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    Let's Talk Toes

    I have 3 baby silkies 8 1/2 Weeks old. How many toes should they have? Yeah, that sounds silly. But my big chickens, a OEGB, 2 RIRs, and a BR all have 4 toes on each foot. My silkies have 4 toes on one foot, and 5 on the left. Is that weird? Will they be ok as they grow? They seem to be fine...
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    Baking Tips?

    This is my first year baking with fresh eggs versus super market eggs. Actually, I've never even cracked one yet! Dh made quiche from the eggs last week, so I know how yummy they are though! Tomorrow, I'll be baking about abajillion cookies (well, enough top use about 18 eggs, if I don't go...
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    Got my first eggs today! 2 Dozen!

    But not one was from any of my chickens. I could almost cry it's so funny. I've been *dying* for my chickens to start laying eggs, and no luck so far. The one "of age" is 25 weeks old today. My neighbor came over this morning, though, and gave me 2 dozen eggs from her sister's...
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    A Thousand Questions (almost)....Button Quail

    I saw an add on button quail on craigslist that got me interested in them, and DH and I have a few (or thousand) questions about them! 1. Are they really dirty? DH says that they poop more than they eat and they're really really dirty. I say, I have chickens, they don't get smelly like...
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    Rain Barrel For Drinking Water?

    I wanted to get one of those blue giant barrels (55 gallon?) and add a spout on the bottom (like for were you attach a hose? Don't know the name, lol), so that I can collect rain water for the chickens drinking water. I'm also wanting to do a pvc waterer for the chickens. I have seen the rain...
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    OT Thank You Everyone Here!

    This may make me prove to you all that I'm a little weird, but... Yesterday I started work on my new coop with the help of my dad, designed through reading much of the advice on here . My tooth was killing me, so we didn't get too much done, but did get a pretty good start on it. My dad made...
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    Lonely Hen oops! help!

    I found a great home for my Roo today, with a friend from work. She wants to start a flock of her own (yup, I'm an enabler lol). I offered her a hen to go with the Roo so she can have babies this Spring. She's got a coop all set up, and they'll free range during the day. She fell on love the...
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    Easy Eggs to Hatch for New At Hatching?

    My DH has agreed to build me an incubator, and I think we have everything except the cooler. So, I'm beginning to look around for eggs that aren't too expensive and will hatch easily. Eventually, I'd like to hatch some Seramas. I know they're hard... What eggs do you recommend? What are...
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    I convinced him! Now what?

    I was talking to my hubby today about chickens and eggs, since my Roo mated with one of my bantams for the first time that I saw today. I mentioned I'd love to incubate a few eggs, and he said that he'd seen a few plans that looked pretty easy - didn't even know he'd been looking!! So, we're...
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    First Egg Eaten?!?

    This past week, the Roo has been crowing in the morning, so he goes inside the house and comes out to the coop about 9 or so. This morning, I heard a lot of noise from the coop, and the Roo was still inside. I went to investigate, and saw nothing going on, just the girls walking around...
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    Doh!

    Um. Yeah. I read and read and read on here all the time, ask tons of questions, and try to soak up as much information as I can. I even noticed my rooster starting to crow, when my FIL (who raised chickens when he was young) thought it was the egg song - I was right, it's definitly a crow...
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    Raised Coop with Sand?

    I'm wanting to do a raised coop. I've been thinking of using sand - that's what I have in my brooder now, and it's working very well! I'm loving it. I'm wanting to do a raised coop with a run next to it and under it (similar to this model but to my own specifications), and I'm going to be...
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    Name That Tune!

    I heard a strange noise this morning. After investigating, it was coming from my chicken coop. The culprit? My white OE bantam. I thought the sound was him learning to crow. My FIL thinks that it's her practicing the egg song and getting ready to lay. It's my first time with chicken...
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    Forgive me if this is a dumb question...

    I'm new to chickens all together. I got 2 bantams, randomly picked by who I thought was pretty enough to be a girl, and they both were! Someone else gave me a gorgeous white chicken, Snowflake, a bantam as well. This morning, Snowflake started to crow! Ooops. I didn't want a rooster...
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    Why do I need 2 stories?

    Dad's told me that he'll help me rebuild the coop for the chickens, yay! I want it to be 3ft by 5 ft, but I want it to be 2 stories, with the coop on top of the run (30 sq feet total, with outside free range time during the day when I'm home). Dad thinks it will be less complicated to build...
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    Brooder box question

    I'm going to be keeping my 3 new birds inside the house until about January or so (I have reasons, mainly I want to completely rebuild the coop they little 3 are in and add in the 3 babies, so I need money and that will best be done with taxes, not to mention I enjoy indoor chickens and miss the...
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    Changing colors???

    I have a bantam chicken, unsure on age and it's possibly an OEGB. Her comb's gotten really red in the last week or so, so she's about to start laying, but that doesn't give an exact age. She's about the same size as my self blue, so I'm guessing around 19 weeks. Two days ago, she had white...
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    Starting to fly?? - Updated with 2nd question

    ETA: Anyone have any ideas on age?? I'd love to know so I can keep track. Does 3 weeks sound right? They have almost all of their baby feathers, just fuzz on their bellies, heads, and necks. See pic below. As I was typing another post, my BR flew the coop! I'm guessing they're about 3...
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    Funny - Dinosaur Chicks

    My mother works with pre-k ESE children. This year is her last year, so she's been cleaning out her classroom as they finish using things, and thus I've gotten a ton of plastic containers, mostly large. She used them to hold her stuff, and each one is label according to the type of materials...
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    Thanks a lot, DH is going to disown me....

    Yesterday, we went to the feed store, and they had RIR and BR chicks! Well, one BR. I begged and pleaded, and DH said no, so we left. Finally, after bugging him til 2 in the morning, explaining all the benefits, no cons, I already had everything I needed, etc. he gave in! This morning, I...
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