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    15 years has gone by so fast.

    I joined BYC probably 15 years ago when I was looking for araucanas chicks or eggs. I found some and my flock grew to almost 100 birds. I enjoyed them so much but then we moved to northern Michigan. I butchered a bunch of roosters, sold some and then moved with 41 keepers. I let them free...
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    What is required to take birds to shows?

    I've shown horses for years and know whats expected but now I have some araucanas that I think look pretty good and would like to take to the Fowlfest in Birchrun, mi next weekend. I know tomorrow is the last day for entries and would have to hussle to get my entry and money in on time. I'm...
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    Its so hot here in Michigan that...

    I could incubator eggs in the shade. Was 101 today.
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    Feathers look like they got chew on.

    I have one hen that whose feathers look like they went thru a pencil sharpener or got chewed off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ anyone got any idea of whats going on here. Her vent is pink and appears...
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    bowels coming out Yolk Sac hole

    I've got a brand new chick that absorbed the yolk but its bowels are protruding. This chick is VERY, VERY important to me so I want to do everything that I can to save it. I tried taking a Q-tip and pushing eerything back in but the hole is pretty tight.
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    Something big got us last night.

    I've been having problems with myeggs disappearing. I thought it might the chickens but too many eggs would disappear at once. I had a nest close to the ground that had abt 8 eggs in it. Then the next day they were all gone. So I didn't think it was one of the girls. That nest must have had...
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    Personal albums

    Someone told me that they posted pics of their new chicks in their personal album but I can't find a link to direct me there.
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    Bad broodies

    please delete
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    So frustrated trying to hatch chicks.

    Has anyone researched why this breed is so hard to hatch fertile eggs. I got 12 eggs from a reputable breeder and only had 2 develope but neither made it to hatching. I then got another 23 from another big breeder and not one even got to growing veins. In fact a lot of the eggs had a big air...
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    Just got a GQF Incubator.

    There is a guy that lives about 30 mins from me that sells incubators and parts for GQF's on eBay. I went up there to get parts to build my own and he had a real, real old GQF for $20.00 How could I not put it in my van and come home. It needs some work but I got a new dry /wet bult...
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    This is why you wait past 21 days.

    This egg was started 4-6-12 and just hatched....after 25 days. I must confess though that its been unzipping for over 48 hrs. Its all worth waiting. for.
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    Yellow Maran chick

    I messed up. This was supposed to be in the marans thread.
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    I love my new brooder.

    x
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    Unexplained death of hen.

    I have an indoor riding arena and some of the chickens roost up about 20 feet in the air in the rafters. This morning I go out to check my meat birds in the arena and there is one of the laying hens dead. No blood, no claw marks, nothing. I have no idea what happeend to it. I plucked a few...
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    Michigan, any get together this year 2012?

    Is there going to be a Michigan chick-get-together, picnic, swap, etc this year...2012?
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    Lethargic 4 1/2 mo old hen

    My daughter gave me 10 chicks to raise for her and then she would pick out the best for her breeding program. They were born June 1st. Around July I had one get lethargic and I thought it was due to it being so dry and it got dehrdrated. I nursed it back to the point that it was walking and...
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