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    Possum in my chicken coop

    I cornered a possum (had to google "looks like giant rat" to figure out what it was) in my coop. It's literally backed up into a corner and I don't know what to do to get him out. I tried bludgeoning him with a shovel but I'm weak and squeamish and he's huge (maybe 15-20lb?) and may be...
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    Layer breed cockerel advice

    Have a newbie question. I want to process my layer breed (not dual purpose) cockerels at around 6-8 weeks and am wondering if they will be like quail at that stage? I know they won't be anything like what I'm used to chicken-wise from the grocery but I had quail a long time ago at a restaurant...
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    Opinions on gender for these 5 week hyline whites

    They are Trader Joe chicks almost 5 weeks. I think they're 2nd generation Hyline Whites so some leghorn blood. I suspect 2 Roos :/
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    Super tiny bird's nest... So cute!

    Check out this nest I found in a planter on my front porch this evening! The eggs are jelly bean sized :P The flower in the foreground is one of those small sized pansies.
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    Automatic chicken waterer: They won't drink from it!

    I'm not handy and it was a lot of trouble for me to rig this thing up and now they won't drink from it. They drank the gravity waterer dry and then proceeded to go thirsty to the point where they stop laying for a day. At this point the gravity waterer was refilled and they went nuts with it...
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    12 week old Golden Buff: hen or rooster?

    Hi, I'm a first-time chicken owner. Could use your input if you can tell the gender of my 12 week old Golden Buff, a supposed hen, that I got from mypetchicken as 3-day-old hatch. Here is the link for the breed...
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    New to BYC... and chickens

    Hi, I live in the SF Bay Area in a zone where up to 9 chickens are allowed, but no roosters. I've never owned a bird of any type! I took the plunge and ordered day-olds (6 girls, hopefully no boys) from MPC. I chose Easter Eggers for the cool eggs and because I read they are hybrids (I'm hoping...
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