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    Muscovy eggs hatching and they have two moms -- and I have some questions, please!

    My two Muscovy girls who are BFFs went broody a little while back. I wanted more Muscovies, and decided to try hatching eggs, since they were ready. I bought a dozen fertile eggs off Craigslist and put them in the nest. The girls have spent the past 30+ days rolling them from nest to nest...
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    Speck of blood in poo?

    I noticed a little speck of fresh blood in an otherwise healthy chicken poo last night in the coop under the roost. Upon further inspection, it was the only one. My six girls (8 weeks-ish) are all healthy, eating, drinking, running around, etc. just fine. In fact, I've been holding them (I call...
  3. CamdenLab

    Ideas for small run

    I bought nine chicks and then bought a coop/run that would house nine chickens. So I thought. I did not know the 10sf rule at the time, I just went by what the coop builder said. I figured they'd know best, right? Well the coop is definitely large enough, but the run is 55 sf. Two of them were...
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    Washing a silkie's "hair"?

    I gave my chicks some watermelon, cut in fourths (small, seedless) and as the silkies were eating it, they were obviously rubbing their topnotches in it. Now their notches are brown and all slicked back and gross. I thought it would go away on it's own at some point. I was wrong. How can I...
  5. CamdenLab

    Blue Cochin ... Boy or Girl?

    My Blue Cochin is about 6 weeks old. Tina Turner's comb is the same size as the others (8 others, totally different breeds) just more red than peach. Thoughts? BTW the liquid on its neck and chest is watermelon (you should see my Silkies!).
  6. CamdenLab

    Are Silkies generally "slow"?

    I have nine chicks about six weeks old. The Silkies (Laverne and Shirley -- though I suspect Laverne is a Lenny) are actually a week older, so seven weeks. They are getting the hang of going into the coop at night by themselves -- slowly. Night before last my Amerucanas were the first up the...
  7. CamdenLab

    Peck No More

    Been reading a lot on the forums (studying, really) and never saw anything on a medicine called Peck No More. I used some and it works! My silkie got her foot feathers pecked and it bled so everyone including her started going for it. I cleaned it and sprayed it with an antibiotic. At the...
  8. CamdenLab

    Kicked them out...now what?

    I have 9 chicks all going on 5-6 weeks of age. I could not take the dust in my house any longer. In fact, it was bothering my lungs and I couldn't stand to cook or eat in my own home. Chicken dust is a very real thing! So, I turned my coop and run into Fort Knox and rigged the heat lamp inside...
  9. CamdenLab

    Coop Security Questions

    I purchased a really nice coop from a local source and it was delivered yesterday! I'm not much of a DIYer and I did purchase the chicks on somewhat of a whim (was planning on doing it "someday" and then one day I woke up and said "today's the day!" and now I have nine chicks when I was supposed...
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