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    Encouraging Broodiness

    We have 4 girls - a RIR, a Buff Orp, a SLW, and a Americauna. We'd love to stick some eggs under one of them but not one is acting broody at all. Is there some way we can encourage broodiness? What do the conditions need to be? Will they go broody on their own? and what can we do if they...
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    MacGyvering Nest Boxes? please share....

    ok - i'd love to know what kinds of creative nestboxes you all are using out there. Shoeboxes? Bins? Garbage cans on their sides? It seems like it'd be a pretty basic thing to MacGyver out of things laying around the house and yard. Pics please? thanks!
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    a He or a She? Rhode Island Red

    OK. Don't know if this is a he or a she. It's the bolder of the two birds that i got as peeps last spring. I assumed they were sisters, but I just don't know anymore. and for contrast, this is the sister... thanks!
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    When does my foster broody start laying again?

    i have a silkie (1 year old-ish) who's been a broody foster mom to three of my chicks for a month and some now. This makes my oldest chick about 10 weeks and the youngest about 7 or 8 weeks. I've noticed lately when I go to pick up the silkie she takes "The Stance" - the submissive mating stance...
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    Feed Store Mistake - s'posed to be an Australorp?

    Ok. So I got this black chick from a feed store. She was supposed to be an Australorp. But then she started growing feathers. I'm baffled as to what she could be. Any guesses what she is? She's about 2 months old - maybe more.
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    leg injury on RIR pullet (chicken tractor ran her leg over)

    so DH was pulling the chicken tractor and not paying attention. when he looked back my (favorite *sigh*) RIR was just standing behind the tractor not moving. He put her back in and when I went out to see her she was just kind of laying all retracted (like kinda balled up). She favors her right...
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    Great Online Source for Mealworms and Waxworms (aka b moths)

    I was getting sick of paying $1 for a dozen meal worms, so I did a little looking online and these were the very best prices I found for mealworms and wax worms (which are the larve for the "bee moth/ b moth" that i keep hearing about but have been confused what people were referring to)...
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    silkie adopting chicks **update** i think we're good!!

    ok - so I got this silkie in the mail today, she's one year old and has been broody for the last couple weeks I've been told. So (I know - shame on me...quarentine...but what's done is done) I put her with my chicks today and she's taken with them. here she is - in the tractor and her in...
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    what are the chances a 1 year old silkie hen will "adopt" chicks?

    I have 7 chicks ranging in ages from 5 weeks to 2 weeks. and I just got a full grown 1 year old silkie in the mail today. As I was holding her she'd look at the chicks and kind of growl(?). I put her in the tractor with the older chicks for a bit and she got a little concerned when I took...
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    wheezing peep

    i had my first peep die last night. the second, it's sister is having very labored breathing, panting and wheezing. what could that be? and is it catching? I'm baffled. thanks!
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    how to clean/sanatize the brooder for the next chicks??

    my 2 latest peeps, brahmas both, have had problems and one died this morning (within a few days of bringing them home) - the other's not looking so hot either. They were the ones i thought had the best chances - vaccinated and from a reputable store, but I don't know - there's quick, labored...
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    I'm NOT a monster!!!

    ...but my chicks seem to think i am. My birdies are 2 weeks (and some) old. I hold each of them every day. I feed them the basics but also bring treats (hardboiled eggs and such) which they run from and then pick at after a while, once i've dropped them cause i've been holding them so...
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    Chick Pics....a little artsy......

    ok so it's a little moot now, cause these pics are like a week old which means practically expired, and we've added three new girls (2 Araucanas - or so they said, and a Australorp) but for now..... our Rhode Island Reds.
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    Do Silkies' Feathers Feel like Chick Down?

    Just wondering cause I've never actually felt a Silkie, but do they feel downy? That soft?
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    What Should I NEVER EVER Do With my Chickies?

    Just wondering if there is any food or any thing I should not EVER do or give to my chickies. I have 5 ranging between 1-2 weeks. I know the basic stuff. They're in a great brooder, they're eating starter, they're getting fresh water a couple times daily, they have heat and room. But what...
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    Utah anyone?

    Just wondering who my neighbors are..... I'm in Elk Ridge, Utah County. hugs!
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