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    One a week.......

    I am losing about one hen per week. Here are the symptoms. I notice one eye 'mattering' and closing. They just slow down and then I find them dead. I have seen Mareks before. These do not have the symptoms where they lose balance and eventually cannot walk. They just have one eye closed up and...
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    Blue Orp roo

    Free to a good home. A beautiful, HUGE, Blue Orpington Roo. Just a little under a year old. I was given some eggs to hatch and he was in the bunch. I have no other blues. Come get him. Central Alabama
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    Chicks sleeping by coop door?

    Because that is just what chooks do! trust me, they will start roosting soon. we have raised countless chicks and they all do the same.
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    2 broodies down, 3 to go...

    I understand. I have a BO that hatched 8, Buff silkie that hatched 4 and a Barred rock that has 2. I let all of them free range all day.
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    Hoop Coop DISASTER!

    I build all my hoop houses from Cattle Panels. Far easier to work with.
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    HELP-Has anyone ever successfully moved a broody with eggs?

    I had a set of BOs that went broody together over 26 eggs. I moved them about a week into it all, and they never minded one bit.
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    Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! Dog Incident...

    BB gun. I use a Daisy Red Ryder. About the time I pull the trigger, I also shout NO. Took 3 shots for my 12 year old mutt. Took multiple shots for all the cats Still working on the new puppy. She is a work in progress. Not strong enough to Penetrate the skin, but stings like the dickens. How...
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    Purplexed over my Barred Plymoth Rocks

    The males will have a large white spot on the head at birth. When the head begins to feather, it goes away.
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    Purplexed over my Barred Plymoth Rocks

    100% Roos. I breed Barred Rocks. Below is Rocky, my one and only breeding roo. Notice his bars and the girls bars are different. His bars are smaller. The girls are more defined and darker as well. Here is one of the girls................... Here is a good comparison shot of his head...
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    I'm ordering an incubator NOW!

    Brower Top Hatch.........
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    2010 HomeMade Brooder Contest - Win $20 BYC Store Gift Cert. Ends 5/9

    Here is mine. I had no plans, but I think you will get the idea! Stage II Brooder
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    Alabama Bantam Club hosts show- April 17, 2010. You're invited!!

    The motor in the Brower went out! I got up this morning and temp was 98, but not turning. I took the whole thing apart even down to the gearbox level and no dice. That motor was shot. I called Brower and talked with a very nice gentleman who told me the whole history of the Top Hatch. It was...
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    18 Barred Rock eggs.

    18 big brown hatching eggs from Rocky's girls. Rocky is my prized Barred Rock and he has 6 girls that he takes care of. These Barred Rocks are not from a hatchery, but have good bloodlines. They lay BIG brown eggs on a consistent basis and are very well mannered. Shipping will be USPS.
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    Guineas and Chickens together

    I raised 3 females with a brood of chicks. very adult now and get along good. then a few weeks ago 4 others wandered up and took up residence here. I have about 60 chickens and 7 guineas and they manage fine.
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    Why did my always calm RIR rooster just attack me?

    Once I had a BO roo who was magnificent. His name was Herb. .................................. Later I changed his name to Drop Kick. A few days later I started calling him Herb again. Fine rooster.
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    Battery Hen Rescue

    Pix later......might break your hearts though.
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    Battery Hen Rescue

    Quote: Egglands Best.
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    Battery Hen Rescue

    Quote: I am amazed at how fast the instincts kicked in. So far I have found only one thing that they have not picked up as a whole. That is when I go out and throw some cracked corn on the ground, they just look at it. This afternoon I'm going to throw some in the leafpile that they are having...
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    Battery Hen Rescue

    A local university is doing a study for a major egg company. They have 1000 hens in a battery trying to see if they can get 2 eggs per day. Different feeds and such. Poor girls. next door neighbor does maintenance for the university and is in good with some of the higher ups. He talked them...
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    Bethany Farms

    23 bitties. Some of them just blend in so well with the leaves and such that you cant spot them. Claudia........thanks!!!!! Did you see the silkies? They are so sweet. The girls love them.
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