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    Crossing Odd Breeds

    So I want to hatch some chicks to sell. But all I have are sebrights and silkies. Has anyone crossed these before? Ive never herd of it...but that doesnt mean they dont exist. And for the heck of it....post some of your odd crosses and chicken mutts :) My Silkie rooster Zues...
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    Meet Zeus, my new Silkie rooster!

    Today I got Zues. He is settling into his new home/coop now! I have never had a silkie before, so he is all new! I really hope he gets along well with my other 7 hens and 3 roos. (2 of my roos are only a 2 months old, dont worry) I got him from my little sisters friend (who got chickens...
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    My First-time Broody Did it! *PICS!*

    I went out to give my chickens some old tortilla this morning and I herd Penguin (my broody) going nuts. I went to check on her and I found 2 black chicks! She is a first time momma. Im actually shocked that they actually hatched at all. The chicks are 2 days early from what I now because it...
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    All The Reasons To Have Chickens.....(pics!)

    Hi BYC!!! For my Biology Project me and my group decided to shine some light on the economical and enviromental reasons to keep chickens. Part of of the project is to try and involve the community and teach them about chickens. So I am posting here on BYC!Chickens have tons of uses, so here are...
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    BROODY QUESTIONS!

    Okay guys, heres the dealio, today I came home from school at 4:00pm and went out to get my eggs, right, okay well first I knew something was up because I couldnt see my favorite hen. So I open up the door to grab the eggs she is sitting where all my hens lay thier eggs. So I tried to shew her...
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    Shipping Hatching Eggs??

    How do you ship hatching eggs? How much does it cost? Will they get to cold? Is it worth it? Thanks :)
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    Chicks vs Hatching Eggs??

    Okay heres the deal. I want to sell sebright hatching eggs. I have a sebright rooster and one hen but I will be getting 2 more hens soon. Im saving up for my first car, because I get my license this Nov :). Also, I live in the middle of no where and there arent any jobs here. Anyway back to my...
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    How To Get Rid Of A Rooster?

    Okay so I have decieded that I dont want my Rooster anymore. He's mean and aggresive and attacks my little sisters fortunately he doesnt seem to have a problem with adults. My question is exacally how to get rid of him. Craigslist is risky and I dont have my drivers licens yet so I cant really...
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    When do Chickens go Broody??

    Im very excited becuase I got my first egg today!!!! My single hen did it!!! :weeeShe lives with 2 rooseters poor girl...But i was wondering... when might she go broody??... Im not allowed to hatch anymore egg so dont worry bout that. I was just wondering. Will it be weeks, months, years? She is...
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    250W light to much heat?

    250W light/heat bulbs are on sale. But i think it would be to hot for my little banties. They are 4 months old but very small and it get pretty cold here. Is 250W to much? Thanks BYC!
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    Plastic Storage Container Coop?! *Pics*

    Okay, Im looking to build a small coop. Then I came across this: So BYCers.... what do you think? do-able? Have any of you done this? Does it work well? With the right kind of ventalation and all? THANK YOU GUYS!!!!! BYC rocks!!
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    My Rooster Dilemma

    Okay so I ended up with 3 bantie eggs in August. I hatched them and now Ive got 2 Roosers and 1 hen. The bigger and more dominant rooster beats up on the other little guy ALL THE TIME. He gets run off the food, and I feel super bad for him but love all of them way to much to get rid of either...
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    Simple Laying Question...

    Okay, so i have 3 little bantie chickens. They are really just pets, but they are almost 5 months old. I only have 1 hen. I was wondering if she will lay anytime soon. Should i put golfballs in the nesting boxes? Becuase i only have one hen, i have them on just regular scratch. No layrina or...
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    3 months old... and still an "it" ???? *PIC*

    okay guys im stumpped! I have had these 3 chickens for 3 months and im POSITIVE that one is a rooster, and one is a hen. but the last one i still dont know! its a seabright bantam and has a comb, and i have seen it attempt at a crow, but it never crows in thier coop, its never aggresive/mean...
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    Whats Killing Them???? HELP!

    I am house sitting (again) for people with chickens and one day we came over and found 4 cold chicks outside the coop with a hen. The people didnt have any chick starter and i was afriad that if i put them in the big coop they would get killed. so i took them home. and i set them up in a box...
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    Agressive!!!!

    so i have 3 chicks. they are all 1 day apart. the oldest one is 4 days old. and the middle chick (the second born) keeps pecking the baby's (born yesterday) beak. so i let it go on for 15 minutes to see if they'd work it out, but noooooooo. so finally i had enough! the poor little baby was a...
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    Humididty? help!

    how should i go about humidityizing my eggs? i rescuced them 2 hrs ago from a cannibal hen. (after finding 5 dead chicks) their heat should be fine. what do you recromend? squirt bottle? wet my finger and rub it onto the shell? oh and the eggs should hatch any time now! yay! but i was just...
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    What Now?!?!

    ok so i posted earlier about a hen who kept killing her hatched chicks. i separated the hen last night and she still murdered her chick thismorning. so i took the eggs. there were 5 eggs, i used a flashlight and discovered that 1 was rotten , and 1 wasnt fertal, and the last 3 looked like...
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    HELP ME!!! chicks are dying! PLEASE READ!

    Ok guys- im new here so this is my first post.... heres my story... sorry its kinda long so i am house sitting for my friend with 60 chickens... she is trying to hatch some bantams in one pen. (there are both roosters and hens in the pen. but only banties) and they started hatching yesterday...
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