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    Question about feeding Brooder raised babies

    I'm sure this is a familiar story.....on a lark I gave my broody Cochin a few EE eggs. She abandonded them after a couple of weeks and one of the EEs took over. I really wasn't expecting anything as my rooster is a BIG Cochin and I thought I read that they have fertilization issues. I guess he...
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    The "I have no patience and I WANT EGGS!" thread

    Couldn't resist! Who is else is just bursting at the seams waiting for the first eggs from their first set of babies? I have 15, a mix of EEs, Cochins, Polish, a Phoenix, and a Cuckoo Maran (I think) i got from the McMurray. They are 19 weeks old this week. I can't believe how much they have...
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Haven't been on in a few weeks myself, but have been spreading the gospel that is Backyard Chickens to anyone who will listen. Anybutteringup, have a question...my "Exotic Layers" from McMurray are about 18 weeks old now. I have three Cochins, one "blonde" (forgive my ignorance of the proper...
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    I have 6 Smart Pullets and 13 Special Ones.....

    Background on my coop: I have a simple barn like structure with three stalls, all in a row. The tack/feed room is across from the middle stall, cement between the two for grooming/saddling. The middle stall has been converted into their coop. Where the stall door used to be is a full sized...
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    Just two left to identify..help!

    Actually, after looking at the front page...is this one a Barred Rock? Still no idea on this one. They were from McMurray's Ornamental Collection and are going on 8 weeks old. Thanks for your help!
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    My 8 week old chicks are ALL "Roosters"

    We are so proud! Hubby made the roost from Australian Pines. Which are an invasive, good for nothing species, so it's nice we could use it to make something positive. It's lashed together with good old fashioned baling twine. A few on the ends got cut out of the pic. Mae West - My "blonde"...
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    Outdoor Time part 2

    Didn't want to hijack someone else's thread with my questions so thought I'd be more polite to start my own. My 5.5 week old chicks are in their coop (converted horse stall in small barn-like structure). This weekend I should have time to let them out to play and supervise them. First let me...
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    Equal Parts "Aaaaaaw!! I want!!" and "Ack!!! OMG! Why??!!"

    Really? Is this really necessary? OK, fine part of me soooo wanted a blue and a purple one... As if their natural cuteness isn't enough to persuade people to impulse buy, they gotta do this? I was tempted to leave my name and number with the Feed Store to hand out to people, so when they grow...
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    Polish Chick Development

    I have 9 - 4 1/2 week old Polish Chicks. The feathers have completely come in on the heads of a few of them, so cute!! Most of the others though, have varying degrees of bald spots. Most of them have feathers around the outer edges, but bald in the middle of the top of their heads. Kind of a...
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    They'e planning their escape!

    The EEs are making a break for it. LOL Twice now I have walked into the kitchen and found one of the EEs perched on the edge of the brooder. This is what it looks like: When I see her and say, "Hey! What are you doing?" She jumps back in, all "What me? I wasn't doin' nuthin." They won't...
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    Couple of questions...

    OK first off, can I say again how much I LOVE this site??? That said, my husband who doesn't know any more about chicks than I do (but we're learning quickly) seems to think that this chick is a Roo. We released them into their half completed coop for some exercise and he/she was very...
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    Uummmm mom??

    We had our first chicks delivered Monday. Loving them! Stopped at Pet Smart with my 5 yr old after soccer practice to get Pine Bedding for the chicks. (been just using the paper towels). Of course, can't buy just ONE thing, we end up looking at Hermit Crabs. I brought two home from Key West for...
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    If money was no object....

    (within reason, I'm not talking diamond encrusted stuff here LOL) and your priorities were predator protection and ease of cleaning, what kind of floor would you put in? We are converting a horse stall into our Chicken Coop, I'm reading through the posts here and my head is spinning! FYI we are...
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    Crisis! Please Help!

    I'm not sure how this happened, but I come home this evening and the Rubbermaid Container (my brooder) with papertowels as bedding (they arrived Monday morning so haven't moved to the shavings yet) is SOAKED! Hubby found two dead and removed them, and I found three more on death's door. Luckily...
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    Help!? Ornamental Layer Collection from MM (Lots o' Pics)

    Clueless Noob here. What have I got? One of these... One of these...my neighbor called it Gerber, for the Gerber Baby as it looks like the poster child for Chicks. This one has puffy cheeks. I am assuming that these three are different colored Silkies. These are, I'm guessing, our dark...
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    Hubbie on way to PO to pick up our chicks! (Update, Pics on pg 2)

    I've been so worried this morning, what with the weather up north and all...not knowing exactly when they would get here. We ordered 25 Pullets from the Ornamental Collection from McMurray. Judging from what you guys have said, I took it they were shipped Saturday. Our Post lady just called and...
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    Noob in Florida!

    Hi there! I've got 25 chicks coming from McMurrays next week. Ordered the Ornamental Layers, hens only. I've had chickens in the past but I've never gotten chicks before. In the past I've gotten them from local feed stores, when they were young, but already had their feathers. We're kind of...
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