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  1. Elven Dreams

    Sick Chick New chicken owner .. any advice? Sunday: still with us!

    Looking for advice: Tonight when I went to put the chicks up one of them was huddled in the corner and quite listless. I picked her up and her wings were pretty limp like they get when they over heat but it wasn't very hot out.. it had just rained a bit and was pretty cool. The others were...
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    Chicken Newbie .. Showing Questions

    Hi all! Totally new to the chicken world but totally addicted too! I'm wondering how you even go about showing chickens? How much do you need to know about the individual chicken etc? I have a beautiful (i think anyway) Australorp/Maran cross that my sister says I should take to a fair and...
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    My First Egg Today!

    Hey everyone! I got my first egg today! EVER! I felt like a kid opening a present! I have been getting an egg a day from a stray Amer. Game hen that is now living with us.. that is exciting too! I just got into chickens this spring. Today I went out and she was in the box scratching around...
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    Roos For Sale in Foothills of NC: Buff Orp & RIR 3 months

    I have two beautiful roos for sale cheap or could be free to a GOOD home. They were purchased at TSC on March 24 of this year. They are both friendly and have been handled since babies. I have a huge Austalorp that I am keeping and only need one rooster now. My husband thinks we should eat...
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    Help Identify my 'stray' chicken? :)

    I have a post over in Flock Management but wanted to toss this over here for more input. This chicken is a stray that has been hanging around and giving me eggs so she's definitely a keeper since my others haven't started laying yet. I was able to catch her and introduce her to the flock but I...
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    Elven's Questions... Pictures Added and more ???s

    Okay, so I've been on BYC for a while now and have learned sooo much and met some great people! But I keep having little questions that I don't want to post a new post every day! lol So I'm going to put them all here! Okay, so here are a few to start me off, lol. About when do they start...
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    Chick Injured Today~ Need some advice on treatment

    Hey there everyone.. today I had my chicks out in their tractor. Six chicks are almost 4 weeks old the other four are three weeks old. The first six are 2 RIR and four 'unknown', the four smaller ones are Barred Rocks. They have all been going in the tractor daily this entire week with no...
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    ? about eggs for eating... fertlized eggs? new to all this

    Hi all, I have a quick question about eggs. I am hoping to have mostly hens for laying and having eggs to eat. If I have a rooster in there with them, the eggs will most likely be fertilized, correct? Can I still eat these eggs? I was always told not to eat fertilized eggs... Should I make...
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    More questions on new chicks, feeding stuff

    I got my chicks on Tuesday and they have grown so much already!! I'm addicted. I'm already counting the days til my local feed store gets their chicks in... hehehehe My question is, when do I need to start offering grit to them? Is it in the chick starter? Also, can they start having tiny...
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    First Time Chicks...

    Hello! I'm still fairly new here and new to chickens outside of freezer wrap..... So I went to TSC today and they had chicks. Not a huge selection at all.. But I bought six. I have them in my little home made brooder and they are doing great so far. They are eating, drinking, pooping...
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    HI! Newbie From NC.....

    Hello everyone! I'm totally new to the whole 'chicken thing'... I'm SO new, I don't even have chickens yet! We are going to start building a coop & tractor soon. I mostly want to keep chickens for eggs but may branch out into meat chickens at a later day... I really have some of what I call...
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