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    Rooster or hen? (Rhode Island Reds)

    We ordered 25 RI Reds from Welp hatchery at the beginning of November last year. We ordered all females, but lately we have started to wonder the sex on about 3 of them. They're just significantly larger than their sisters. I've attached a photo of one of the suspected cockerels and of the same...
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    Cannibalism in young flocks

    Keeping for chickens for over five years I figured we have a good track record of managing our new flocks, but something seems to have slipped through. We got 25 new layers (Rhode Island Red) one month ago. We live in Sothern Maine, and are raising these layers to supplement our egg sales for...
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    Mustard eggs... Explosion!

    We have an egg eating problem in our flock and we haven't been able to manage it well this winter... In Maine the freezing weather (coupled with our newborn daughter and all the time dedicated to her!) caused a lot of early spring eggs to freeze, crack open.... Then be eaten when we couldn't get...
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    New to flock Australorps not laying... winter issue, or other?

    About a month and a half ago we were given six "mangy" australorps from a friend who could no longer tend them. They had been pretty badly abused by the other chickens from our friends flock - they came to us skinny, with bare butts and some had no feathers on their necks. They were, however...
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    Squishy sour crop....ACV...yes or no?

    We have an 11 month Araucana, who appears to have a sour crop issue. It's very full and squishy. We have isolated her to our garage in a caged off area, and have her on just water and apple cider vinegar (Braggs). It's only been about 5 hours since we did that so we'll see how she does. I did...
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    opposed to sunlight?

    We've had out chickens outside during days for about 2 weeks now, and they really seem to be opposed to direct sunlight. Is this just a phase that they will eventually grow out of or might we not have gotten them outside early enough? They're about 9 weeks old, and fully feathered out. Maybe we...
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    chicks and kittens...or kittens and chickens?

    Not only are we the new parents of eight (now 3 week old) baby chicks, but we are also the new residents/owners of an old victorian house that's been largely unoccupied for the past 20 years. We have a minor mice/squirrel problem, and we're hoping to get some kittens to raise and help deter that...
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    coccidiosis in baby chick?

    I posted about one of our small baby barred rocks here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/657891/pecking#post_8879732 Well, we're less concerned about her picking on others now as we are now concerned about HER. Over the past 24-36 hours she has been very "sleepy". We find her standing away...
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    pecking?

    our littlest barred rock (3 weeks old, same age as others but almost 1/2 the size of our biggest chicks) is starting to peck at others. first it seemed to be just when they would get fresh food - she would try and snag stuff from other chicks beaks. now my partner says it looks like she is...
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    Party hardy chicks...

    Are my new chicks from another hemisphere? Have jet-lag? They sleep all day and are up all night! This wouldn't be such a bother but we keep them in our room with us at night ... it is the warmest spot in the house and they are just now reaching 2 1/2 weeks old. We might just end up moving them...
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    Looking for chicks in Maine!

    Wondering if any Mainers know any good feed stores to run to and order chicks - or if anyone else wants to go in on an "order" of chicks - reduce shipping $$ and all that stuff. Or if there are any hatcheries in the area? I am new to Maine and my partner (a native!) has no clue where to start...
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    Coop with two open runs

    Hey all -- My partner and I are new to designing chicken coops (aren't we all, the first time around?) and I am thinking about building one with dual access to two different runs... so that every other year I can exchange which run the chickens are in, and then plant my garden in the one...
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    New to Maine, and new to BYC!

    Hello fellow chicken lovers! My partner and I just moved from, well, all over - back to his hometown in Maine. We just built a compost pile and are looking forward to our next building task... building a chicken coop! We haven't had chickens ourselves before - but worked on many farms with them...
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