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    Free bantam D'Anvers

    << Spoken For >> Thanks BYC members for all the kind offers. I am sure my birds will now have a happy home.
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    free OEGB to good home

    << Spoken For >> Thanks BYC members for all the kind offers. I am sure my birds will now have a happy home. Actually free- PM me if interested. Please do not bid. My bantam flock was downsized by a raccoon. I just don't have the heart for chicken keeping any more. I have a 1+ year old bantam...
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    Orphaned chick in flock

    Last night a raccoon got our broody. It was inside a dog crate inside a pen. Her lone baby survived and was outside the pen cheeping it's head off. I only have one other chicken in the flock- a 1 year old game hen. The OEGB is being a bit nasty to the chick. I have handled the chick a good bit...
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    flock of broodies

    I'd like some advice/options about my broodies. My alpha hen has been on fertile eggs for one week. My other girl has just started to go broody. I was wondering if I should give her a couple of the other hens eggs. Unfortunately my 2 hens do not get along very well. Alpha hen is a bit mean to...
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    care for long-time broodies

    I am looking for advice on care tips for my broody who is in for an extra long hatch ( maybe 28 days total?). It was about a week before I could get fertile eggs under her. I know people use broody chickens to hatch ducks and other poultry that take longer to hatch. I also know people will move...
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    So ticked at neighbor's & dogs

    We live at the corner of a private road and public road, in the boonies. First let me say all the neighbors along are private road are great and take good care of their animals. Some neighbors along the public road seem to think it's fine to let their dogs loose `cause it's the country. We've...
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    Taming the broody urge

    I have been waiting for a broody to expand my flock with less stress. My most broody girl started to signal she was thinking about going broody again. She has been plucking out her breast feathers and practicing her broody squawk while in the box. Now that I have ordered some fertile eggs, she...
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    Help to find attacked hen

    What is the best way to coax a scared, possibly injured hen out of hiding? My flock of 3 was "free ranging" under the front window. They were attacked by a neighbor's dog. It got the fluffy butt feathers of my BR bantam when we came after it. The dog ran one way and the hen ran the other way...
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    Better help breaking a broody

    I need some more help breaking my little broody broody pants. I know about wire cage broody jail, but I need something to keep from starting to brood so often in the first place. She had 2 broods in addition to breaking several broody spells inbetween the 2 broods I let her have. She is little...
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    stress molt help

    I am getting a bit concerned about one of my bantams undergoing a molt. She just finished her second brood. Only one chick hatched and it was eaten by another hen. Broody girl is just over 1 year old and has had a number of false starts where I broke her in addition to her 2 broods I let her...
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    summer molting

    One of my bantams is undergoing a stress molt. She just finished her second brood. Only one chick hatched and it was eaten by another hen. Broody girl is just over 1 year old and has had a number of false starts where I broke her in addition to her 2 broods I let her have. I am a bit concerned...
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    One day I woke up and there was more to love

    Well I kind of had a surprise broody hatch. I stuck a few quail and chukar eggs under my broody on July 24th. Yesterday (21 days later) I was surprised by one that hatched that day. I was surprised because these eggs had already been in someone else's incubater for 5 days before I slipped them...
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    Mosquito traps

    The mosquitos are bad enough that we are seriously considering one of those mosquito traps. I'd like to hear of your experience. From reviews I have read so far, they seem to be effective, until they stop working. They can also be a little pricey to run (cost of gas, lures, nets, etc.). I want...
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    game hen?

    I got her from the feedstore from among Ideal's "bantam assortment". It was chipmunk stripe with some silver splotches. She seems so tiny for 4 months. (Photo posted at http://www.flickr.com/ )
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    How broody is too broody?

    This is "Little Miss Nissa Broody Pants". She went broody just 1 month after starting to lay. I let her sit and then slipped a couple of day-olds under her. She was a great mom. After she raised the chicks, she went back to laying for about a month, then boom- broody. I broke her, she went...
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    Happy Hen Day ladies.

    Our first chicks are now one year old today. Now that they are no longer pullets, I thought our BR would be laying darker eggs. Here are two of her eggs with a store bought egg. The dark one is a large store egg. The long skinny one in front is her first egg (she is a bantam). The other egg...
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    What would you do if you lost a goose?

    My neighbors came over with a goose today. It just showed up in their yard after a storm. It follows them around. I gave them some feed and stuff to take care of it for a bit. We don't know of anyone by us who has geese. How far would a goose wander? How soon would it take the owners to notice...
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    Need help blending broody and babies with old flock mate.

    I had a broody inside with 2 bitties because mama was not able to defend her babies from the other hen. Now they are 4 + weeks old & mostly feathered. Today I penned the babies separately inside the the tractor where the hens could see them, but not get at them. I think it was way to stressfull...
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    minor sour crop

    My pullet had a big squishy crop last night, and bad sour breath. This morning her crop had gone down, but she still had stinky breath. Other than that, she seems healthy, wants to eat, etc. I saw that ALL recomendations for sour crop start with isolating and with-holding feed for 12 - 24 hours...
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    chocolate bantam breed?

    The feedstore got a bantam assortment from Ideal. Any idea what this one might be? Also I got a stripey chipmonky thing with very wide eyestripe. I know that one is not an EE `cause no green legs or puffy cheeks. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/25959115@N07/3351957303/[/url]
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