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    Chick's vent has two red dots and is bleeding

    Hello, I recevied some bantam chicks in the mail Thursday and a couple of them have had pasty butt. I cleaned one of them this morning, and now there are two red dots on its vent, and if I dab it with a wet cottonball there's a little blood on the cottonball. What is it and what should I do...
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    My Pet Chicken IDs?

    Hello, A few weeks ago I purchased some chicks from MPC. Some are mystery chicks and some are part of a brown layer assortment. The possible breeds from brown layer assortment for the week they shipped were New Hampshire, RIR, Red Star, Dark Cornish, Welsummer. I also ordered one Buckeye, but...
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    What type of paint is safe to use inside a coop?

    Hello, We just had our new coop delivered yesterday. Well, it's actually an 8x12 shed that we are converting into a coop. It came with a wood floor, and after reading some older posts decided to paint the floor and then get an 8x12 sheet of vinyl flooring to go over the top (really intrigued...
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    Problems with temperature control

    Hello, I am currently using two similar incubators: Farm Innovators with circulated air & Little Giant Still Air. I purchased the Farm Innovators online and after I got the temperature to where it needed to be, I haven't had any problems. Well...after I received a couple of hatching egg...
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    Personalities of "Game" breeds

    Let me start off by saying I'm NOT asking because I'm looking to get involved in anything illegal (I'm actually a late-in-life law student, so I know better than to touch any of that garbage with a 10 foot pole). However, being newer to the chicken world, I'm familiar with the personalities of...
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    I can't tell which end of the egg is pointy....help!

    I'm new to hatching from eggs and just received some pekin duck eggs in the mail. The instructions say to allow the eggs to sit for 24 hours before I put them in the incubator (I know it has something to do with the air pocket). Problem is, two of my 4 eggs don't have a pointy end! Both my...
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    Are these chicks big/feathered enough to move into a coop during the day?

    This is our first year with chickens. I have 8 chicks that are about 4-5 weeks old (I can't remember exactly when I bought them at our local Co-Op). We have an 8x12 shed coming which we are converting into a coop and a fence being installed in a couple of weeks. In the mean time, I purchased a...
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    Hello from Jitterbug Farm in East Tennessee!

    Hello everyone! I'm Tammy and my husband and I have a hobby farm here in East Tennessee outside of Knoxville. We purchased 11 acres a couple of years ago and have since adopted two each of llamas, alpacas and miniature horses, and one american guinea hog. We are in the process of building a new...
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    Possible IDs for these breeds....

    Quote: Quote: Hello, we are new to chickens this year (although I have been researching and reading everything possible!). I have some chicks between 2-3 weeks old, and I was wondering if anyone could possibly identify them? I'll put the info I know, and where they were purchsed from above...
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