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    Want SEXED Bantams ????

    As you know, it is almost impossible to find sexed Bantam chicks. There is one company that does sell them, but they do not have the huge variety that a company like Ideal Poultry has. I have appealed to Ideal to start sexing Bantams, as there are many of us out there that would be willing to...
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    Are these eggs old? Do they really need to be in the fridge??

    OK, here's the deal. I have 8 hens (no roo's), 1 is an EE and last year when she started laying she refused to lay in the nest boxes. She instead laid in a corner of the coop that is hard to get to. Since she is our only EE, we loved the blue eggs, and were sad that we had a hard time getting...
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    Bantam Lavender Cochin Cockerel- 3.5 mos- Gorgeous! (Central Calif)

    Wonderful Bantam Lavender Cochin Cockerel (hatched October 5, 2008— so about 3.5 months old) in need of a new home. We are unable to have a rooster, but will be willing to part with him to go to a loving home only! He has been raised ORGANICALLY, with only organic feed and treats, and daily...
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    Babies keep dying--- 3 today! UGH-- send me in the right direction!

    Ok BYC experts, I just need a little help figuring out what is going on here. This is my 3rd set of babies in the last 2 years and I have had only 2 deaths out of like 35 chicks (one squished by accident, and one died within 24 hours of arriving) so I have no experience with this! Background...
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    Idea for keeping chickens COOL in outrageous HEAT!! Update w/ PICTURE!

    OK, I have an idea I have been using for the last few weeks and figured it was time to share! I have bantam Cochins, so they are fully feathered to their toes and get VERY warm in high heat. In trying to figure out what to do to help them, I have pieced together a type of CHICKEN AIR...
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    Anyone sell: BANTAM Partridge *and* Blue Cochins hatching eggs?

    We are not looking to get some now, but maybe in August (we have to work around vacations and school stuff!). I am interested in getting some to put under a broody (we seem to always have one!) and would like to get both breeds. However, we ideally would like them from the same person since we...
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    Hen vs. Teens -- One meanie is ruining it! Advice-- SpeckHen, MsPris!

    Advice from ANYONE appreciated! Heres the scoop: I have three one-year-old bantam Cochins, and six 10-week-old bantams (cochins, EE, Mille Fleur). We brooded the babies inside, and from the time they were a week old, they freeranged in a fenced in area where they could see the big girls...
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    WHOLE grain organic commercial food? C'mon, someone must make it!

    I am interested in getting my chickens away from soy, and am looking for a more natural for chickens, whole grain mix. There are tons of recipes for mixing up your own, I know, but I am unable to get all of the seeds/grains for the recipes without mixing up TONS AND TONS of it (and can't even...
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    Anyone with pics of 5 to 6 week old Ameraucana/EE chicks???

    Just trying to look at my girls/boys and see what they are! Please tell me the sexes of the birds in your photos, too! Thanks
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    Ameraucana & Cochin Experts! Help sex these babies! TONS of Pictures!

    OK, so we have Bantam Cochin and Ameraucana chicks that I need help sexing! They are all 5 weeks old exactly... First, some samples of what the boys look like: Samples of what the girls look like: Now, the babies in question!! I have no idea what the Ameraucanas are supposed to look...
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    seriously........THE BEST CHICKEN PHOTO EVER!!!!

    OK, a friend just emailed this (and other) photos to me under the caption... "Best Animal Photos of the Year". I knew you would appreciate this! Oh, the stories I have made up in my head about this photo! Enjoy!
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    At what point to intervene? They now hate each other! :(

    (I swear I searched and read all I could from previous posts, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for......sorry!) Well, we had a chicken (June) that had surgery last Friday. See this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38708 I kept her inside the first...
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    Chicken in Surgery NOW~ Don't think she'll make it *sob!*** UPDATE!!!*

    Well, this started on Tuesday. She was acting funky and when I went to examine her for injury, immediately noticed that her crop was HUGE. She was lethargic and it scared me, so I took her to our vet. They agreed that she had an impacted crop, and gave her IV fluids, and then tried to gavage...
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    Flock of JUST Roosters??? Is it possible?!

    OK chicken-experts-with-way-more-experience-than-me: We have 25 5 day old babies, and I only want to keep like 7 of them. They are all bantams, so I HAD :o to order them Straight Run. Of course at this point, I could have 20 girls and 5 boys, or 5 girls and 20 boys, but I am thinking I will...
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    Got Pic of something NONE of you have ever seen with Day Old Babies...

    ALL of them sleeping! No peeps, squeaks, chirps-- NOTHING! It scared me to death until I saw them all breathing! I swear I have never seen this many chicks all asleep at the same time.... so sweet..... until DH comes up and starts whistling and says, "Now they're awake for you!". Always so...
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    Finally a GOOD shipping story! Congrats to Ideal and the P.O.! PICS!

    Well, got a call from the PO at 6:30 this morning and was surprised, as I called Ideal yesterday and they were supposed to ship in the late afternoon! They are in Texas and we are in So. California.... they got here in like 14 hours! All of them were warm and cozy and peeping up a storm! The...
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    Self Blue vs. Blue Cochin bantams? What's the difference?

    I have googled "self blue cochin" and there are NO results, and even the hatcheries have no pictures of them, dispite having them for sale! :o Can someone help me with what the difference is, and if you have pictures, PLEASE POST! Thanks so much! PS- I am know that with the Blues you get a...
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    IDEAL vs. McMURRAY

    OK, all things being equal (they both have the breeds I want), which hatchery is better? Which have you had better experiences from? Who has healthier chicks? Or......are they both really the same, huge chicken mills, and each shipment has equal chance of having a chick die, getting left in...
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    Chicks ordered from McMurray! Am I crazy and impatient?

    Hey guys.... some background.... Last year we ordered chicks from mypetchicken.com (loved them!). We ordered 8 pullet bantam cochins. 2 deaths and one roo that had to be given away with 2 pullets later, we end up with 3 chickens total. We got them in mid-May, so by the time they were ready...
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    GRRRRR.... 25 weeks and NO EGGS! Normal for Bantam Cochins?? *UPDATE!*

    Well, the title says it all. We are on &*^%&&* week 25!! Is this really normal? None of the 3 are laying! I know there is occasionally one that may start laying later than the others......but all three and no eggs??? Help!
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