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    Yet another silke....Difficult little buggers, ain't they!

    Alrighty, this one's supposed to be a partridge, but looks more like a red. She (I'm still optimistic) Hatched out around April 27, which makes it about 14 weeks old. Opinions???? Head shot (No noticeable comb or wattles) Body Another body Please tell me these aren't streamers...
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    Local Egg Producer Trying To Do Right

    http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/831299.html This is a family owned egg producing farm that's completely changed the way they do business. They regularly give public tours of their facilities. They did one about a month ago that included a free omlette breakfast. They still...
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    SL Polish - Elizabeth Bennett, or Mr. Darcy! (With bonus silkie pic)

    Here's my bearded silver laced polish named Elizabeth Bennett. She (I'm still hopeful) is 8 weeks, almost to the day. She has no sign of wattles, no pink color to her comb, no spur bumps, no outward signs of rooish behavior, but her darned crest is just SCREAMING roo to me. Count me among...
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    Yeah Crows!!!!

    I was out in the yard this evening, the sun was setting, and the neighborhood flock of crows started going nuts. (It was about 30, or so, crows) I looked up to see what was going on, and see them chasing something HUGE! It was absolutely beautiful (If not just a wee bit miserable) bald eagle...
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    For those of you wondering if you can dye brown eggs.....

    Yes....yes you can!
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    Saved PM's

    Alrighty, I should have been able to figure this out myself, but alas, I have failed. When I write a lengthy PM to someone and click 'save message' before I send it, where do I go to retrieve said message? I know, silly question!
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    This silkie is cute and all, but.....

    ...is it really $1,200 worth of cuteness??? http://www.eggbid.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1231471540
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    Hey Mahonri!

    What's up with your musical avatars! Are they changing daily, or am I just going a wee bit crazy???
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    MPC Silkies - Questions About Quality

    Does anyone have any info about ordering Silkies from My Pet Chicken? What's the quality of the chicks? Do they come bearded or non-bearded, or do you have a choice? Any pics out there of MPC silkies? I'm wanting to order some, but I would like to have an idea of what I might end up with...
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    Kids and Meat Question

    Hopefully you omnivores can help me with this one. I'm a vegetarian (and yes, I'm aware of the irony that this is one of my favorite threads!) , but my 5-year-old daughter is not. I figure it's a personal choice for me, and when she's older she should be able to decide for herself what she...
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    Sorry JennsPeeps, but I win the bet!

    Mia and I came home from swimming lessons to find 2 eggs in the coop. Elinor's making up for lost time!!!!
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    Talk about community support for chickens!

    This was in our local paper. Way to go, city of Sumner! Sumner’s community garden gains chickens City council postpones further requests of funds and staff hours for garden, but approves chicken program Roxanne Cooke Published: October 3rd, 2008 11:25 AM Soon, gardeners who have a plot in...
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    Creating an enriching chicken environment

    While looking for information for another post I came across this research article explaining how to keep chickens happy and stress free in a research environment. (If using chickens for research, having a stressed out bird can affect the results of the study. Happy birds give accurate...
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    Has this ever happened to you?

    I was in the kitchen making dinner when I found myself rudely interrupted!
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    Can sex-link coloring be wrong?!?!!?

    Is the sex-link coloring a sure thing? I have a black sex-link whose coloring definitely says that it's a girl, but Dang, those wattles are huge! Not to mention the pointy neck feathers and the fact that she's a BIG girl. I'm confused. Any opinions? Her age is iffy. I got her from the feed...
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    Shrimp?!? Who would of thunk!

    The girls got the left overs from last night's sea food dinner. Mainly the shrimpy bits. (tail, legs, outter shell) Man, did they go nuts! I had a serious game of chicken keep away going!
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    What luck!

    I went to move the tractor today and was looking for a choice spot. There's an area that I covered with cardboard last year (to kill some weeds) that I decided to check out. I looked under the cardboard and found a fairly substantial ant colony had taken up residence. (Ants, eggs, and all) My...
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    Chicken First Aid Kit

    I just thought I would pick your brains to come up with a list of things we should have on hand in case of a chicken emergency. Does anybody have any suggestions of what would be helpful to have in a chook first aid kit?
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    What causes a hen to become egg bound?

    I've seen a whole lotta posts giving advice on how to treat an egg bound hen, but I'm wondering if anybody has a clue as to what causes it to happen. Is is diet related, or just a fluke of nature?
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    These Monsters Will Eat Anything!

    So, the girls were digging around in a huge clump of grass, when they started a crazy game of keep-away. I, unfortunately, went over to get a look at their latest treasure and was somewhat horrified to find a little hairless pinky mouse being torn to shreds. They downed that poor little sucker...
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