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    My ladies are driving me crazy...please help.

    I have a flock of 12 ladies, 2 years old next month. Different breeds. My black buffs are gorgeous! But my RIR's are moulting? I dunno, but they look horrible. Is a spring molt common? If it were mites wouldn't it be the entire flock. Egg production is maybe 4 eggs a day. I have never gotten a...
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    Help, added new hens to flock....2 are mingling other 2 are scared???

    Hi there everyone....so with my new flock, I ended up with 5 roosters and 9 hens....(all were supposed to be pullets...but) anyhoo....when the Roos starting crowing I knew it was time to get rid of them, as I wanted to avoid the fighting and over sexing of my hens, one of my friends offered to...
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    Question, Advice please...broody hen, developing eggs day 14...

    Hi everybody...yes, it is still cold here...but...I had a broody hen and yes, she needed fertile eggs....so...she has them...6 of them...we are on day 14 and candled eggs to show we have babies...my question is...can I leave her and the babies, should they make it, in the coop with the other...
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    Roo-Hitler??? Your advice needed...LIFE or DEATH!!!

    Hi everybody, well my flock is now 15 weeks old, I have 2 Roos and 4 ladies. Here is my dilemma...my RIR roo...acts like Hitler..he parades himself around the coop and seems to have all of the others running to get from him. He is tryin' to breed with the ladies, and has been pulling feathers...
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    OK...Cocci and medicated feed question...

    I apologize if this is a repeat posting...but I couldn't find an answer that I actually understood and want to be sure I am doing the right thing. Now, I have read in a post not to give Corid while feeding medicated feed. Ok, so I am not sure that my flock actually has it, but I seen some bloody...
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    Take a lookie ~what are you doing today...**UPDATED**

    Been a while since I've tackled a wedding cake...but, friend is getting married so....I pulled my decorating tools out and went to work, wanted to show you all what I've got done so far...pretty proud so far, end result won't be til tomorrow, but it gives you an pretty good idea!!!! Here's a pic...
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    It VIOLATED my space...Now it must go!!!!UPDATE!!HELP!!OMG????

    So, went out this morn about an hour or so after having let my peeps into thier run for the day, was doing the morning walk around, checking to see that all was safe and secure. Well, last nite we apparently had an UNWELCOMED VISITOR and I now am on a mission. I feel violated and very uneasy as...
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    Rain, Rain....Oh look what I made!!!!

    Soooo tired of the rain!!! Bored out of my mind....on a good note, look at the sign I painted yesterday....since it is raining again today, I am going to start the one with the coop name!!! If I can come up with a good name...that is...I had one all picked out, but now I think the coop needs...
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    Roosting in Run at Night....what to do??

    Hi everybody, just a quick question....we put a limb in the run of our coop.....I have been trying to let them go in the coop at night on thier own(nope, not working), I had been going out and putting them in, one by one about 7:30 ish and closing the pop door. Well, I thought, if I wait a...
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    Thankful I have my chicks....Rambling Rant!!!

    Boy, it has sure been rough....to make a long story short, my husband and I separtated over three years ago, I found that I could no longer deal with the drinking. We had two beautiful children together, a DD and a DS. Needless to say....the separtation was hard on the DS who is now...16, he is...
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    New Coop...Peep Pics(Heavy) Your thoughts Pleeze!! NEED ADVICE UPDATE

    Well, our coop is almost done...still have some fancyin' up to get done, but they are all moved in, and growing like wildfire!!! We used all recycled wood for the coop part, thank goodness, and ended up buying all new materials for the run. But, I am pretty happy with it!!! Oh yeah, it has...
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    The WHINEY Butt thread....anyone else???

    Hi everybody, well.... that is right I am so whining.....my hands hurt and they along with my arms are scratched, poked and sore....but... the hardware cloth is all up, and almost all covered where we buried it.....oh that stuff and OOOOOHHHH those staples....I dropped more and hit my thumb so...
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    Ok, someone help please...Roos?? 4 wks...Oh Gosh!!!!

    Ok, my peeps are 4 weeks old, seems to me some of them are looking pretty much like Roos, I bought them at TSC, 5 were from pullet bin, 1 from straight run bin. I know they can get mixed up...here is my question...i was really hoping to get at least 5 hens, and that doesn't seem to be the case...
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    Advice Please, what if most are Roos...PICS ADDED..HELP!!!

    Ok, my peeps are 4 weeks old, seems to me some of them are looking pretty much like Roos, I bought them at TSC, 5 were from pullet bin, 1 from straight run bin. I know they can get mixed up...here is my question...i was really hoping to get at least 5 hens, and that doesn't seem to be the case...
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    Despite Weather...DBF...worked his butt off!!!

    Although the weather is soooo not cooperating....my DBF...braved the cold...and made serious progress yesterday. We had mixed weather including some hail, but....I am soo happy and wanted to share....we have used recycled wood for the coop part and new treated lumber for the run, which we are...
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    3 1/2 Weeks...could they just be spoiled???

    Here is my question, my peeps are about 3 1/2 weeks old....they are in an rubbermaid tub with a large extension on top....they are in my livingroom, which I dare say is about 70-75 most of the time....now when the temps outside go up...i have turned thier light off, sometimes they go on about...
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    Awwwh :(...What is up with my chick???**UpDated**5/11

    Hi every body....Ok, my chicks are still in brooder, in my living room, about 3 1/2 weeks old, my question is...the brooder has a roost in there, and everybody but one is flyin' up there and sleeping the nights away, I feel so bad as there is the lonely one, huddled up on the stoop. She will...
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    Free-Ranging...will they get in the road????

    Hi, welp, although my peeps are still in the brooder, I was intending on letting them free range, BF says...I don't want to hear you cryin' when one gets hits by a car....OMGosh....So, the road we live on isn't a highway, but not a dirt back road either...would you allow them to free range or...
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    Homemade Sausage Gravy....Homemade Biscuits....

    So, breakfast is well underway, biscuits are bakin', sausage gravy is simmering, homefries are fryin'....then I realize.....UGGH, store boughten eggs .....Oh I can't wait til my peeps are layin'...now that will trully be a breakfast!!! Only 3 weeks old here...sure wish they were layin...
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    Can U Tell What I Am?????

    Here are some pics of one of my baby peeps.....it is about 2 1/2 weeks....and towers over my other chicks....seems to be the trouble maker and most energetic of my flock....I know it is hard to tell at this age, but chick came out of TSC Straight Run bin and I am hoping that maybe this will be...
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