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  1. RuralWriter

    Australorps and Red Leghorns

    I'm excited because my husband just bought me some new chicks. This is the first time I have had chickens in 4 years. I did have light brahmas before. Now I have australorps and red leghorns. He also bought a pekin chick and a blue roen chick. I've been looking at my Australorps and see some...
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    Injured Chick- crushed by dog bite

    My German Shepherd quickly bit my 2 1/2 week chick. I didn't know this happened until when checking on it for bedtime I saw blood on its vent. My 4 year old had accidentally let the dog get to the chick, then didn't tell me. So now- not a lot of blood what is there is watery, but the vent looks...
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    Black Copper Marans

    I've been reading and reading all about hatching out BCMs. This is my first BCM hatch, ever. First incubate and hatch in over 15 years, actually. So I'm on day 21, because I'm not counting the day I put them in as a full day. It was afternoon. There are 9 BCMs and 4 Pekin eggs. The Pekins are...
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    Injured Pekin Leg - Upper Joint

    Hi there. It's been a while since I have visited, but I need advice on caring for my injured duck. She's around 6 months old and starting limping about a month ago. I'm not sure if she hurt her leg when she hopped off the side porch or jumped out of her bath, but I kept her confined for two...
  5. RuralWriter

    Pullet? Cockerel? Light Brahma

    Hi all. I'm trying to figure out if this Light Brahma chicken is a pullet or a cockerel. I assumed it was a SHE, but now that they're all older (around 13 weeks, maybe 14), it looks a tad different from the other pullets. Slightly redder comb where the ones I am sure of have very small, light...
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    One Fowl Writer

    Can you tell I'm a punny one, too? Howdy! I'm a freelance writer and fiction author living in the Southern Tier of New York, Allegheny mountains. I'm trying to slowly build a small homestead. Finally was able to buy chicks this year. The past two years here unexpected expenses came up so we...
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