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    Lame, foot pad swollen and warm

    The rest of this post I wrote yesterday. Today Rosie's foot pad is slightly swollen and warm. I didn't see any sign of cut or lesion. My Buff Orpington, Rosie, about 10 months old, started laying in December and has given us about an egg a day since. Last week she started to get broody, even...
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    Cookie tin water heater pictures.

    Last year I saw plans for an inexpensive water heater for my chickens on the forum pages. The whole project only cost me about $2.50 and it works fantastic. All you need is: a large cookie tin an outdoor socket and plug ($2.50 at the local hardware store) metal snips 40 watt light bulb (25...
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    Question about feed and winter

    Hi Everyone, I have a Buff Orpington and a Speckled Sussex. They are 21 weeks now and I just switched them to layer feed, even though they have not started laying yet. Two questions: 1- Should I have waited to switch them until they started laying ? 2- I live in CT and it is getting cold and...
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    Guess what? CHICKEN BUTT!! Show us your tail-feathers! (Your CHICKEN'S tail-feathers, that is)

    Just for fun! Submit a picture of your chicken's butt! When my son was little he always use to try to catch me by asking "Guess what?". If I was unusually bleary that morning, I would forget and say "What?" He would then scream "CHICKEN BUTT!" and run off laughing at my foolishness for getting...
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    Howdy all!

    Hi! I'm from CT and am trying to do all my homework on raising chickens before I get started. This seems like an informative and friendly site so I couldn't help but join. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I don't have any chickens yet. I am doing my research...
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