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  1. Stef in Davis CA

    Split a Whitmore Farms order of chicks, Riverside, CA

    Hello BYC, anyone interested in splitting an order of 25 chicks from Whitmore Farms? I'll be living in Riverside CA and aiming for sometime April 13-June 13 for delivery. These will be straight order of at least 25, Welsummers, Americaunas, Delawares, Marans, or olive eggers. Thanks! Stef
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    My hen just crowed

    Um...I've had roosters before but have NONE now. My hen, the flock dominant golden laced wyandotte just crowed. She has always been the loudest and likes to stand around yelling all day (I must have very understanding neighbors). This afternoon in addition to her normal cackling, she is actually...
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    Buying first incubator...where to start for small scale hatching?

    Hello BYC, I'm hoping to buy my first incubator and try my hand at hatching my first eggs (well...I had a broody red laced wyandotte and she hatched out a brood of 8 for me!). Any suggestions for the brand or model that would work well? I want to hatch small batches of 6-14 eggs for fun and to...
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    Please help: Eye infection--bubbles and stye on eye lid (PIC)

    Hi BYC, Please help me with my sweetest little chicken. Fluffy, my gentle white easter egger arrived this morning with an eye infection . In the front corner of her eye are white foamy bubbles and on the bottom lid is a swollen bump, like a stye or something. Her little cheek puff is gummed...
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    Bumblefoot & worms in poo...double whammy :(

    Hi BYC, I have 2-3month old pullets & 5-1year old hens: they free-range in my large backyard and live in a wooden coop. They eat chick & layer hen feed with oyster shell & grit free choice plus lots of fruit, veggies, grass & bugs they find. They seem really healthy overall but I got back...
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    Can't rehome roosters...processing near Sacramento, CA?

    Hello, We have 3 roosters, 2mo. old, and I've been trying to find them new homes since we can't have them in the suburbs (Davis CA). If they don't get homes by early next week, we need to find a company or person who will butcher them for us...we are both super busy at work right now and don't...
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    California: Free-young roosters! (PICs) CuckooMaranxEE & Brown EEs

    Hi I live in Davis CA and was lucky enough to have my broody hen raise eight healthy chicks up from beautiful blue & olive EEx farm eggs. I got five pullets and three...handsome cockerels:) So if you're looking for a PET rooster (ie not chicken snacks), consider these fellows. They will come to...
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    Broody in heat wave...107 F today...will the chicks hatch?

    What are the chances of my broody hatching chicks after this heat wave? Over 100 yesterday and today we reached 107! She is on day 11 today on 8 fertile eggs and I don't know exactly how hot she was...she is in a shaded nook in the run. I didn't realize exactly how hot it was getting til I...
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    LOUD LOUD hen problem (pic of offender)

    My Black Australorps is ~9mo. old and has always been the "jerk" chicken of the bunch...very energetic, almost frantic, whether it's gobbling up treats, or picking on the lowest chicken in the pecking order. Well, now she's really going too far cause she has taken up making the loudest, worst...
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    Please help...broody has come down with dry fowl pox...what to do???

    My 8mo. old GLW is broody for the first time and has just come down with what I think is dry fowl pox:(. She had some small bumps on her comb when she started brooding a few days ago which I didn't really notice cause sometimes my chickens get scrapes, etc, but since starting brooding has...
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    Fertile eggs in mail: let rest? Disease problem? Vaccinate??

    Hi BYC, wondering if I should let eggs from the mail (2-3day delivery) rest for a day before setting them under my broody? Or should I put them under her right away? Also, are fertile eggs a disease risk for my current flock? Is there anything I can do to reduce this risk? Which vaccines...
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    getting eggs for broody? Pic...

    Hi BYC, I've got my first broody (GLW) and want to give her some eggs to incubate. I first noticed her broody last night when I closed the coop...she is just adorable in a little puffy puddle, screeching at me and puffing up, in her nest box. I can't keep more than one of the chicks she might...
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    WTB 6 fertile eggs, dark/blue egg/friendly breed-first broody! CA

    Hi my sweet GLW went broody today and I'd love to give her some eggs to incubate. I'm pretty flexible on the breed, but I'd love to get either a dark brown/blue egg layer or a nice personable line of a heritage breed...my current chickens are from a hatchery and I've been wanting to try raising...
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    Hen laying two shell-less eggs/day...how to fix???

    Pengu, my 6 mo. old Australorps hen started laying ~6 weeks ago...she was 2nd out of my 5 chickens to start laying, and lays large brown eggs...for the first month was pretty regular and laid every one in the nest box. She started laying larger and larger eggs and has laid several big double...
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    respiratory problems, can't identify problem

    Hello, I'm raising my first chickens: five 2-month old pullets in my back yard, all of different breeds. My Welsummer is one of the fastest growing birds, but for the last 10 days has been wheezing and sneezing. Not constantly, but maybe half the times I go out to check on her, I can hear her...
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