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    Help need a chick for lonely school chick

    Our school has a project with chicks. They got 2. One died. The other is very upset. We need a chick or two for a couple of weeks. If hens I can buy and keep myself. School is outside Annapolis Md. Bad time of year I know. Thank you!
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    Moving to Maryland - Need Feed Recs

    We are in the process of moving and our chicken feed is not sold in Maryland. We use a soy free organic layer pellet. I am going to bring a bunch of ours with us but eventually we need to switch. Can anyone make some good recommendations for similar feed available there? Thanks!
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    Ermine (Stoat, Short Tailed Weasel)

    What can you tell me about ermine? We have a late 1700's colonial. Think old stone foundation and lots of holes. When we first moved in there were signs of rats including rat poison left by previous owner. There were no signs of mice anywhere. The first couple of years we knew there were...
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    Help Second Hen Sick! was Injured or Sick Hen?

    I have a 3 yr old andalusian. She is walking around with her body all scrunched up and head pulled down. Her wings are hanging down some but not dragging. Her crest is totally laying flat on her head. She is making sad little noises. But she is eating and drinking and getting around fine...
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    Transporting our Flock 10+ Hours

    We are still working out the details and this could happen anytime. We have 15 hens of various breeds and ages 2-5. I have a couple of big dog crates I can use. They will travel in a horse trailer (basic two horse, full divider, with horse on the other side) or in the back of a pickup truck...
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    They Always Laid Eggs Year Round Before....

    I have about 20 hens. Some 2 years old, some 1 year old and some that were due to start laying last month. Each fall my egg production falls but I still get at least 2-3 eggs per day. Then when it gets really cold we put in a heat lamp in mid December and the egg production jumps up again...
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    We Did Not Rest The Birds for Days - And They Were Wonderful

    We had a local guy come and process all 42 cornish x for us. I talked to him about how to deal with the birds when he was done. This is a 3rd generation butcher who has been processing chickens since he was 8. Once they were plucked and placed in large garbage cans of water he said leave them...
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    Our First Experience with Meat Birds

    This is a summary of our experience with meat birds this summer. We bought 45 cornish x chicks about 10 weeks ago. We kept them on an organic broiler feed from day one on advice from our feed store. The first 2 weeks they were kept in a modified horse stall on shavings but then we moved...
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    Irene Issues

    It looks like Irene will be a very strong tropical storm (if not still a hurricane) by the time it arrives here on Sunday morning. Sunday morning is also our date for the processor to come and process all 42 cornishx. He called and said it looks like Sunday is out due to weather and his next...
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    How To Prevent Tough Cooked Birds

    My in-laws were visiting and saw our cornish x. They had some last year and when they went to cook them they were very tough. My mother in law had to get creative in cooking them. I do not know what the birds ate, their breed or anything. But this has me a little worried because the person...
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    Hopefully Not Too Stupid Questions From A Newbie

    We have 45 cornish x's on order and due at the end of June. I have been reading this forum for a while and trying to get as much information as I can but I still have questions. When the arrive I am also getting a few easter eggers. I want to keep them together at the beginning in a stall in...
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    How Much Will Cornish Weigh?

    We are getting cornish super giant cockerels this summer. How much will they weigh when processed. Just looking for some sort of estimate or range to go on. Been searching and I must not be putting in very good search words since I have yet to find anything. Thanks!
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    Hawk Finally Got One :(

    This afternoon I walked into my kitchen and saw tons of feathers floating by the door. I opened the door and saw a hawk fly off that had been on top of our silkie coop. In fear I walked around it but nothing but feathers and both silkies inside the coop huddled in terror. The hawk had been...
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    Would you feed them chili?

    I have a leftover very bland white turkey chili. White beans, turkey, tomato sauce and light chili seasoning. Would you feed it to the chickens or skip it? I hate throwing it and who doesn't like a bowl of chili on a cold snowy day
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    Deterring a Hawk- Covering A Large Garden

    Well after 2 years of no predators we have a big old hawk hanging about. I was surprised at how big it is! The day before Christmas he swooped down and almost caught one of our two silkies. Luckily they saw him coming and ran into the bushes. Since it was right in front of the glass back...
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    How Should I Incorporate New Chickens Into The Flock

    The last time I incorporated new chickens into the flock it was my new chicks I raised last spring. I put them in a wire dog crate in the coop for a month before letting then free with the others one day when they were big enough to fend for themselves. I presently have 2 new hens...
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    Molting? Weather? Ideas?

    I have 6 EE's and an orpington who are all 18 months old. I have not seen an egg from any of them since the end of Aug. Is this a normal length of time for molting? We have had feathers everywhere since then, though only my Orpington has been walking around looking like a plucked chicken. The...
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    Silkie Crosses - Boys or Girls?

    All born the week of mother's day so about 3 months old. Thanks!!! 1. This is a silkie white crested polish cross 2. This is a silkie crossed with (we think) an EE. 3. Another silkie crossed with (we think) an EE
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    Orpingtons & Extreme Temperatures

    Can some orpington people tell me if the breed has issues with extreme temperatures? Odd question I know. I have 25 chickens of various breeds. I started out with 3 orpingtons last year. Over the winter we had a week of subzero temps and I found one of the orpingtons dead on the coop floor...
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    Who Is My Mommy?

    I gave a friend 6 eggs and 3 hatched. My rooster is a blue silkie. I gave her 2 each of White Crested Polish, EE & Orpington eggs. She said she thinks one of each color egg hatched but is not sure. The first I know is a silkie WCP cross. I had another I hatched that looked like this ones...
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