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    The Rooster Mystery

    Hello fellow chicken keepers: I have a problem I was hoping you all could help me figure out. Roosters have not fared well here the last year. Just the roosters. I have lost 5 in about a year. They act completely fine until it is too late, then one day I go out and they are weak, thin, and have...
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    Keeping chickens off the deck

    So, this may be a little silly, but I have to ask. I have a deck with stairs at my back door that leads into the backyard. Everything is enclosed in a large privacy fence. The chickens live here, and it's the only place they can because of predators everywhere else. I like them here, but is...
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    Help! My eggs got wet :(

    This is the first time I have had a broody hen so I let her sit on some eggs. They are at day 17. I had the broody in a plastic box with shavings in it under our four wheeler with a tarp on it. This has kept the eggs dry in past storms, but today we had a real toad strangler. I was away for...
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    My rabbit kindled!!! It's my first experience with a litter, any suggestions? *Pics coming soon*

    My sweetest little doe, a satin/california cross, kindled today at about 1pm! I am very excited about this litter, not just because she is my favorite doe and the father (a palomino) is also a total sweetheart, but it's my first time ever with a litter! We got rabbits in February and I have had...
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    Why are my roosters getting blood red legs?

    I have 4 roosters; 1 light brahma at 8 months, 1 frizzled bantam cochin a year and a half old, and 2 easter eggers, one just over 7 months and one is around 4 months. All of them except the youngest have developed a blood red color on the insides of their legs. I first noticed it in the cochin...
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    Lazy layers---When to Cull

    Hi all. Wish I didn't have to be writing this thread, but I need to know. I have 24 girls of all different breeds (see my sig) and all but one are LF. I just got a 5 month old barred rock pullet in a trade yesterday so I'm not concerned about her, but the rest of my girls are between 30-33...
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    First experience with a full on molt.

    I recently added two white leghorns and a leghorn/ameraucana cross to my flock. They are about a year and a half old so I expected them to go into a molt, and they sure have. It's been going on about a week. Sure miss getting those pretty white eggs...how long does a chicken's first full on...
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    What if I crossed a New Zealand with a Palomino?

    We are starting up a small scale meat rabbitry. Since we are mostly concerned about the does throwing vigorous, fast growing young, I do not have all the same breed. My buck is a good quality Palomino, the golden color, not lynx. I also have three does: A pretty good looking New Zealand White...
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    Ugh, I feel awful.

    Today I woke up thinking we would butcher our extra EE roo today. I had him penned up so we could get it over with quickly. Well, we lost a rooster today, but it wasn't him. I also had a silver laced polish rooster. He always acted weird, but I thought it was just a breed characteristic...
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    Rabbits won't breed

    So...my husband and I have been trying to start up a meat rabbitry since February. We were so excited to breed them when they came of age the first of September. Our buck is a honey color Palomino, very sweet and personable. We have tried to breed him to 5 different does, and nobody likes...
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    Naga's Story

    This is a branch off of my original thread, "New puppy needs training asap *Updates and training tips for your puppies!* in the Predators and Pests category. I figured it would fit best here. This thread is about a very special puppy that came to my family in August, 2012. I feel compelled to...
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    Hens all wanna lay in the doghouse

    I have a question. I have 24 girls and about half of them are laying. They all lay in the old doghouse and I'm fine with that because the eggs are always clean and we weren't using it for anything else. The thing is, they only wanna lay in there two girls at a time even though the doghouse is...
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    Is she eggbound? :(

    Hopalong is my special little cochin banty. I wasn't going to get her, but she flew out of the brooder with all her might and landed on my arm just as we were closing the lid at the breeder's place, so I had to get her. She has since become my favorite cochin of my three, but something is...
  14. Simmonsfunnyfrm

    Crazy morning!

    We have 6 chickens laying. One is an EE. This morning I went outside for the AM chores and realized she was missing! I keep all my chickens in a large privacy fence in my backyard. It encloses almost an acre. I looked everywhere and could not find her. I was beginning to fear she had somehow...
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    Why are some cochin eggs brown and some white/cream?

    I have two bantam cochin pullets, one black and one lavender splash. I got them from a respected breeder around these parts. Today I got my first little bantam egg! It's so cute! It's a creamy white egg and I'm thrilled because I wanted them to be white since all my other girls lay brown or...
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    First time breeding meat rabbits

    Hello fellow BYCers! Seeing as most of my friends are now sick of me talking about my little 'Funny Farm', I just wanted to express my excitement on this special day to people who can better appreciate my new found interest in hobby farming. Since about January this year my husband and I have...
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    New puppy needs training asap *Updates and training tips for your puppies!*

    Well, last Friday some loser dumped a perfectly sweet hound mix puppy down our road and she came to my yard. She is probably a redbone mix, and is about 9 weeks old from the look of her. I have taken her in and have become attached even though I generally shy away from dogs, so I know she is...
  18. Simmonsfunnyfrm

    Got me a new little rooster :)

    I went to a little poultry swap with a friend today and traded a light brahma and EE that I didn't need (both boys) for a few cinnamon queen pullets and.....this guy! I just love him already, he is very sweet. He's a year and a half old, so fully mature, but even though he has never seen me in...
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    Is this Light Brahma a rooster?

    I have three Light Brahmas. All were hatched on March 19th this year, so they are just over 16 weeks old. I have one that is definitely a pullet, and one that is definitely a cockerel, but the third one is so iffy. Its comb and wattles are very red and nearly as big as the cockerel's, but its...
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    Can roosters eat layer feed?

    I have a mixed flock of several breeds. 21 pullets and 4 cockerels. The average age in my flock is about 12 1/2 weeks so they still have a ways to go before they think about laying. They are finishing up their last bag of chick starter and I'm about to put them on grower/finisher until about...
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