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    HOW TO TELL BOYS FROM GIRLS?????

    I can't figure out how to tell the difference between the roos and hens. I did post pics, when they were a few weeks younger,,,,,,,,,to no avail.' WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES? They are now 10 weeks old. And a mixture of breeds. I DON'T KNOW THE BREEDS EITHER.
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    Putting Babes in with Adults

    Yesturday I put my 1 month old chicks and their mama in with the big girls. I had a seperate pen for them and I put them in there, with it lifted up so they could crawl out, and they did. The adult hens, just kept coming over to them and checking them out. So after awhile, I let them all out...
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    BETTER PICTURES..................THANKS

    THATS ALL I HAVE...................THANKS AGAIN,,,,,,,,,
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    IDENTIFY.....................PLEASE.........................SEX AND TYPE

    # 3 is tan and brown, but doesn't have the greenish legs like an easter-egger? #4 is black and white and tiny like the other one...
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    IDENTIFY.............PLEASE...............SEX AND TYPE

    These cuties are 3 weeks old.......... #1 is yellowish, and is so huge........#2 is kinda tiny.....like a runt, and has a long neck.....
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    chickens are hard work

    I really love my hens, but I am finding it is so much work. Getting up early to let them out. Rushing home at night to make sure they are locked up. Cleaning up the poop every week. Keeping the food filled, looking out for predators, keeping the water clean and filled. I just got an automatic...
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    HAND FEEDIN........3--4 week old budgies

    I have babies and I wanted to start hand feeding them, well I bought the "Exact brand" baby formula and they won't eat it. So I put them back in thier cage box with mom and dad. I want them to be tame, mom and dad aren't. So I am holding them every chance I get..........ANY...
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    babies, now what

    I have a pair of parakeets and they just hatched out 4 eggs, in their box about a week ago, I have peeked in and they are doing fine. What do I do now? just leave them be? how old will they be when they come out ? do I take them out, or will they come out on their own? their parents aren't...
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    Not excited................

    I find it very interesting that not many people, even family are not happy or excited that I own chickens, I just don't get it. Maybe when they start to lay eggs, and I give them some, they might be more enthusiastic. I just have so many funny chicken stories to tell my friends and family, but...
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    something funny

    I went to pick up my pretty BANTAM RIR because she has been trying ot go broody. SHe keeps sitting on the empty nest. So I was just going to carry her around for awhile. All the sudden I am walking towards the hubby and she flaps her wings and out pops an egg, it fell onto the floor and we just...
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    Hatching out eggs from Whole foods?

    Hey I went to Whole foods today and I saw heritage Black Maran eggs and Americauna eggs next to all the others. Has anyone ever been able to hatch these? or even tryed? Are they fertile?
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    eggs

    I am amazed at how many people I know, don't like or eat aggs. I love them, but I only love mine or in a pinch the organic free-range ones. I have people come by and ask them if they want some, most people say no. I keep everything really clean, and have a really nice small flock, they are sweet...
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    Forgiveness

    I can't figure out why it is so hard for me to forgive people. When my hubbys aunt stole our inheritance, he could forgive her, and so could everyone in our family. It's been 20 years or so and I have been able to avoid her all this time, now she is invited to a baby shower I am giving, and I...
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    chickens are so much work..........worth it

    So today my hubby and I finally finished the coop, run etc. It was so much work and so costly even though, I found a shed for $100.00 off of craigslist. and We transformed it into the coop. The whole run is covered by bird netting that I had to sew together, and ziptie. I have a hawk that swoops...
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    cockatiel. rescue

    So this morning a guy came to my door and asked me to come save a cockatiel he found on sidewalk. We live in sarasota fl. so the low last night was 65-70. warm. I got to the bird and it was laying on sidewalk. LIke it was sleeping. So I brought it home and it is standing on bottom of cage, he...
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    slow down in egg laying

    Hi everyone, My 2 BANTAM RIR'S are 9 mths. old and they have been laying eggs pretty regularly 1-2 a day and now all of the sudden, they are only laying 1 - 2 every couple of days. I have put a light in the coop for extended daytime light and nothing has changed?????????????????? food is the...
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    metal shed coop

    So I have been saving for sometime and I finally was able to buy a 10x8x6 foot metal shed. I had to buy one because DH didn't want to make me a chicken coop, so I have a blank slate. Any advise would be fantastic... I live in Fla. so it is hot allmost all year and I do have an aviary with...
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    Rag Rug..............crochet

    21x24 inch oval Rag rug. Made of a Cotton Polyester blend. Machine wash, lay flat to dry. Lasts for years. Light blue with white speckled middle. Flecks of yellow, orange and green. Picture doesn't do it justice. I have so many of these in my home and love them. Can only ship in the U.S. for...
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    Rag Rug..............crochet

    21x24 inch oval Rag rug. Made of a Cotton Polyester blend. Machine wash, lay flat to dry. Lasts for years. Light blue with white speckled middle. Flecks of yellow, orange and green. Picture doesn't do it justice. I have so many of these in my home and love them. Can only ship in the U.S. for...
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    JACK? General questions

    O.k. so let me get this straight. A male jack--- "donkey" guards a flock of chickens from coyotes? What the heck? I have never heard of this. Do they bother the chickens and do they rid all the predators? Is this a common knowledge thing? do all farmers know this? I am such a city girl. If I...
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