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    White Rock Growing Tips?

    I have 60 White Rock roos coming in the end of May. We can't raise the Cx's due to altitude... From what I have read here, I'm looking at 20 -24 weeks of growing I believe, I plan on starting with unmedicated starter (they will be sprayed at the hatchery for coccidiosis) my question is should I...
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    Egg Cookbook

    Went to the library this weekend and came across a great cookbook. It is called Eggs, the author is Michael Roux. There are 299 pgs of egg recipes and he uses all types of eggs and explains the difference in each. The pictures are beautiful. I'm always looking for new ways to use my eggs...
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    Wood Care in the coop?

    Is there anything I can safely use to clean the wood (roosts, nestboxes etc...) besides diluted bleach? Kim
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    Silver Spangled Flock for sale... CO

    I have 11 (1 cockrel 10 pullets) Silver Spangled Hamburgs for sale. Hatched in June. Prefer to sell as a flock if at all possible. Email for info if interested.
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    New Blues-Mad Roo (Pics)

    My neighbor gave me her pair of 8 month blue cochins. They are really sweet. My main roo Mattie (Australorp) same age, had just been curious about them so far no signs of aggresion. Of course they aren't together yet. But I have been hopeing for the best when it came time for formal...
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    And then there were 3 (new babies-pics)

    My Banty RIR had been sitting on eggs, we candled on Sun and of the 6, 3 looked viable. Well on Tuesday the first hatched and the next 2 followed yesterday, I actually watched the third hatch it was great, Matilda just kinda lifted up and there was the baby hatching all the way out. I felt...
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    First egg hatched!!!Leave baby or bring in to brood???

    I just went out to gather eggs and noticed there was a piece of egg shell in my broody banty RIR nest so I checked and there is a beautiful black chick looking alert and lively under her. She has been sitting on 6 eggs checked them the other night and 3 were bad but 3 looked viable, I'm so...
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    Beautiful but deadly(to my chickens)

    This guy hung around my place for a couple days looking for a free meal. My Aussies did the most wonderful job of protecting their flock, I was so proud watching them work. DH had a friend at one time that worked with raptors, DH said he thought this was a Frugenious(sp?) Hawk, they are...
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    Baby blue bums

    This is so typical of how I usually find my baby blue orps when I go in the coop, they are such chow hounds uh I mean chicks from left to right Emily, Simon, Rebecca and Maxi
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    Son Home from Iraq My nest is complete!!!

    Just wanted to share a little of our reunion with our Marine upon his return from Iraq Aug 24. IT WAS AWESOME . My nest is now complete and all is right with the world. He is happy and thankful to be home. I showed him the wonderful posts from ya'll here at BYC and he was truly touched...
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    Son returning from Iraq

    Hi all, I just had to post since I am so excited. My son is returning from Iraq on Fri. We will be leaving home early Thurs am to get to CA for homecomeing, it has been a long 7 months. My chickens free range , but that is not allowed when mom is gone so we put up a temporary yard and a...
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    Broody already???

    Hi all, Is it possible for a 6 month banty RIR to go broody after laying just 6 eggs? Matilda is on one and very adamant about not moving, posturing and well growling, pecked me pretty good too... should I let her set or is she just too young? Thanks for any info ya'll Kim
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    Dinnertime? (pic by chance)

    I walked out my back door and saw this, luckily my camera was right by the door. These are my girls so they are in no danger of being dinner, but I thought it was a cute pic.
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    Id Help please

    hope I do this right. any help with breed would be appreciated, especially with beauty, pic 5, she was such a ugly duckling..er chick, but I think she is turning into a beauty. these are my 41/2 week olds have 27 total, but many are the same and some I think I've figured out, thankyou
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    Starting Coop this weekend...questions

    Hi, DH and I are starting our coop this weekend. We are converting a 12x20 metal shed, putting in wood floor, wood walls and siding it. Can't get it done all at once, budget you know. But planning on getting at least the floor in this weekend. Any way we have some scrap stuff around here I...
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    Blue orp baby question

    Hi I'm pretty new here. I have 4 baby blue orps that are about 13 days old, they seem to be very skittish compared to the 27 rainbow layers(at the same age) that are about 3 weeks ahead of them. I started bringing them out into the living room in a padded laundry basket and holding each one...
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    New Large turkey need help

    Hi I am new here and this has been a busy week, Monday got 27 pullets no problem there. Tuesday friends brought us a broadbreasted bronze tom that they got from an aquaintance, had been a 4H project turned pet then the kids lost interest but they continued to feed him verywell and keep him in a...
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