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    Welsummers- I’m pretty sure 2 Roos, what do you say?

    These are my first Welsummers and I hear they have definitive color variations between sexes. I’ve had great luck picking pullets out of a group based on temperament. Pick the most timid, the one that runs from you and tries to hide under another chick; that one’s the pullet. If the chick is...
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    Will hens sleep late?

    Currently we have a 4 hens of varied ages. I just got another from a local backyard keeper which is 2, and the oldest of my birds. Normally would have kept but her in the side yard to free range during the day, in a large dog crate at night for a few weeks. Insert Tropical Storm Andrea. I have a...
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    True Ameraucana? What color is this?

    The person who sold me this chick told me it was an Ameruacana. I've read on here that there are few true Ameruacanas. Now that the colors are showing beautifully, I can't seem to find a similar color pattern. I was told it was splash, but that doesn't seem accurate. Question 1) True Ameruacana...
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    How long does diatomaceous earth take to work on lice?

    I lost a chicken Friday. My three are usually thrilled to see me, but Friday one didn't get up. She seemed fine that morning. I went and checked and she wasn't breathing hard or panting. I picked her up and went to bring her inside and she jerked her head, straightened her legs and went limp...
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    Delaware, pullet or cockerel?

    I believe I already know but then I read a thread that contradicts me, so I start thinking the other then I see a picture that changes my mind again. So, I'm turning this one over to BYC. Sorry for the poor lighting. Phone camera at dusk.
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    Moving outside without heat

    I have 4 chicks that are 2 weeks, 4 chicks that are 3 weeks, and 1 that is almost 4 weeks old. They spent their first few weeks in a dog crate with a heat lamp in my living room. The dust and noise were too much and even though it's the largest dog crate, it seemed too small, and they've been...
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    Free: one month old white silkie rooster

    Beautiful white silkie. One month old. We were hoping he was a she but "Sophie" has been caught crowing at 7am the past several days. We can't have roosters so he needs to find a good home quickly. Great personality, very loving and would be a great daddy. He takes care of all the younger chicks...
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    How long after 21 days?

    I had a group of 14 eggs, as of day 16 everyone was developing beautifully. I didn't candle again. When I went into lockdown a few eggs were rocking. I set these on 8/7 at 8:30pm. Monday, I had a Delaware hatch at 3:30am and three pips in my Barred Rocks. Two hatched during the day and it became...
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    Somebody stinks.....help me out

    This is my first time incubating. I wasn't supposed to candle again until Tuesday but there was something just kind of off about the smell near the incubator. First, my incubator is set up in the bathroom because it's the least drafty room in the house. So its not uncommon to smell a little...
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    Who wants a laugh? Homemade egg candler

    We made a egg candler from a old shoe box that my daughters shoes came in. It's lined with aluminum foil and has a florescent bulb in it and it works amazingly well. I thought I'd share because it makes me laugh.
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    Shipped eggs and a staggered incubation....for a first time?

    This is my first time incubating and I think I've made a mistake. I bought some hatching eggs from My Pet Chicken but they don't have one breed I really really wanted so I bought those off ebay. I figured both would be shipping the same day so they should arrive the same day or within a day...
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    I finally wrote a letter to the county. Proofread and comments please

    May 28, 2012 Dear Commissioner XXXXX; I am writing to request that the county allow keeping chickens in unincorporated residential portions of our county. The recent actions of neighboring areas such as the city of Sarasota, Tampa, and Orlando to allow chickens leaves me mystified as to why...
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    Yeah! Chickens!

    I have been HARRASSING my husband since 2006 that I want to get chickens. I think he's finally getting that I'm not going to let it go so he's given me the red light for 4 hens!! With a few stipulations (of course :rolleyes: ) he wants to finish the back fence first, then he needs a chicken...
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