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  1. rhondapiper

    Talk to me about these pinless peepers I just received!

    So after a long agonizing post about my hens picking and feather eating, I made some changes to their diet and environment and ordered pinless peepers. I've got 7 standard size birds, and enough peepers for everyone, but I'm starting by putting them on my jerky birds. (Not everybody picks.)...
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    Please help w/pecking, plucking, feather eating. Lotsa info & pics!

    Warning: A few picks below of ugly picking. I'm desperate for help with my chickens. They're pulling out each others feathers, pecking each other's tails and vents, and clipping off and eating feathers too. There are no feathers in the coop and run, they are eating them. I thought I was...
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    Can skittish chicks be friendly hens?

    I've had my chicks for about 2 weeks now, and with the exception of one who did not eat or drink or walk on her own and died, the 7 that are now 16 days old are doing wonderfully. Despite a lot of handling and talking to them, they still do not want to be held. Only one willingly flys up and...
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    Question about my chicks' squatty little necks

    I have 7 chicks, 2 silver laced wyandottes, 1 gold laced wyandotte, 2 buff orps and 2 black autralorps. All chickens are active and appear healthy. They are about 10 days old. The posture of the wyandottes is beginning to concern me. While the buffs and the aussies strut around all proud and...
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    8 new chicks, 1 not eating, bad leg (updated)

    ---She passed, just updating to say thank you for the help--- I just got my first ever chicks after exhaustively reading this board. Of the 8 I got express mail from my pet chicken, all but one are doing wonderfully. One however, is not doing so hot. Not drinking unless I dunk her beak, not...
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    Building Chicken Fort Knox, need suggestions

    Hi, I'm new to the board and new to chickens. We're beginning our coop this weekend- a relatively small 6 X 6 with a 7 X 14 chain link dog run attached. I live on 2 acres in the woods backing up to a state park and have a lot of predators. We've got hawks, bald eagles, owls, possums...
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    Help me pick a chick feed from my two choices, please.

    Hi all. I'm getting my first chicks in May and I'm trying to make sure I do the best I can with them. My local feed stores offer two choices for chick feed: Southern States (medicated or non-medicated) or Purina Start and Grow Medicated (Sorry if the names aren't totally correct, this is...
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    New member finally getting chickens!

    Hi all! I've wanted chickens for what seems like forever, and after moving to a couple acres in a rural area this year, I can finally have them. We bought our coop materials this weekend and with some online plans and a lot of referencing these forums, we'll have the little coop all set by the...
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