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  1. Kezzie

    Please help right away!!!

    One of my week old chicks has a badly-broken wing. I'm guessing momma stepped on her. The bone is snapped. She's still active but dragging the wing. Surprisingly not distressed. There's blood but she's not still bleeding. What should I do? Should I put an antibacterial on it? Secure the wing to...
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    What Combos Are We?

    Hi, all! Was wondering if you could takes some guesses for me. These are my first homestead chicks. I donated the eggs to the school and six of 12 have hatched so far. We have 2 chipmunk, two solid black with black legs, and two black and white with dark legs. Here are the combo choices: Male...
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    Want to dip my toes in the breeding pool (opinions appreciated) (long)

    Hi, all! A little nervous about posting in this particular forum- I know many of you are breeding to type for showing and other purposes. Those of you who do that may want to smack me for talking about crosses. For that, I apologize in advance. I have had my flock for almost two years now. I...
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    Standard Buff Cochin roo to a good home- Savannah GA

    Here's a bit of an older picture of my beautiful Banty (I thought he was a Bantam when he was a few days old but he's a standard- the name stuck though). He was our "exotic chick" from McMurray. He is absolutely the sweetest roo and I would keep him if I could but we're already keeping two...
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    Could someone help me interpret these lab results? My vet can't!

    Finally got the bloody diarrhea results back from the lab and my vet doesn't deal with birds so was unhelpful. I suspected coccidiosis and that's what they tested for (I think). Here are the results: Giardia (ELISA) Negative Isospora Oocysts 1+ (which supposedly means 2-4 eggs or...
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    Help Please- Bloody Stool

    Hi, all- I know many of you have experienced this before but this is new for me and scaring me a little bit. At least one of my hens has bloody diarrhea- not sure which one. I lost a hen yesterday- she hadn't looked sick that I had noticed but was just dead in the afternoon. No trauma and I...
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    Chickens and Eye Color

    This is likely a silly question but: I am going to be auditioning my 24 week old Dark Cornishes (collectively called Stew) for the role of Virgil- the single DC roo that I will keep for breeding. The rest of the Stews head off to freezer camp shortly. I will definitely be considering body...
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    Chickens making a tooting sound- getting a cold?

    I have a few of my hens this morning shaking their heads and making a tooting/squeaking sound. To me, it looks like a sneeze. Are they catching a cold? Should I add ACV to the water or what's the best way to get them better?
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    Will my Cuckoo Maran eggs get darker?

    One of my Marans has just started to lay (not sure which of the 3) and the egg is definitely darker than the other two who are laying but not "chocolate" by any stretch of the imagination. Can their eggs get darker over time or is this it for this hen?
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    How old should mom be?

    Hope I'm asking this in the right forum. My chickens are just at point of lay now and I'm hoping at some point to start hatching out some projects. How old should the parents be before keeping eggs to hatch? I'm assuming they should be laying for a while before saving the eggs? And how should...
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    Can I breed my crossbeak?

    Okay, before you start yelling at me, here is my line of thinking: I have 3 Cuckoo Maran hens. One has a cross-beak and a messed-up foot, BUT she gets around just fine and can eat and drink fine because her bottom beak is straight and she can use it like a spoon. Rosie has the BEST coloring and...
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    Azaleas in the chicken run

    I've read on a few lists that azaleas aren't good for chickens. I have some mature azalea bushes along the house in an area I want to be enclosed by the chicken run. Digging them out is backbreaking and will take hours and hours. What I would like to do is to cut them all back to their trunk and...
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    Breeding Projects for Dummies

    Dummy- that's me! I'm just learning about genetics and trying to do as much reading as possible but I still find much of it confusing. I have some questions and I hope they're not abnormally stupid ones (but they might be)! My goal is to breed meaties from heritage birds. I want to work on a...
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    Girly Girls or Manly Men?

    I am still waffling as to the sex of my Brown Leghorn and my Buff Cochin. The Cochin was my "free rare chick" so I thought automatically that it was a boy. I also thought it was a bantam because it was so much smaller than the other chicks. Now, at 16 weeks, it is the same size as the others but...
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    Opinions on Fencing Please...

    I'm getting close to completing my coop and now have to work on the fenced runs. I have purchased landscape ties as posts because they were the most cost-effective here. As for the fencing, I was planning to use welded wire fencing with a 1" X 2" spacing and then attach hardware cloth as an...
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    Air Exchange in Coop Design- Help Please!

    Hi, all! I am converting an old workshop into a coop and have questions about designing the air flow properly (never done anything like this in my life!). I've insulated the coop, as much or more to insulate against the heat in the summer as the cold in the winter. I'm thinking I need to...
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    Is it worth it to butcher?

    I am raising some Dark Cornish this year for meat and plan on butchering them at between 17 and 20 weeks. I also have some roos from the straight runs I got for laying stock. I have 2 Cuckoo Marans, 1 RIR (a surprise roo), and 1 Buff Cochin (the free exotic chick). One of the Marans is crowing...
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    Please help with my coop design!

    Hi all! I'm hoping that someone out there with more building experience (I have none) can help me with a couple of design issues on my coop. I need to get it built in the next week or so and I have a few dilemmas. I'm converting an old shed into a coop with two runs outside of it. I will...
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    What will I get if I mix a DC Roo with a Cuckoo Maran hen?

    I would like to start a meat project in the spring and am just beginning to learn about genetics but still know practically nothing. I'd like to do a DC cross. Originally, I wanted to cross with my Red Cap but she is so tiny compared to the others in my flock, it doesn't seem like the right way...
  20. Kezzie

    I think I'm a boy!!!! :(

    I took a good look at my Brown Leghorn today and she has WATTLES!! S/he's about 12 weeks old right now. What do y'all think?
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