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  1. Picky Chicky

    Horrible Chicken Mommy of the Year Award Goes to Me.

    I've raised chickens now for a couple years and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Aside from the occasional squirrely toenails, foot caught in something, beat up roo comb, we really haven't had any emergencies. That all changed two Monday's ago, and yesterday I earned myself the MOST HORRIBLE...
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    The History Channel Scares Me!!

    I promise I'm not trying to open up a can of worms with this topic, but I'm look for some warm fuzzies and just some humble & comforting opinions - I don't want this to develop into any religious debates as I'm only looking for guidance from all my chicken buddies. Despite my attempts to...
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    Partially Severed Toe?? 1st Time I've Ever Had To Play Chicken-Nurse!

    I went in to check on the girls this evening and went to pick up my girl "Cookie" - she's my first ever chicken, and of course my favorite. She's one of the few that I even named. When I picked her up, her foot brushed on my hand and I felt something wet - first instinct was that it must've...
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    Calgon, Take Me Away! [Pic Heavy]

    [All of the below summed up - I'm looking for vacation pictures to live vicariously through everyone!] I'm not exactly certain what about this year is different than years past, but I was so glad when the final gift was unwrapped, and the toys were all put away. I've been staring at my...
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    Head Shaking & Itchy or Sore Ear for Poor Sara - Your Thoughts Please!

    Sara is our sweet 2.5 year old German Shepherd. I've noticed with increasing frequency that she will randomly shake her head. Just as randomly she'll dig at her right ear and whine a little. I've looked in her ears and they're as clean as a whistle! I'm familiar with what ear mites look like...
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    Silkie Roosting Troubles?? Worried it might be the death of her. :o(

    Howdy ya'll... so I finally made the plunge a few weeks ago and got my first silkie. I bought her along with three other 15 week olds. Everyone seems to be getting along splendidly except my silkie girl can't seem to figure out the finer points of roosting. She's my first feather footed so...
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    What Happened?? They Stopped Laying!

    At first I thought my girls were going through a molt - and I think they did, but it's been months now and I'm getting maybe 1 egg a day from two different birds - and I have 9 girls that are known to lay. The only other thought I had is - could it be my rooster? Is he stressing my girls out...
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    Freaking Me Out!!

    So I'm sitting here, minding my own business... reading and typing away on the BYC forums tonight... Out of the corner of my eye I see my GS Sara looking at something up the stairs very intently. Her eyes are moving around and following something, and I'm figuring it's one of the cats... that...
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    Frustrations with Molting

    This will be my first full year with chickens and it appears to have finally happened - most of my chickens are molting. Now, I noticed that egg production decreased significantly when the heat of the summer came upon us, and then the girls decided to molt early August... maybe even late July...
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    In or Out - Cruel to leave a dog outdoors? Opinions Are Appreciated!

    As a kid I grew up with my dogs being inside pets. Now we have 1 dog and we keep her strictly indoors (except for her bathroom and play breaks of course). Her being indoors has come with one frustration - we've got limitless supplies of hairball tumbleweeds. I can sweep them all up only to...
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    Stalkers Are Not Fun!

    **Final Update Posted** Scroll down a little bit, and you'll see the final update. ------------------------------------------------ When we moved out to the country we lost a few essential benefits that the 'burbs offered us. DH worked for the cable company and so we were used to getting...
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    Saturday, September 19th: Gilmanor Swap - VA

    I did a quickie search to see if this had already been posted on but turned up nada. I'm certain it's out there though because this is always such a huge event. That being said... I thought I'd spread the word and also see who would be coming to this Saturday's Gilmanor swap! It's supposed...
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    Cuteness Overload **Picture Heavy**

    I'm still new at raising chickens (started last fall), so both my hen and I are new at this hatching babies stuff! I let my Japanese Banty girl sit on 6 fertilized foster eggs and was completely shocked when she successfully hatched all of them. 5 were definitely "born" on Saturday, May 2nd...
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    Baby Chicks Arrived - Now We Have A Problem - Help! ((Pics))

    Momma hen FINALLY hatched her first babies. She's been so broody for the past few months that I finally gave her some (foster) eggs to sit on that had been fertilized. After a long 21 days she hatched 5 out of 6 (maybe the 6th one will hatch tonight). They are absolutely ADORABLE. This is my...
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    Origin of Swine Flu - Avoid This At All Costs! ((Picture))

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    What Is Your Favorite?

    After participating in some heavy and anxiety filled topics on other threads I thought it's time for something light and fluffy. What are some of your favorite smells and is there any particular memory attached to it? I have so many favorites... Fresh cut grass Summer rain Horse pasture...
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    Quick! Need an answer on Nutrena chick starter...

    My babies have been having some crazy amounts of cecal poo and so I was going to have DH pick me up some chick starter. DH went to Southern States and they're out. I called the local (much smaller) feed store and they have the Nutrena chick starter but the bag didn't say it was medicated -...
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    Mom should get "Mother of the Year" award for this!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoCaUnBiGGg A trimmed down version (minus the medicine stuff) was sent to me and to this day I still toy with the idea of doing this. I bet I'd get a Mother of the Year award! Or just a lot of stares.
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    Chick Poopies - Is this normal??

    I'm almost certain this has been asked before but I can't find anything offhand... My 5 week old chicks are pooing yellow runny stuff. I rarely see a solid poo like my bigger hens. This is my first go at chicks so I don't know if this is normal or not. They're getting clean water. Nobody...
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    Overheating Chickens & Chicks

    I started my chicken venture last fall and this will be my first summer managing my flock. I'm concerned because today the temperatures have soared into the 90's and both my hens and chicks are panting. My hens have the ability to go outside and cool down, but I don't currently have a set up...
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