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  1. capstone

    stupid rooster!!!

    We hatched out chicks about a year ago. There were two roosters and they get along fine. The only problem I have is the less dominant rooster will NOT shut up... I kid you not he crows 24/7, you can go out any hour of the day or night and he is crowing. He is also mean.... There are times...
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    anyone had any success raising one of these?

    I went out to do chores and as I went to get some hay I noticed a dead newborn bunny so I scooped it up and moved it away from the horses hay. I then moved the hay around and found another one dead and one that was in extreme distress (very very very cold, wet and rigid but alive) then I dug...
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    time to change from chick feed to big chicken feed.. not sure what to get.....

    our chicks are 7 weeks old now and growing by leaps and bounds. I still have them in the house since it has been so very hot and my husband doesnt have their coop ready yet. :) We have 5 chicks 2 of which are roos. So can someone give me a suggestion on what to switch them to. I looked...
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    Its time for another round of "NAME! THAT! CHICKEN!"

    These guys/gals are all 5 weeks old now and I am pretty sure I have two roos as they bicker with each other, no feather pulling just bullying. LOL Any guesses on sex and a breed or mix would be a nice addition as well. #1 I think is a roo #2 I am almost sure is a roo this one has one...
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    Chickies day out... :)

    Since my babies turned 4 weeks old I went out and built them a pen so they could go out and play. I do NOT leave them alone other than when I go around the corner to feed the ponies. It is under the tree where we sit a lot so I just grabbed a bottled water and my camera and off we went :)...
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    monumental moment today.. *big grins*

    Now to some this may seem silly but to me it was a monumental moment. So I went down to do laundry and decided while down there I would clean their brooder and play with them a bit. I get the brooder cleaned out and lay new bedding down and when I sit up in my chair to get something up flies...
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    How do you know when t seperate the roos? These guys are 3 weeks

    We have 5 chicks all born on the same day and we are almost sure that 2 of them are roos. They are getting their combs which are turning red and now today I noticed that they are getting red waddles. :( We had hoped to keep them all but I am sure 2 roos with only 3 hens is a bit much for the...
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    ideas how to critter proof our idea for a "coop"

    We have 5 chicks right now not sure how many we will keep, depends on how many of them are roosters. We are planning on keeping them all if we can as pets only. Down by the barn we have about 100 ft from the house we have a nice size low shed on skids. When we had our Akita we built him a...
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    my babies are growing up.. :(

    They will be 2 weeks old tomorrow, they are growing up way too fast. Look at those beautiful silver/gray feathers. They are not ckicks they are EATING MACHINES Not sure what he/she is yet but no matter this one will be a keeper. He/she is so pretty and has feathers on his legs and outer...
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    I have created tiny little monsters...

    We had pasta for dinner tonight, so I thought "hey I have some left over why not take some to the kids in the brooder" So I figured 5 chicks so 5 little shell pastas. Talk about laugh.. my gosh. They get a bit brutal... I kept telling them their was enough for everyone but they insisted on...
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    brooder bedding question

    I looked it up but I am more confused. LOL I am using paper towels now and I have to change it several times a day because they are poop machines. I thought I read that someone uses play sand.... so I went and bought clean washed play sand. Then I read that you should not use it. I have a...
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    RIP Lucky...

    Lucky was doing great but this morning he started breathing heavy. I put him in something by the heat so the others wouldnt pick on him.... but when we came home from church he had passed on. He was well loved while he was here and will be greatly missed. I am so glad we got some pictures of...
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    not a good day...... :(

    Well lucky (the chick I had to help a little) was great eating, running around, drinking etc.... This morning I went down to clean, feed and water them and Lucky was breathing heavy and lethargic. He seems to be getting worse. The others were starting to pick on him a bit so I put him in a...
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    more baby pictures... and a few of the one I helped.

    The whole crew.... can anyone identify the breed? someone thought they were silkies. The black one is the only one with feathers on his feet though. This is the little guy I helped yesterday morning. He is doing wonderful, eating drinking and pooping. Bridgette named him Lucky. What is it...
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    need advice asap

    Okay.. when I pulled the chicks out this morning I moved the remaining eggs away from the side. When I did one peeped at me and that is when noticed that one had pipped. Okay now he has made a hole between a nickel and quarter size hole. We can see his beek and part of his body. He is peeping...
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    cuteness overload... :)

    Hello we are new here... we are all 24 hours old or very clost to it. Our human mom, dad and sister think we are just way to cute and are doing their best to spoil us. This is our new home and we love it. Mom thought it was funny when we all played in our water ultimetly dumping it. She...
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    crud crud crud ..... I hope I didnt do a no no...

    If all these eggs hatch with my sanity still in place i will be greatly suprised. Okay so I moved the first 5 chicks to the brooder and they are doing wonderful.. instantly started eating and drinking and are now napping. BUT when I took them out I saw NO pips... I looked very closely or as...
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    brooder and moving chicks question...

    Okay I had one born 8 AM Wed morning and then the last one at around 8PM Wed. night. I still have 6 eggs unhatched and with NO visible pips in them left in the incubator. All chicks are fluffy and dry and walking around.. climbing on the other eggs, playing, and pecking at anything and...
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    one of our new new babies.... what do you think he/she is?

    All the babies so far look exactly alike and come from two different colored eggs. The eggs were mostly light brown or light greenish/creamish colored eggs. can you tell what they look like? I am unfamiliar with breeds and it could be a mixed breed. I do know they are very vocal and...
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    Day 21 and I awoke to "peep peep peep" Now I have a couple questions

    8 AM I awoke to peeping. So as soon as it registered as to what I was hearing I jumped out of bed and woke our daughter up (scaring her half to death LOL). We got to watch the chick finish coming out of the shell. He is getting louder and louder and seems pretty strong. He/she is jumping...
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