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  1. MuddyBootsPA

    Raising Chicks in the Autumn!

    It was a rough summer. We lost 2 out of 6 of our hens unexpectedly. So instead of waiting until spring to get our next batch of chicks, we opted to raise chicks this fall instead, so they would be ready to lay by spring. We are fairly new to chicken keeping as this is only our 2nd batch of...
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    Dead Hen - Graphic Death, any advice?

    This morning I went out to feed my girls & one of my hens was standing in her nest box. I can't tell if she laid an egg or was trying to. There were 2 other eggs in the box (6 hens/2 nesting boxes ratio) and everything in the box was covered in blood. I tried to coax her out of the box, but she...
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    Injured Barn Cat - Need Advice

    Hi everyone, We have two barn cats that adopted our home as their own, who used to be strays. This morning, I noticed that one of the cats was limping pretty bad when he came to get his breakfast. He barely ate anything before retreating back to his favorite sleeping spot (under my husbands...
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    Hello everyone, Three days ago, one of my hens got a prolapsed vent, along with gleet. I've been treating it in all the standard ways, but after 3 days I still cannot get the vent to stay inside. It looks MUCH better than it did the first day & the tissue is much less swollen. The gleet is...
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    Eggless Eggs - Just mush!

    One of my hens has been laying an eggless egg for about a week or so. I have 6 hens & they all just started laying within the past 2-3 weeks. Most of my eggs have a really hard shell. I feed them layer feed from our local feed mill plus they also gets oyster shell on a regular basis. They are...
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    Two questions!!!

    Hello everyone, This is my first go around with backyard chickens. I have two behaviors that I have questions about. #1. I have a hen named Charley who is very shy. She has always been this way. She was the smallest in the group & her tail feathers have not come in to the same height &...
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    You have a MISSION! Do you choose to accept it?

    The scenario: 2 6 wkish Straight Run Bantam Chicks Your mission: Gender guesses for Chick 1. I am pretty confident Chick 2 is a Roo, but if your opinion differs, please let me know. Breed in technically unknown. Some guesses is that Chick 1 is an OEG & Chick 2 is BCM. What do you think...
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    Fighting Bantam Chicks!

    Good evening everyone, I have 8 chicks, 2 of which are bantams. They are about 5 weeks old. Out of the blue today my one bantam chick keeps acting aggresively toward the other bantam (fluttering wings near the others face, randomly pecking at her, chasingher). Today, I did do some things...
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    No one answered my last post, so now I have new & better pictures!!!

    Hi everyone! Welp.. I posted some older pics of the "girls" & no one had any guesses on breeds or genders. So here we go again with newer pictures! I have 8 babies - 6 from TSC & 2 bought privately. My TSC "girls" I think may be Leghorns & Red Sex Links, but this is just a guess. My other 2 are...
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    Tractor out of an old picnic table???

    Has anyone ever converted an old standard wood picnic table into a functioning tractor??? We have an old table that is unused. I was thinking we could put latched "flaps" down the side from the top so they could easily be opened. The attached benches could serve as the roost. Toward the back...
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    8 Chicks - Breed & Gender Guesses Welcome

    Hello everyone, Newbie here! I originally posted this in another forum accidentally. I will delete it once I figure out how to delete a thread! Sorry about that...Still learning. I have 6 chicks from TSC & 2 purchased from a private farm. The 6 from TSC were from the "pullet" & "red pullet"...
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    8 Chicks - Breed & Gender Guesses Welcome

    Hello everyone, Newbie here! I have 6 chicks from TSC & 2 purchased from a private farm. The 6 from TSC were from the "pullet" & "red pullet" bins. The 2 purchased from the private farm are Bantams, but not sure on the specific type. I am guessing they are a little young to guess the gender &...
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    West Pottsgrove, PA

    New to the boards! We recently moved into the area & are looking forward to starting our own homestead. We would like to keep a handful of hens (3-4) & are looking at what the zoning laws are for our area. I have read the ordinances for our zone & it does exclude livestock but does not...
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