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    Snake hunter!

    Casey and I took some treats out for the girls. When she put the bowl down, all of them came running except one. She was standing perfectly still like she was hypnotized. She was totally ingnoring the feeding frenzy behind her. I walked towards her to see what was wrong and found her in a...
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    Lethargic pullet

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) seven week old Barred Rock Pullet, weight unknown 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Didn't come out of the coop Saturday morning. She was VERY lethargic. I brought her out of the coop and...
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    RIP Little SLW cockerel

    Well, I KNEW my malinois would be a chicken killer if given the opportunity. Now I have proof. My six year old daughter went out to pet the chickens in the run and our SLW cockerel slipped past her and into the yard. She had forgotten the dog was out so she didn't bother to catch him and put him...
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    sometimes it pays to ask!

    I have been watching craigslist to see if I could score some free chain link fencing to extend the girls run. No such luck. All the free stuff was 4 feet high and I wanted 6 foot so I can walk in it. I noticed one post for 25' of fence for $100 dollars that had been up several weeks. I emailed...
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    night time temp for 4wk old pullet?

    During the day I have been free ranging my youngest pullets with the older ones and everyone is getting along very well. The temperature outside at night is in the mid to lower 60's. The five and six week old are mostly feathered out except their heads. I think they would be OK. The four week...
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    Chicken Training (operant conditioning)

    I have lots of experience with training dogs and the different techniques used. I was searching for info on operant conditioning and found this awesome diary of a day with Bob and Marian Bailey. They teach people how to use operant conditioning to train animals using chickens during their...
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    Rice hulls instead of pine shavings?

    DH and I are beginning to think we are allergic to pine shavings. I have been looking into possible alternatives and the guy at the feed store suggested Rice Hulls. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with them. Are they absorbent. do they control smell. etc etc. I want a material that I can...
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    5 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte, what gender? **NEW PICS - post 18**

    Close as I could get of it's head, it looks more red in person. Here it is standing on the brick (the other two are a barred rock and australorp, don't need gender on them..... yet)
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    My poor babies!

    I originally bought 5 pullets ranging in age from a few days old to 4 weeks old. I got them all within a day of each other and they were a perfectly happy little flock from the very beginning. The following weekend I got three older pullets (12 wks) and they went directly into our newly built...
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    Duramycin tip

    I'm on day three of dosing the girls with duramycin-10 (for respiratory problem, different thread) with the recommended amount of 1 tablespoon per gallon. When I first mix it, it is pale yellow. By the end of the day, it's an absolutely disgusting looking brown! I sure wouldn't drink it, though...
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    respiratory disease question.

    I just added three 12 week old pullets to my flock. One of them looked a little run down, so the lady I purchased them from gave her to me for free and suggested I keep all three separate from my existing flock. In hindsight I should have probably passed on all of them. The first one that was...
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    I think I figured out chicken math!

    2 barred rocks 1 RIR 1 SLW + 1 Mystery chicken 5 total in flock - 1 barred rock chick that died 4 total in flock 1 Australorp chick to replace chickie that died 1 GLW to help me get over grief of losing barred rock chick 1 Columbian Wyandotte to help me deal with guilt...
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    Breeding chickens

    I wasn't sure where to put this, but I figured flock management was the best bet. So, I have a small flock of laying hens, no roosters. Let's say I wanted to breed one of them. Do people actually take hens and roosters back and forth for breeding like dog owners do? I would guess if I stuck my...
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    Is this REALLY a gold laced Wyandotte Pullet?

    OK, so this is SUPPOSED to be a 4-5 week old Gold Laced Wyandotte pullet. In the first picture you can see the feathers at the base of her neck are rather pointy. In the second picture you can see her breast is pretty much straight red, no lacing. Also, I didn't get a shot of it, but she...
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    Hello!

    I've been coming to this site for a month or two now since we decided to start a small backyard flock for egg laying and possibly for my six year old daughter to show. We currently have a 2wk old barred rock, 3wk old silver laced wyandotte, 4 wk old rhode island red, and what is supposed to be a...
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