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    Ends of peppers, feed to chickens or toss in compost?

    We have started harvesting peppers ( Hungarian hot and sweet, cayenne, jalapeno, Thia hots and several others ) and looks like we"ll have a ton this year. Right now I have a lot of pepper ends. My first thought was toss them to the chickens like we do most veggie stuff, I give them cayenne...
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    Chick pics :) Why do all my favorite ones turn out to be cockerels?

    These are chicks our Broody Cochin hatched 5 weeks ago. As of today I know there are at least 2 cockerels The Cuckoo Marans/EE has had his comb for aboout two weeks. Today I'm standing there looking at them sitting on the crate that is in the coop and I hear the funniest little crow. I thought...
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    HELP, Lost two birds in a month. We did sort of a necropsy, any ideas?

    Hi guys, Last month we found one of our hens dead now today we found another. DH and I opened her up hoping to see an obvious sign of what killed her but we didn't. Maybe if we had processed a chicken before we might of seen something amiss but this is the first one we opened up. There wasn't...
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    Is Momma hen trying to abandon her five 10 day old chicks?

    Hi guys, We have a cochin who has 5 chicks. She is in a dog crate ( cage type) in the corner of the coop with chicken wire around it to keep the other hens out and help keep the chicks in. Last night I went into the coop and Momma had hopped on the crate and over the 4 foot chicken wire. She was...
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    Questions on Selling broody hens chicks

    Hi Guys, My first Broody hen hatched 5 chicks last Wed. We'll probably keep these since they are our first. My question is with the next chicks hatched here ( I can't keep them all as much as I would like to we are at 55 chickens now :S) When do you take chicks from hen? Does the hen get upset...
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    Pictures of new fuzzy butts

    Hi Guys, Helping you get your chick fix today Our broody Cochin (we named her Momma fitting huh?) hatched hers and our first eggs Wednesday One chick didn't make it, five are doing great and there are still two eggs left which are probably duds, I'll pull them tomorrow. She is in a dog crate...
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    Young Broody Hen killed one chick

    Hi Guys, Eggs are hatching under broody Momma she is a 8 and 1/2 month old Cochin she had 8 eggs under her. About an hour ago I checked on Momma and seen something next to her. 1st chick hatched and looks like she killed it , not a pretty sight at all not a natural death at all but looks like...
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    Broody sitting on 8 eggs since April 8th. When should I move her?

    Hi guys, She is high 2 row from top, 3rd nest bow over. I worry the chicks will fall out if I leave them there. I have a dog crate in the coop and I'm planning on putting chicken wire around it so the chicks can't hop out. I figured there the flock will get to know the chicks. Should I move her...
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    County fair.. Show / auction questions

    Hi Guys, A friend of ours has us talked into showing our Blue Cochin rooster and maybe one of the Cochin hens. We run a small store so I always work weekends so I'll have to hire someone for that day. My question is what do I do..lol I haven't been to a fair is ages due to always working. What...
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    suggested earliest shipping for northern states

    Hi guys, What is suggested earliest shipping for northern states. I'm in lower Michigan almost into Ohio and I was thinking of adding a few more chicks this year. Thanks Rhonda
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    Burrr cold outside here in MI sharing pics of part of our flock

    Our sweet neighbors gave us this old play house that was on their property when they bought their house to use as a rooster coop. Here is Hawk our EE roo he is the oldest roo we have he's about 7 months old. On top here is Spike our BO roo nd below him is Banner our Blue/Splash Cochin This...
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    Venting why would a woman stay with an abuser when she has a way out??

    Hey Guys, I am so disappointed in my SD (stepdaughter) she is 30 years old has three beautiful children 5, 3 and 18 months. The 6 years she has been with her babies dad ( not married but that us between them) he has been mentally and physically abusive to her. Only one time do I recall him...
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    can Bantams ever live with standards?

    Well it is looking like MPC ( my pet chicken) messed up my order and sent me bantam polish hens instead of standards I wasn't planning on having any bantams and I'm not sure if we'll keep them or not at this time. If they can one day live with the big girls we might keep them but I really don't...
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    FB networks ?

    HI guys, Many of us here are also on Face Book (FB). FB has the ability to create networks... somehow...lol Anyone know how we could create a BYC network on FB? It would be so much easier to add our BYC friends as neighbors that way. Is it possible?
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    Happy New Year to all!

    May you, your family and your flocks be blessed in the new year
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    Egg color washing off??

    Hey Guys, Hope ya all had a great Christmas. My youngest pullets are starting to lay or at least one is I think it is a cuckoo Marans but could be wrong. Anyways we were cleaning off a dozen to give to someone for Christmas and the brown egg's color lightened up a lot when it was rinsed in hot...
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    Doing the happy (9) eggs dance

    Last night when we got home from work we had 9 eggs! First time ever to get that many. 8 of our 9 EE girls ( 28 weeks old ) and one of the Cuckoo Marans (17 weeks old) all laid in one day. Up till now the most was 7 and that was only two times most days were 4 or 5..... some days only one...lol...
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    Two questions, eggs freezing and young pullet's egg maybe

    Hi guys, Hope you all are having a wonderful Holiday Season. Ok 1st question. I'm in retail so especially this time of the year we are getting home very late. Some times the eggs feel so very very cold. We are in Michigan about 5 miles from Ohio. Can they go bad if they freeze? How will I know...
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    Looks like one of my favorite roos has to go :(

    Last week we got another coop free from neighbor it was a play house at one time about 8 foot sq maybe made of OSB. Anyways we put our five roos in there 3 younger 4 months old and two 6 months old. they all had been in with the hens, only one Prince 6months old was kept outside and away during...
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