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    Predators?

    I've been keeping chickens for several years, and in my experience, raccoons are the scourge of the earth when it comes to chickens. My question, do you have the same issue with Turkeys? I have a few poults and will be getting some eggs very soon, and I'm wondering how everyone deals with...
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    Rabbit cages for quail?

    I just hatched my first batch of pharaohs, and will also be ordering some A&M's. I am also going to be keeping the quail on my enclosed side porch aka mudroom, for much of the year. I was first looking at hutches and the like, but I've settled on Rabbit cages. This...
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    I need a little advice

    I have 2 turkey poults-about 5 weeks old. They're still mainly inside my house, but during the day they are out in a dog run so they can run around and be turkeys. I have one Chocolate and one Black Spanish. (Soprano and Montana) I'd like to keep them with my chickens eventually, but the door...
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    What about a Rabbit hutch to keep quail?

    I'm interested in raising Coturnix, and I've seen some great "Off the ground" rabbit hutches for sale on Craigslist, that I think would be perfect for quail. Do you think that would work? They have the little house and the run part that's all wire with a tray for underneath? I'm going to go...
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    Ugh no eggs yet!

    I have 11 hens-mix of breeds (RIR, BR, RP, BCM, EE) they are just about 20 weeks old (except for the Marans that are almost a year) and Nobody is laying anything. The Marans laid 1 egg each when they arrived (about 2 months ago) then had a moult, so no eggs since then. Now the little girls are...
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    Considering Meat Chickens

    I'm on the fence about getting meat chickens. While I love the idea of having fresh meat, and knowing they have eaten healthy feed without drugs, and that they've had a good life, not a tiny cage...I am SO attached to my Layers, I think it might have a hard time not getting attached. My...
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    Gender of my assorted chickens?

    I have 7 chickens and I have a feeling about most of them, and one is a definite Roo. (He's going right back to where he came from. No. Not the egg...) I'll be posting the pictures in the next post since I have to put pics up via tapatalk.
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    Silkie with head tilt!!

    I've had my chickens for just over 2 weeks, my silkies are 2.5 weeks old. My black one, Zen, has been suffering from a terrible head tilt since about the 3rd day I had her. I've been giving her Poly-vi-sol and several days ago, she seemed to be MUCH better. Well, that was short lived, she's back...
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    Question about 2 henhouses!

    I have a hen house that my husband and sons are expanding and tidying up. When done, it will be approx 26 Sq ft. My chickens will be cozy, but it's only a sleeping/laying area. We have an old shed type of thing-solid wood, looks kinda like an outhouse. My husband asked if I would want that in...
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    Wanted: Dog run for chicken yard! Please be in the NY area for pick up!

    I am trying to see if it would be more economical to get a dog run for the chickens instead of building a pen for them. I have 9 chicks and need one big enough for them to play! (6'x8' or 10') Thanks!
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    Has anyone tried a "mash" of chick scratch and warm water?

    My teeny silkies didn't have that full crop feeling this morning, so I added some warm water to the chick starter, let it soak for a few minutes and put it in with the babies. You would think I gave them caviar and lobster! They are all IN it, and eating voraciously. The little girls, Zen and...
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    I'm picking up my babies this morning! *New baby pictures added!*

    As soon as I put my youngest on the bus, I'm heading out to the breeder to pick up my little puff balls. My thinking is...one Silkie (he has dark blue or black) 2 Barred Rock (sweet and pretty good layers) 2 red Stars (I THINK he has babies, I know he has almost grown ones-I may have to wait for...
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    I am going to start the cleaning up of the hen house...*Pictures added*

    Well, I went out to check on our old henhouse, and it's rather, um, yucky. The wood is in great shape (Thank goodness!) and the roof is still perfect (Another thank goodness) so it's the webs, and vines, and bugs that I need to deal with. I am also expanding it, with an added on nesting box...
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    Hi From Eastern Long Island, NY!

    Hi! I am not really "new" to chickens, I had 5, several years ago, and I swore never again after raccoons got my flock. I was completely heartbroken, and my children were devastated as well. My girls (the chickens) were pets, so they were so tame and friendly, and used to our other pets (dogs...
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