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    Feeding 100% organic without going broke?

    Good morning: When I started back up with chickens I decided to raise them 100% organically. It wasn't too expensive on newly hatched chicks. My oldest have switched to grower feed and I'm having sticker shock! I just bought ONE 50 pound bag of scratch and peck organic grower mash and it was...
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    Ended Official BYC Poultry Caption Contest 05-16-25 Pic by Blue Raptor

    That darned groundhog isn't coming back in this hole!
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    Keeping roosters of different breeds from fighting.

    Actually you understand the situation quite well. Yes and yes. I have young pullets and cockerels. Five different breeds. The pullets and cockerels are absolutely positively unrelated. They aren't of egg laying age yet but it won't be long. Currently I have two very large coops with runs...
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    Keeping roosters of different breeds from fighting.

    Thank you. I appreciate your detailed and as always, very well written answer. It pretty much confirms what my gut instinct told me. I will try to let them all free range and if I see fights beyond an occasional peck then the roosters will go into a bachelor pad. Right now I have two very large...
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    2 bird problems- 1 day old & 1 month old. Help please

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    Keeping roosters of different breeds from fighting.

    I'm hoping to get some advice on managing roosters of different breeds withouts having to have multiple coops (if possible). I have 5 separate pure-breeds of chickens. All 5 breeds consist of a rooster TOTALLY UNRELATED to the hens. I want to sell hatching eggs and chicks and I didnt want...
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    2 bird problems- 1 day old & 1 month old. Help please

    Hi Everyone. I'm asking for help. I have 2 birds - a 4 week old cockerel and a 1 day old chick with different issues. Videos attached. Bird 1) The cockerel will be 4 weeks tomorrow. He has deformed toes. I took a video. BTW, in the video he was on a wooden chair and would not walk. I later put...
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    Hygrometer Hell! Help

    Thank you for the suggestion of what meter to use in the future. However, I'm not sure what to do about my current situation. Yes the shrink wrapping did take place over many hours.
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    Hygrometer Hell! Help

    Help, please. I put my 2nd batch of eggs into lockdown today. I will NOT open it until chicks are dry and ready for removal. I don't ever want to repeat the heartbreak of 10 days ago where 28 chicks died fully developed 1 day prior to hatching after being "shrink-wrapped” (final conclusion) I...
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    Do You Have To Pay Sales Tax on Your Chicken Feed?

    Thank you. I'm aware of the agricultural exemption, but there are strings attached. You have 3 or more acres, which we do and..... you must make $10,000 or more per year in income from the sales of "agricultural products" to qualify for the feed tax exemption. We moved here last October...
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    Diseases passing to HUMANS, not a sick bird. Help?

    My DIL knows "some dirt is good" . She doesn't fret over dirt in general and doesn't keep my grandson in a bubble lol. However, since her first experience with chickens was at the air BNB that made all guests paranoid to be near the chickens, to the point that clothing worn had to be double...
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    Diseases passing to HUMANS, not a sick bird. Help?

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    URGENT Hatching help please - what happened?

    This is a well known, certified organic, PIP certified farm. They focus on rare breed preservation. Their flock records are impeccable. It was an error me or my husband made. It would be easy to blame the breeder, but it's not him or from his actions. I visited him TWICE since mine died and all...
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    Diseases passing to HUMANS, not a sick bird. Help?

    I could not find a suitable heading for this post, so I hope this is ok. I grew up on a farm. Have been around farm animals for almost 60 years *yikes, I'm getting old🤣* I walk around barefoot, eat veggies and fruits from my garden without any thought to washing them and germs are NOT on my...
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    URGENT Hatching help please - what happened?

    I was told not to open the incubator during lockdown, except very quickly to remove those that hatch before the others and are running around once they are fully dried. How do you candle six times a day during lockdown and not affect temperature and humidity to the point it would damage the...
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    URGENT Hatching help please - what happened?

    I am very good at candeling. Was 100%% accurate with this batch of eggs. Those I pulled out early on as duds were in fact no good and with those I left in we're all fertile and developed. however, since the incubator should not be opened in the last 4 days, I didn't check them then. The eggs...
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    URGENT Hatching help please - what happened?

    Thank you. I noticed that as well. In fact, the last 2 that hatched had the yolk dragging outside the tail end. Those 2 were the ones showing serious neurological impairment. One passed naturally and I culled the other as it was suffering. Now to figure out what happened between day 19 when 6...
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    URGENT Hatching help please - what happened?

    They were ALL dead at the time I did that. Days past due and all movement and pipping stopped days earlier as well. Other forums I belong to suggested it as a last ditch effort if death is reasonably suspected. They were dead before I did that
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    Homemade feed for my hens?? Better than commercial feed? More affordable? I need the truth!

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    Do You Have To Pay Sales Tax on Your Chicken Feed?

    Yes, here in New York state, all livestock feed and pet feed is taxable. 8 and 3/4%
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