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  1. MySuburbanLife

    New mixed flock @ 6 weeks - 3 suspected roos - help?

    I picked up 12 'sexed' chicks from the feed store in early March. The bin was EEs, BOs, BRs, SLWs, Speckled Sussex, Partridge Rock, and Welsummer. I can't tell the PRs from the Welsummers because I'm new to those breeds. The others are fairly obvious as far as breed is concerned, but there...
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    7 week old olive eggers with no red in comb/wattles... are we pullets?

    We let our broody EE hatch some eggs we got from a breeder-- they are BCM roo over EE hen. I'm really hoping all three are girls and anxious to know for sure! Chick 1 was fast to feather out, has a light (yellow/flesh colored) pea comb and nearly solid black body. Chick 2 was fast to feather...
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    Integrating first time broody mama + clutch with the rest of the flock... what to expect?

    My EE's first bout of broodiness led us to buying OE hatching eggs and now we've got 4 beautiful and healthy 4 week old babies. They've been in a partition inside of our chicken run where the other hens can see the little family but have had no physical access. There have been some...
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    My first loss: a hawk got my precious silkie, and I'm beside myself

    I let my girls free range in my suburban fully fenced backyard from time to time, because it is such a joy watching them graze and chase bugs and prance around like happy, happy chickies. I let them out this afternoon and went inside to finish up a sewing project, and an hour later I heard a...
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    How long to keep aggressive pullet in time out?

    My 7 month-old silkie is being a brat. For the past month or so I've caught her pulling feathers out of her flockmates' behinds. She's been close to laying, so I chalked it up to stress, hormones, whatever. She started laying this week and the plucking behavior has gotten much worse-- she has...
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    Does this RIR pullet look close to point of lay?

    This is Goldie, my 17 week-old RIR. I'm wondering if the size and color of her comb and waddles can tell me if she's getting close to laying... I'm due to buy another bag of feed this week and will get more developer if she's still a month or more off, but I'll start on layer if she's within a...
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    Possible to develop egg yolk peritonitis at point of lay?

    My 7 month old buff silkie has been showing heavy signs that she is at point of lay. I've been an impatient egg-spectant Mama all week, waking up every morning thinking TODAY! But alas, no egg. Two days ago her abdomen started to swell, causing her to sort of waddle as she walked. Her...
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    Is my silkie sick, or about to lay her first egg?

    My 28 week-old buff silkie (Tessa) has been exhibiting what I thought were signs that she is getting ready to lay her first egg: -her face has turned dark purplish-black, her comb is looking like a raisin on top of her head, and she's got little waddles -she squatted for me for the first time...
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    26 week-old silkies not laying yet... are these signs that they're close?

    I've got a pair of silkies-- one buff and one black-- that are 26 weeks old. They haven't laid yet, but I'm noticing some changes. The black one's face is starting to look a little purple, and her comb is becoming more 3 dimensional-- it's like a small peanut-sized black button. The buff's...
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    Where to find high carbon 'brown' materials for deep litter method in the middle of summer?

    After reading this book http://www.amazon.com/The-Small-Scale-Poultry-Flock-Growers--With/dp/1603582908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343749168&sr=8-1&keywords=harvey+ussery I'm totally on board with using the deep litter method for my coop. My understanding is that I need to use a lot of high carbon...
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    Flock with probable MG infection... how to proceed?

    In early June I picked up 7 day-old chicks from my local feed store. 2 Easter Eggers, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Buff Orps, and 1 RIR/Production Red. They were healthy and happy and grew up fast in their pack n play brooder in our living room, and my children and I enjoyed socializing them. When they...
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    My coop: Casita de las Gallinas

    Two months of research (mostly lurking on BYC, stealing ideas left and right from so many of you brilliant people), six weeks of construction (mostly during my youngest son's long morning nap, and mostly while wearing my pajamas and slippers), and my coop is complete. Would you like a tour...
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    Raising kids and chickens in suburban Seattle

    Hello there! I'm a SAHM of 4 lovely children and 7 adorable 4 week-old chicks (2xEE, 2xBR, 2xBO, 1xProduction Red) just south of Seattle. I'm a recovering ornithophobic who is embracing life with chickens as a means of separating myself from large-scale egg farms. I also love a challenge, so...
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    Are my feed store chicks actually what they were promised to be?

    Hello there! This year my family decided to take the plunge and start our little backyard flock. I purchased what I thought was 2 ameraucanas, 2 barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, and 1 Rhode Island red from our local feed store. They were "90%" sexed, so I picked up an extra chick in case we...
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