issues. It looks like she might have gotten either broken legs and they healed wrong or its her hips. She is squat walking and her legs kinda splay out at the feet but looks almost knock knee higher up. She eats fine and doesnt look like she is losing...
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    Crud on my new chicks feet

    What should I do if her little toe skin does tear a little?
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    Crud on my new chicks feet

    I just bought a couple of new chicks at a swap days here in Ross County Ohio. They have a a build up of crud on their toenails. What would be good to try and get that off? It is solid and hard but it is only on their nail tips. Would holding them with their feet in running water be good or...
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    An indoor stealth coop?

    Not sure if you have done the coop yet or have your chickens....I know your post is older.....but go to Farmtek...they have a plastic mesh like floor for chickens that would be good for indoors as well as out. I havent ordered it yet but I will be when I build my duck and silkie house this...
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    Sick Chick....

    We have an Araucana chick that isnt moving around hardly at all, she is keeping her wings kinda spread and she is cold even under a brooder lamp. does anyone have any clues to what it might be? My wife bought 5 of them and Black Australop at Rural King on a whim, and that is the only one that is...
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    Chicken Fighting

    In my pics folder titled Our Birds are 3 new pics of them close up. Need help with identifying the sex of them.
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    Pullets or Roo Buff Orpingtons

    Just added close ups of my 3 Buffs.....hope that will help someone to tell me if they are pullets or roo's.
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    Buff 3

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    Buff 2

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    Buff 1

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    Chicken Fighting

    No injuries yet.....more like jumping at each other with their claws or jumping on each other....and then doing a stare down. Like I said though, I didnt have this issue with my Leghorns, and they are all girls....so that made me think are these 2 that are doing this roo's?
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    Chicken Fighting

    I have 3 Buff Orpington chicks....about a month to 5 weeks old. Today 2 of them were fighting like someone threw them into a ring for a match. Is that normal behavior? I didnt have this issue with my White Leghorns. I am not sure if the Buffs are all pullets yet, but would pullets do this as well?
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    Pullets or Roo Buff Orpingtons

    I have just added a pic of my 3 new chicks. I need help in identifying if they are male or female. If anyone can tell from the pic please let me know. It is in my pics titled "Our Birds" and it is the Buff Orpington pic.
  14. * Our newest additions.....3 beautiful Buff Orpingtons....

    * Our newest additions.....3 beautiful Buff Orpingtons....

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    Questions concerning hatching

    My wife and I are thinking about starting to hatch out some chicks, but I had a few questions. First, can you arrest or delay the fertile egg from developing in order to get enough eggs to put into incubation and how, if you are only starting out with lets say about 3-6 hens? Second, which...
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    My Silkie is almost featherless

    I have a Silkie Hen that is almost featherless. She has begun to grow some back, but it has been almost 3-4 months now that she has been almost nude. We have started giving her a feather replenisher feed, and also have been trying to separate her more from her "roommate". The quick...
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    Help with Drainage issues

    I need some suggestions on how to handle some drainage/standing water issues i am having in my chicken run. Does anyone else have or have had this problem? My run is built on treated 2x4's that are set on the ground. There are couple areas that are possible low spots or dip in the yard that...
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    Electric in the Coop

    I have run an extension cord to my coop to have the lights and brooder lamps in there. My question is this. Which would be raising my electric bill higher....the brooder lamps or the 2 60 watt bulb lights? Or more specific, which one should I leave off to keep my electric down? I know that...
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    Drainge issues

    No....the slope isnt there....its just low spots in the yard itself.....and where the run is, is the flattest area we could find. No sand yet in the run, working on getting some....been putting bags of sand in the run when water is standing....but realized not a great idea.
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    Drainge issues

    I just walked into a pool in my chicken run. There is standing water/flooding in a few areas of my 8'x16' run. How can I solve this issue easily and as inexpensive as possible? I thought about PVC drainage in the lower areas of my run and building up the others with materials. Here is the...
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