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    7wk old lavender ams

    I have 4, and they pretty much all look the same as far as posture/comb so I’m only posting pics of one. 7 weeks old 2 days ago. I usually do ok at figuring out genders, but since they all look the same it’s proving to be more difficult.
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    Ancona? Jersey giant? And ?????

    3 more chicks to ID from my Meyer “rare” assortment. I’m pretty sure the one is an Ancona, one is a Jersey Giant (its one of the only “rare” breeds that is black, no head spot, and doesn’t come with an ID band), and the last one (yellow) has me stumped. Suuuper fluffy face so maybe it’s just...
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    Meyer rare assortment chicks

    i think I have most everything else I got this morning figured out based off comb and leg color, but I have 2 of these that are throwing me for a loop. Clean legged. Very silver/yellow, not brown or reddish. Supposed to be large fowl, but are noticeable smaller than the wyandottes and Orpington...
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    Redoing my coop interior, seeking constructive criticism

    I am *only* asking for opinions on the LAYOUT of the roost bars, etc. as far as space goes. I am *not* looking for comments on sqft/bird, or doing structural changes. OK. I'm taking the plunge into poop boards, AND re-doing my coop interior in the process (roost bars, better location for...
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    Light brown leghorns vs welsummer genetics calculator

    im getting way ahead of myself and plotting and planning chicks to hatch either this fall or next spring and I’m trying to figure out if (hens/pullets) light brown leghorns have the same “input” as welsummer a in the chicken calculator. And, quite frankly, I’m not sure which “starter” phenotype...
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    Why isn't there more chatter about Ohio brooders?

    AKA hover brooders. I stumbled across mention of it in a different thread that was a few years old, followed the link, and decided to give it a try. This thing is, for me, 100x better than brooding chicks in my basement. We don't have a garage, so that's not an option for me to have chicks...
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    Double post. Ignore.

    double post
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    One 3-ft community nestbox for 20 hens?

    I'm getting ready to overhaul my main coop, which I house around 20 layers in. I was originally planning on making a 3-hole version of Opa's roll-out nest box, but I'm wondering if one giant nest box would work just as well? My biggest concern is it being so large that they try to roost in it...
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    Flight/aviary netting: what have you used?

    we are working on putting an aerial-predator barrier up on our run since we seem to have developed an owl and hawk issue in the past year. What flight or aviary netting have you used? Links welcome! I’m looking for something that I can have up in the spring/summer/fall and easily take down...
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    ID this duckling?

    got 3 ducklings from TSC yesterday. According to the store (employees and the signage) they only get 4 breeds: mallards, rouens, khaki Campbell's, and pekins. I'm confident that 2 of the ones I picked are KC, but the 3rd I have no idea. It's bill is larger and has pink around the edges. It's...
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    Making sure I'm doing this right...

    I know how to brood chicks. So I'm doing basically the same thing with the 3 KC ducklings I just got with the addition of a wide flat pan of water for them to swim in if they want. I put a brick in the middle to keep it stable and give them something to climb onto if needed. The water is shallow...
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    Growing in a cattle panel greenhouse

    So I'm zone 5-ish (according to the USDA map we're "in" zone 6, but everything grows more like a 5), in Michigan. I've been googling quite a bit, but what I'm essentially looking for is whether or not it will work for me to germinate things INDOORS, and then move them out to the hoop house in a...
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    Give me your pepper "tricks"!

    I'm planting peppers for the 2nd time, and I need some tips and tricks to help them do better than last year. Last year was DRY here, and I didn't water as well as I probably should have, but my pepper plants were TINY and pretty much every pepper got brown "scabs" on them. Reading into the...
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    Hen with abscess on her face??

    Yesterday we noticed that one of our 2 year old hens has a large tumor/growth/abscess on the side of her face. It's pretty firm, appears to be scabbed, and she didn't like me touching it. She has no other symptoms (no runny nose, eye discharge, and she's still eating and drinking). And advice on...
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    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    Sometime yesterday afternoon, my 9mo old BLRW pullet injured (or something) her leg. She was fine in the morning, and not fine at 4pm. She has no feeling/motor skill from her hock down in one leg. Her toes are 'loose' as in she cannot flex or curl them, as is the lower leg section. She hops...
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    Michigan Hatchers! What'cha got cookin?

    Calling all Michigan hatchers? What's percolating in that incubator? Or, are you like me and are keeping the peace with your SO by WAITING UNTIL SPRING to bring full-on chick production on line? What's in your 'bator? What is your "project" for this year? What are you DREAMING OF? (RIP...
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    Silkie (mix?) cockerel???

    I got some silkie chicks early this summer and I kept this one thinking it was a pullet but now I'm not so sure. It does have a straight comb, so maybe mix way back somewhere. If it's a boy it needs to go because I don't have enough girls for 3 boys.
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    8wk old black copper marans.....genders?

    I'm leaning toward toward having a pair, with the one with the more yellowish comb being a cockerel?
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    Getting ahead of next year's squash bugs....

    So on gardenweb someone had suggested leaving a single squash plant when everything was done producing for the year and ripping out everything else. The idea/logic was that ALL of the remaining squash bugs would concentrate onto that plant and then you would have a very limited area in which to...
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    Planning for next year and cover crops...

    I'm trying to plan for next year since my garden layout this year is pretty much a disaster. My "rows" of tomatoes are impassible and the plants are 4ft tall!!), my squash are pathetic, the green beans are OK, and my pepper plants are wasting space since they are tiny and sad. My cukes are...
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