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  1. ClayChicken

    Buff Orpington... Yellow Feet?

    We bought 5 buff orpington pullets from Ideal. They are sweet, healthy, and huge! They are 6 weeks old now. Well, the other day my youngest son named one, "Bob." Bob is the biggest of the five and as we looked more closely at 'her', we noticed her feet are yellow - not white like the others. We...
  2. ClayChicken

    I want to hatch in the Classroom - Am I crazy?

    I want to hatch eggs in the preschool classroom. I have been looking into incubators that will not break our budget and have found tabletop ones like this one . Is this a recipe for heartache? Is there something else that would be better but not pricey?
  3. ClayChicken

    HE or SHE? A Barred Rock, an Easter Egger, and a Silkie

    Our chicks are four weeks old and I believe I have some roos. This IS my first time with chicks, though, so I am hoping for some expert opinions. My Easter Egger "pullet"... I don't think so, though My Barred Rock... a little pink on the comb? My silkie with a... what is that thing...
  4. ClayChicken

    Fun Baby Pics!

    Here are some fun baby pics!
  5. ClayChicken

    Are my Silver Laced Wyandottes really Gold Laced?

    I ordered Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks, but they are very brown. Their wing feathers look more like Gold Laced Wyandottes, but they are only a week old.
  6. ClayChicken

    Two Potters with chickens in Upper East Tennessee

    About a year ago, I started to think about keeping chickens. I wanted more control over our food supply (thinking eggs, not meat) and I wanted a learning experience for my sons. When I was little, I raised teddy bear hamsters and sold them to our Co-Op and I wanted my boys to have a similar...
  7. ClayChicken

    UPCYCLED, Green Chicken Coop! PIC HEAVY!!

    Bear with us... we are very new to chickens, coop building, and this forum, but we have just finished our coop build and we are so happy! We only bought: 4 4x4s 2 2x4x12s 2 sx4x8s 2 sheets of plywood The roof was upcycled from our old dog house: The framing was all 2x2 upcycled from a...
  8. ClayChicken

    Chick choked to death??

    Hi - brand new here. We have 23 4 day old chicks that we got from Ideal this week. They have been healthy, happy, energetic, and perfect. Today, one of the Ameraucanas was acting normally and then suddenly stopped, started gaping like she couldn't breathe, eliminated from both ends, and fell...
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