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    Resting and chilling before freezing

    Hi! I have my 8 meaties back from the processor (processed this afternoon and then refrigerated until I arrived at 6pm, and deposited into my cooler of ice). Am I right that they need to sit chilled for a couple of days to relax the muscle fibers in order to have more tender meat? I don't...
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    5.5 week old Cornish X - feed options?

    I have had my Cornish X birds (8 total) on the Nutrena Nature Wise Start/Grower at 18% protein since the day they arrived, as they shared a pen with the layers that they arrived with. Today the layers were moved to their own pen and so for their last 2.5 weeks or so... Do I keep these meaties...
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    Chick not feathering out- Should I be worried?

    My dark Olive Egger chick isn't maturing when it comes to feathering out like the rest. My last one like this (Silver Penciled Rock) died at 3 weeks old despite acting healthy. I'm really worried that Olive will end up the same way. I realize she is only 1 week old and it appears she is growing...
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    6 day old chick's poop is different

    This white chick's poop is different from all the rest. Shipped from Meyer, acting 100% fine and actually the most outgoing and curious. Surprise breed but I'm guessing Leghorn??? She's the biggest of them. But her poop is almost a reddish tint. It's the darkest poops in this picture. Should I...
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    Dust bath size?

    Our chickens are going to be in a permanent run so I want to make a good sized dustbath for them that will be in the run and under cover so it doesn't get wet every time it rains. But what size is a good size to make it? There will be 11 chickens (whoops, I blame chicken math) ranging from a...
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    Help identifying which chick is which breed?

    I have one each of the following breeds but I can't quite figure out all of the "who's who?"! I'd appreciate a little help getting this right. Uncertain which is which: Easter Egger Speckled Sussex Welsummer Fairly certain which is which: Silver Penciled Rock Silver Gray Dorking Chick...
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    Age of chicks for specific treats?

    Any advice? Like how old to eat wheat fodder? How about strawberry trimmings? Purple dead-nettle? My Chickies hatched 3/6/17 so at the time of posting they are 4 days old. I'm talking about just enough for a daily treat of one, not all, per day!
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    Is this chick sick?

    I can't say which breed because several look so similar still but I will have the breed list below, just in case it makes a difference. This chick seems much lower energy than the rest and I just can't seem to catch a peek of it eating. I gave them all a drop of nutri drench on arrival, and I...
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    Ceramic heat emitter - questions for those who have used one

    I purchased a 100w ceramic heat emitter and I'm currently testing it over a box with a thermometer in my garage. Granted it is cold outside today, about 47 degrees, but it's taken a really long time (a few hours and one change of distance) and had to be about a foot away from the thermometer...
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    Building a shed style coop on skids

    I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction for a video or maybe even have info to pass on. I'm self/YouTube-taught when it comes to building things and thankfully the coops and other things that I have built in the past have been very strong and worked well enough. This time around...
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    Coop in the suburbs - a few questions

    I've bolded the important bits for those who want to skip the extras and go straight to the point! Our first time around we had two bantams and two standard size (see avatar) hens. And to be quite honest they were very noisy little buggars when they layed, lol! We were on about 0.4 acres and...
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    Essentially a new member!

    Hi! I've been without chickens and off BYC (except to swoon over all the chickens and coops from time to time) for a few years. That's about to change as our new home is in a subdivision without an HOA, and there are technically no city ordinances against chickens so long as they are in an...
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    Possible gapeworm... is Ivermectin what I need?

    We have 3 chickens and they're about 1 yr old. We've never wormed before and my Millie's odd "mute open mouth calls" today made me curious, so after some reading on here I think she (and therefore the other 2) has gapeworm! Ack!! Is it the pour on Ivermectin I have read about here that I need...
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    5 day old Welsummer bantam with bulge on lower belly - HERNIA????

    I was cleaning out the brooder a little bit ago because the chicks got silly and emptied their water bottle while I was out around lunch time. They had gotten wet under their bellies and so I was checking each to make sure they were drying off and to make sure there wasn't any poop or food stuck...
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    Ebay PVC feeder - Can you ID this part?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/130472865837?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_1341wt_1163 I like the fact that this pvc feeder doesn't stick out too far, great for keeping coop floor space for walking! But can you ID the part on the bottom of the feeder, or do you think it is a...
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    The fender washers etc needed for hardware cloth?

    So my hardware cloth arrives tomorrow from Amazon, and there are a couple sections for my run that I can go ahead and add the hardware cloth soon. But what size etc are the fender washers that we need, and can I just use the self tapping deck screw I have with these washers, (I think they're...
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    Coop painting question

    Everything I read said to use semi gloss exterior paint to make clean up easy inside the coop. Well I couldn't afford to get flat for the exterior and semi gloss for inside, so everything is being painted with semi gloss.....but any flaps that touch (like the flap for the external nest boxes)...
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    Quick raised run flooring advice please?

    I am hoping to work on the floor of the run today or tomorrow, so I'd love some quick advice! It is a slightly raised run, no grass access there right now, and I can't change that while we're renting here. I have some supports running across to support whichever floor and bedding I choose...
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    My coop build - a raised coop with an enclosed run underneath. PIC HEAVY - still in progress

    Well, I'm building this alone for the most part, so it's very slow going. Also I can generally only build during the baby's nap once a day...VERY slow going! The coop will be above and the run below. Coop is 6ft x 3ft, front is at least 4 ft tall and back is at least 3 ft tall - I don't have...
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    What size hole in the floor for ladder to under coop run access?

    My biggest ladies will probably be Black Australorps. What size should I make the hole in the floor for the access to the ladder leading down into the run? The coop is 6ft x 3ft and the run is below it. The ladder will most likely go from one side of the 6ft long coop to the other to ensure...
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