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    Jersey Giants & Buff Brahmas: egg production?

    These are two breeds I am learning more about because I have some interest in adding one of each to my flock (hens only). Each of these two breeds is obviously gorgeous to look at, and both seem to have extremely gentle & calm temperaments, which is important to me. However, as far as egg...
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    If you could only have one duck: male or female?

    I'd like to have a pet duck, and he/she would live with my 6 backyard chickens (I'd provide duck-appropriate extras like water for splashing, etc). From what I am reading, a single male duck may be quieter, but he also may be sexually aggressive toward my hens. So I am leaning toward a female...
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    Red Chicks at Tractor Supply?

    Our TSC has brand new red chicks in that they're calling New Hanpshire reds, but they're also saying they're all pullets, meaning they're sex-links, right? But New Hanpshire Reds can't be sexed when they hatch right? So they aren't considered sex link birds. So what are these chicks?
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    Can Male Ducks & Female Chickens Live Together in a Backyard Flock?

    I'm considering adding one or possibly two drake ducklings to my very small backyard flock of chickens - all hens. Is this going to be possible to do without risking hurt to my chickens? Are there any breeds of duck where the drakes are less likely to be sexually aggressive toward chickens, like...
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    Help with Roost Construction

    I can't seem to figure out how to get my 5 hens (2 EEs, a Marans and two silkies) to get up or down from the roost bars in the coop. I have one about 2.5 feet high and one about 3.25 feet high. There's a board with strips of grippy stuff like a ladder that they should be able to use to get up...
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    Are Muscovies the Only Quiet Duck?

    I'm interested in adding a duck or maybe even a pair to my small backyard flock of chickens. I live in an urban neighborhood where roosters aren't allowed due to noise. I'm wondering whether there are any duck varieties beyond the Muscovy that won't be too noisy for where we live. Are there any...
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    Rubbermaid Storage Shed as Coop

    I'm converting a new Rubbermaid resin (plastic) storage shed into my coop (the chickens are already in it; I'm just continuing to fix it up the way I want it), and I thought I'd share some photos for anyone who might be interested.
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    Best Online Hatchery for Small Orders?

    Do any of you guys have any advice for the best online hatchery to make small orders of chicks? Thanks!
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    When Do You Introduce Chicks To Your Flock?

    I'm raising my first few baby chicks now (a Blue Copper Marans, an Australorp, a Barred Rock and a Brown Leghorn) and they're only 2 weeks old, and still in my DIY brooder. But I'm thinking ahead to later in the spring when they're ready to be without the heat lamp, and beyond that, when it will...
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    Low Minimum Number of Chicks Between January and May?

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    Hoping this baby Australorp is Alice and not Albert

    Sooooo cute! And I'm so hopeful for an Australorp named Alice. What do you think? These photos are awful, and this is a teensy baby at this point, but maybe some of you Australorp experts will notice something that suggests one gender or another.
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    Baby Blue Copper Marans: Pullet or Cockerel

    Any guesses on gender at this point?
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    Help Me Sex My Baby Barred Rock

    How about this cutie? I have a sinking feeling that this is a cockerel but I really hope not because Valentine, which is what my two youngest named him/her has a great personality already.
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    Help Me Sex My Baby Brown Leghorn

    This is Brownie, our new baby Brown Leghorn. I happen to think Brownie is possibly the cutest baby chicken on the planet. She's from a local feed store, and I believe she came from McMurray Hatchery. You can see by my choice of pronouns that I'm an optimist. Anybody see anything yet that would...
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    My First Sick Chicken: Does It Sound Like She'll Make It?

    Lulu, my 7 or 8 month old Splash Marans pullet seemed to stop growing at all or developing a few weeks ago. And then I noticed 3-4 days ago that she was very listless and quiet. Now she has lost weight and clearly has some kind of infection in both eyes. They're covered with a film of bubbly...
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    Getting a city to bump up the # of hens allowed

    Our city chicken rules went into effect almost 3 years ago after people who wanted backyard chickens organized and lobbied effectively. Previously, city dwellers couldn't keep any chickens. Now we can have up to 6 hens (no roosters) after going thru a really exhausting and expensive permitting...
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    How Do Feed Stores Claim All Their Chicks Are Hens?

    Now that spring is almost here, several of our local feed stores are carrying various breeds of baby chicks, such as Barred Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Austrolorps, Rhode Island Reds, etc. All the chicks are less than 2 weeks old and some are less than a week old. Yet the feed store manager told me...
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    Golden Wyandotte chick: any guess on gender?

    This is "Scout," a Golden Wyandotte chick of about 3-5 weeks. He/she is in the middle of a brutal looking molt, transitioning her from baby down to real fathers. He/she looks pretty rough right now, but eating well and acting healthy. Any guesses on gender from these photos? Here's a shot of...
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    Orphan baby chick - any guess on breed

    This is Valentine, the only chick to survive his/her hatch. An acquaintance of mine was going to cull him/her, but softie that I am, I said I'd raise her (okay, let's just be hopeful here and say "her" ;-) ). The person who handed her off to me said she had no clue what breed or mix she is...
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    Orphan baby chick - what to do?

    I've been given a single, orphan baby chick of only a few days old. His (her?) siblings all died the first day.i have him under a heat lamp with chick starter, water, etc, but I'm concerned that he won't thrive all by himself. Does he need another chick or two with him to be okay? He looks so...
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