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    Input on new coop? Changes/suggestions?

    Relocating to Arkansas and construction will start on my dream coop in 2 weeks. Design calls for a 8x24 insulated wood building (walk-in) with covered runs. Summers can hit 95-100, it rarely snows in winter but temps can drop to 0 and my birds are NOT cold tolerant. See floor plan and pics that...
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    Interesting study -- Non-waterfowl bird species that are most or least likely to spread AI to domestic flocks

    Really interesting study. As we all know, wild waterfowl are considered the "reservoir or maintenance hosts". Since most chicken flocks are not in close contact with wild waterfowl the study looked at species that commonly visit/forage in areas with waterfowl and also at farms/chicken coops...
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    Have you bought chicks from Tractor Supply this spring?

    Question for anyone that has recently bought chicks from tractor supply. In my state (and probably all states) we are asked to provide our name and address when purchasing chicks. Does TSC ask for I.D.? Or do you just fill out your name and address yourself? Do they still have a 6 chick minimum?
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    Rooster plucked bare by a Possum attack

    Last night a possum attacked my year old Salmon Faverolle rooster a few minutes after dark. apparently there was a knock down drag out battle in the hen house and then all around the run. His back and rear end has been plucked completely bare. His eyes, beak and limbs seem to be okay other...
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    Bloody rub injury on 2 week old chick. Need to hide the blood...(pix)

    2 week old chick rubbed a bunch of skin and feathers off the back of her head/neck in some chicken wire. Other 4 chicks will try to peck at it. I do have Blu-Kote but don't want to use it on a injury this large as she is tiny and it will burn like heck. Ideas? She is eating but exhausted and...
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    California Whites Chicks -- Very impressed so far

    This year I desperately needed layers. Really wanted some California White chicks (Leghorn x California Grey) and when the feedstore got those in I bought 3 along with a couple of Easter Eggers. Normally my bantam hens raise all the chicks but they don't go broody on my schedule so I have to...
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    Help with gender and breed of adolescent...

    Asking for a friend -- this chick was bought at a feed store and originally came from Hoover's Hatchery. We are trying to figure out the gender and breed and think it maybe a California White (Hoovers sells those). The chick supposedly came from a bin labeled EEs. Also does this look like a...
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    Postal Service delays leading to boxes of dead chicks :(

    Like Armageddon: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks "Inside a massive mail-sorting facility in South Los Angeles, workers fell so far behind processing packages that by early August, gnats and rodents were swarming around containers of rotted fruit and...
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    Free ranging a separate pen of roosters?

    Just moved 4 cockerels to their own run, they are next to the main flock. Are there any challenges when free ranging rooster flocks? Can I rotate days -- roosters out one day and the rest of the flock the next? How do others handle it? Just wondering if the roosters will free range normally or...
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    Question on helping cockerels adjust to the rooster pen

    So I have three 11-week-old bantam cockerels and one timid and neurotic 15 week old standard cockerel. Finally moved 2 bantams and the standard into the rooster pen which is right next to the main run. The bantam mama hen is not too happy about being separated from her two boys (though she has...
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    12 wk pullet dead. Possible snake bite??? **With Pics**

    Just went out to check the flock and my 12 week old bantam Buff Orpington pullet was dead in the covered part of the run. At first I couldn't see a mark on her, then noticed a tiny smear of blood on her thigh and after pulling her feathers back what looks like a large bleeding "bruise" area on...
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    New rooster pen

    This springs chicks netted me four extra cockerels -- 3 OEG Bantams and one standard mixed breed. They will all be kept as pets which meant they needed their own pen. I didn't do a fancy new build, just reused existing material to give them a 10x30 pen with netting plus a 4x8 covered patio area...
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    Super Tame Broody Raised Chicks

    I have used broodies to raise store bought chicks for years and as is typical with broody raised chicks they tend to be very wild. This year when my bantam hen went broody for the first time and laid a dozen eggs in the woods, I decided to have her hatch out some chicks and try to make them as...
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    Hen or Roo? 14 week old mixed breed...

    14 week (?) mixed breed chick. Bought this baby from a local breeder (along with her broody mother which was quite a score since I needed a broody!). Thought it must be a little roo due to the attitude, but now realize there are no waddles and the tail looks like a hen (plus the bird screams and...
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    Do "Americana" chicks come in wildtype?

    So I went down to the feed store to pick up a few Americana chicks for my broody hens (they had just arrived this morning). When I saw the chicks they were all wild type, and I asked the guy if he was sure they were Americana, he assured me they are but now I am having doubts. Do...
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    How to incubate/raise chicks with a broody hen *video*

    Hey all, I made this video to cover the basic steps for incubating eggs in a henhouse along with giving a broody store bought chicks (or chicks hatched in an incubator). It was made for preppers, but 85% of it covers the steps needed so others that have not yet used a broody to hatch out eggs...
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    Young hen stopped laying for months...ideas?

    I have a 1.5 year old Norwegian Jaerhon. They are supposed to be the Norwegian version of a high production White Leghorn. I know she was laying last winter, but then the eggs stopped after 2 or 3 months and I haven't seen one since. At first I thought she was hiding them in the chicken run...
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    Battled a rat snake and saved a bantam last night

    Had some high drama in the coop last night. Should start off by saying there are a LOT of snakes where I live, rat snakes, timber rattlers, copperheads, etc... I don't kill them but trying to keep the rat snakes out of the coop is a continual challenge. So last night i locked the chickens up...
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    Tiny wild egg in nestbox?

    This afternoon I found a very tiny egg in the nest box, the color, size and shape is far different than my layers and I think this must be a wild bird egg. No way did a wild bird get into the coop to lay the egg but there it was sitting with a couple of regular chicken eggs. I am wondering...
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    Wazine 3 days ago, worms in poop today??

    Three days ago I mixed up 1 gal of water with 2 Tablespoons of Wazine (which should be 1 oz). They drank the water off and on all day. I didn't see any worms after dosing them but today I see a bunch of little half inch long worms in their poop again. Did it work? Is it supposed to take this...
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