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  1. Dogwood Farm

    Love my new flock

    Old flock was getting around 5 yrs old so decided time for a new flock. Pics of my new ones I got Monday after Christmas. Made a trip to Polk Ohio. Really nice drive. Here are current pics of my babies. I got Easter eggers this time. One of those turned out to be a rooster. Buffs 2 of...
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    Hen or Rooster

    I would have guaranteed all my Rocks were hens. But someone got me questioning them. What is your opinion. Is this a hen or rooster. I'm still saying hen. I have a Buff rooster and a Rhode Island Red and they are guaranteed roosters.
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    Dug out the ole incubator

    Been a couple years since we've incubated eggs but it was so much fun and I thought how much more fun to hatch eggs from my chickens. Last time I got from someone else. We thought we had taken care of all the roosters a couple years ago but seems one escaped so we hopefully have fertilized...
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    Cryoptococcal meningitis Does anyone know anything about this?

    There is a gentleman in the town where my husband works that has contracted Cryoptococcal meningitis this. He worked at a hardware store and from what I understand did a lot of cleaning of bird droppings, mostly pigeon droppings. Our concern is this something that can be contracted from...
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    Chickens and Fleas

    Its coming that time of year that fleas and ticks become a problem with cats and dogs. I was wondering if fleas and ticks can be a problem for Chickens also? And if so what do you treat chickens with for them?
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    Another egg question

    I'm sure this has been answered a thousand times. I thought when you found blood in an egg it was considered fertilized. I had an egg which I think was probably was the hens 1st or 2 nd to lay since it was misshaped and the shell wasn't perfectly smooth. I've been getting a lot of little...
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    Question about eggs

    I know its been a very very very long time since I've been all and I can't thank everyone enough for everything I have learned from this site. Its the best. I have 28 chickens know. Nice variety of Buffs, Brahms, Astrolurps, Barred and a mixed or reds I hatched myself which I think are all...
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    I'm exhausted.

    I think I know exactly how these hatching chicks must feel. We had three hatch today and looks like another 4 have pipped. So far that is 7 out of the 15 culled down to 12 we had. Not giving up yet on the other 5. But what excitment. My two girls got to watch two of them hatch. Now that...
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    Seen my first egg jiggle

    OMGOSH there are just no words for it. Megan my oldest, she's 11 said she saw this egg jiggle this morning and I said "Oh that nice." I thought yea ok you seen it jiggle. Now I was just checking the incubator and we are on day 19 and I saw the saw egg and another one jiggle. How excited...
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    Almost hatch day!

    And I can't wait. I bet the old hen doesn't stress as much as I have these last 17 days over these eggs. I'm going to have to use 3 sponges I think to get the humidity up but at least I've figured out what's needed. With three I can get it up to 61 %. We are on day 17. One more turning of...
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    I couldn't stand it anymore.

    I called TSC three times today because they told me they were getting chicks in. Finally they got them and they got Barred Rocks. I got Hubby feed as fast as I could kids feed as soon as they got off the bus and in we went. Now see if I can get pictures posted. The yellow reddish ones...
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    I'm at the halfway point.

    Today is day 11 for my incubation. I have 15 eggs and out of those 15 I have diffent movement in 12. One is a dark green Araucana egg I can see the air cell but can't see veins mass or anything. The other I can see air cell and a mass but no development in it what so ever. The third has air...
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    What breed is this one?

    I was on mypetchicken's web site and if you got to the very bottom of the page on the left side they have wallpaper downloads. So I download the one I like. Its a picture of 5 chickens in a circle pecking at the middle. Rob saw it and wanted to know what the chicken with all the colors was...
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    I have movement!

    I candled all 15 eggs last night. Diffently seen veins in all but 3 maybe. Those three have masses in them. Air cell seems intact. The egg color I'm hoping is what's preventing me from seeing the veins. I have two blueish green eggs that the lady told me were from Araucanas. One is so...
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    Question about shipped chicks

    When chicks are shipped and arrive at the post office and this I suppose could vary from state to state with post offices, Do they hold them and call you to come pick them up or do they send them out with the mail delivery people? Or do I need to get ahold of my post office and let them know...
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    I got eggs to incubate

    I should have posted this first before the other. The girls and I are so excited. I advertised locally for fertile eggs. Went yesterday afternoon and the lady was very nice and very informative. She's going to wish she never met me probably after all my questions. I hope she tells me to...
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    My Hova driving me crazy also

    I didn't want to hijack the other thread so I thought better to start a new one. I'm not having a problem with the Temp or humidity over night. My problem which really isn't one yet was this morning when I load the incubator with eggs my temp went down to 88 which with loading I understand...
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    Finally decided and ordered my chicks today

    I am so excited but I have to wait till June 17th till they are shipped. That's ok. At least I have plenty of time to get ready for them and the weather will be nicer also or at least I hope so. I decided after all the good I heard about the Black Astralorps I had to have them. And I love...
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    question about personalities.

    I told you I would drive you nuts with questions. OK this is the plan. I would like to start off with a varity of chickens. I thought 8 Rhode Island Red, 9 Barr Rocks, and 8 White Leghorns. So I called our local feed store and they can order all of these and they will be in sometime...
  20. Dogwood Farm

    Hello all

    Hello newbie here in all ways. Thinking of starting our own flock of chickens. When I was very very young I can remember my Mom tending the chickens. They would get around 500 peeps. I remember going into the chickent coop and they would all run under the brooder. Mom use to sell the eggs...
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