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    Greenwood, SC zoning laws for back yard chickens

    I have done the search here, and not turning up anything. Do any of you BYC people live in or around Greenwood SC? I am hoping to relocate there from another area in SC, but even with my Greenwood SC statutes and zoning searches, I am coming up blank. Right now I am rural Saluda County, so...
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    Transporting adult poultry for long distances..how do I do it?

    I am considering moving myself from SC to MO. I will be driving. Most likely a U-Haul truck. Is it possible to transport a small flock of birds in the back of one of these? Is there any way to find out state statutes per transporting poultry? I know people do it, for show purposes. I...
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    Hawk deterrents?

    I thought I would try something today. Earlier this morning....as I was sitting out by the run....the new resident hawk flew over my head. Maybe 20' up. It saw me and changed course. I guess it wasn't expecting to see me there. Anyway....thinking about it on the way to town...I wondered...
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    Rooster Strut 2014

    This is the place to post your roosters resumes! And, of course, pictures that we all can drool over. I am new to chickens, by 2.5 years. And i am impressed by what I have learned about chickens,.....and the roosters they love. Here are 3 of mine....... " Papa" He is the head...
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    Need some help with identifying.

    I have 3 cockerels, now 7 months old. I need some help identifying their breeds. Thanks in advance.
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    Show me your Back Yard Chicken processing stations!!

    I am new to this BYC keeping life. We aren't to the point of having a whole lot of chickens to process at one time yet. Eventually, we are hoping to put 52 birds a year into the deep freeze. As for right now, I am using an old card table, with a plastic table cloth. It has been "finding out...
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    Broody hatch question

    Question on broody hens and eggs; How many days after a hatch are remaining eggs still viable? The majority of the chicks, 7, hatched around Wednesday, April 4th. They are all healthy, chirpy and bouncy. 2 eggs remain unhatched. One has a pip (?) in the shell...not on the end. The other...
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    Mystery breed cockerel

    I've been looking around BYC...don't know what this cockerel is. Anyone have any ideas?
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    scalped pullet

    I guess I posted this in the wrong thread. So I am posting it in this one. Anything I can do far a scalped hen? My rooster attacked her..a BR, 15 weeks old, when I tried to integrate them yesterday into the big coop. I did bathe her wounds, put on neosporin, and have her wrapped in...
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    Scalped hen?

    Anything I can do far a scalped hen? My rooster attacked her..a BR, 15 weeks old, when I tried to integrate them yesterday into the big coop.
  11. IttyBiddyRedHen

    Minor leg injury on pullet...

    Just a question for those who know stuff. This morning, when we were moving the chicken tractor, on of the pullets legs got caught under the wire. After we set the coop back down, we watched her for a short while. She was favoring one leg, and she has a skinned place on the front of the...
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    Wood ashes for dusting in.....

    Does anyone use cold wood ashes for the chickens to dust in? Ours pretty much stay in the chicken tractor, which has a fence wire floor, over ground. They do get to use a small pass through, from the main chicken tractor over to the spare open one. The door to door pass through is open to...
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    Chicken Tractor...

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    Chicken predator alert;

    Ok, I am new to this. I was outside giving the chicks fresh water...and they all froze. didn't move...didn't peep...didn't blink. Stood like statues for 5 minutes. I know they either heard something, or saw something..but I don't know what. I stood out there with them till they made their...
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    Question...shrimp shells

    Okay chicken people out there...can chickens eat the shells from the shrimp?..You know, with the tails still on the ends? Or is it a mechanical issue.....they can't grind the shells in their chicken things...? (dumb city girl here)...oh yeah...gizzards.
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