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  1. SOchick

    using a privacy fence panel as 1 side of the coop?

    I need to build a new coop for my girls (I did some serious adding to my flock). My dad was going to give me my old childhood playhouse to convert into a coop, but we took a good look at it, and it is not sturdy enough to be moved Sooo... I get to build a new coop. I would like to build it...
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    thinking about quail

    I am thinking of trying quail this year and have a few questions. 1- Can I keep them in cages in the chicken coop, or would they need their own separate place? can chickens pass anything bad to them? 2- I have read somewhere that the texas a&m variety has some white meat. Is this true? (I...
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    phesant recepies needed please

    So my dad went on a phesant hunt a while back, and has has his phesants in the freezer since. He would like to have them for Christmas dinner, so I am asking for you guys to share your favorite phesant dishes with me, because we have never cooked phesant before. Thanks and Merry Christmas!!
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    integrating commercial layer with flock- questions

    I hope this goes here. I acquired a new hen, she is a commercial grade pure bred White Leghorns from a breeder who is developing a new line of layers for the vaccine industry. She was kept in a pen, under lights, with 50 hens and 5 roosters in the cage. She has no feathers on her back due to...
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    free 3 week old SLW cockerels- GA-pickup only

    I got 7 SLW cockerels as packing peanuts with my order from Ideal, they hatched on Oct 13. I am running out of room in my brooder, so they need to go! I am offering them free for fellow BYC members, pickup only, I live in Paulding County GA. This is one of them last week (they have more...
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    SLW chick gender?

    They may be too young, but I ordered chicks from Ideal, and they put in male SLW "packing peanuts" with my order. I got 7 of them, and they are 2 weeks old. I'm not sure of it is too early to tell, but one of the SLW comb looks different than the others, so I am wondering if it is possibly a...
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    Whoo Hoo!!! Chicks are here! *updated with pics on pg 2*

    How can you guys stand all the cuteness?!? This is my first order of chicks, I got the call from the post office at 6:30 this morning, and was able to take my oldest DD with me to pick them up before school. I got 4 BO, 4 Red Sex Link, and 4 Barred Rock pullets. I also got 7 "Packing Peanuts"-...
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    newbie chick questions

    OK, so I have chickens, but have never done chicks, so I have some questions. I ordered 12 chicks from Ideal, so they are due to ship Wednesday (yay!) I have an old shipping crate I plan on making my brooder, it is 20in x 51 in (about just under 2 ft by just over 4 ft) will this be enough room...
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    Rough week last week :(

    Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I just need some hugs now. I lost my first bird last Wednesday, Buffy, our BO, and one of our favorites. I let her out of the run for a few minutes while I refilled food and water, and my dog jumped the fence and got to her. My DD told me the...
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    Need some input

    I currently have a chicken tractor with 4 chickens, which I really like, but I would like something more permenant (read- so I can get more chickens). I promised my DD we could hatch some eggs in the spring. Anyway, I have a 6x10x6 foot dog kennel, and am thinking about building a small 4x4...
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    Whoo Hoo!!!! Finally, my first egg!

    Finally, my 30 week old Black Sex Link, Candy, laid an egg! I am so excited! Sorry, I don't have any store bought to compare it to. I told my DH not to eat it yet because I'm gonna blow out the insides and turn it into a Christmas ornament (now he thinks I'm even crazier than before).
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    What breed is Sassy???

    I know she is a hen, approx 2 years old. She had been the resident chicken at the shelter where I work for about the last year and a half. She lays about 3 white eggs a week. Sometimes they appear a very light cream though. She is smaller than my other pullets (black sex link, ameraucana, and a...
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    Introducng a new hen

    So my 'maybe' rooster started crowing, and I found him a new home. At work, we have had a hen that has been hanging around the shelter for about a year and a half (we think she is about 2 years old), and they convinced me to take her home, because I had room for another, now that I don't have my...
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    layer feed for rooster?

    So now that it looks like one of my girls is a boy, is it ok that he eats layer feed with the girls?
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    advice needed please

    I need some help/opinions/advice. A little background: My best friend of about 20 years is getting married in the end of September. She had asked me to be her Matron of Honor, and for my oldest DD to be her attendant and youngest DD to be her flower girl. I went ahead and scheduled the week of...
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    Roo??? I hope not...

    I got 2 Ameracauna pullets when they were about 7 or 8 weeks old back in May. The guy I got them from said he was 99% sure they were both female, but it was really hard to tell with this breed. They are now 19 or 20 weeks old. I've noticed all along that the white one is more adventerous that my...
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    how long to keep in a brooder?

    I just wondered how long chicks need to be kept in a brooder. We have 2 "stray" chicks we picked up at work and I am guessing they are about 4 weeks old. They have the beginnings of adult feathers, and some chick feathers (about half &half). They seem to be doing fine at the pen at the barn...
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    lice?

    When I was checking out my buff this evening, I noticed what looked like some dry skin (white stuff) under her feathers. It was on her wings and back, looked like all over. Is this lice? They have all been losing some feathers, not many, I thought due to the heat, but would lice cause this as...
  19. SOchick

    what behavior before first egg?

    What kinds of behavior should I be looking for before my chicken lays her first egg? My oldest is a balck sex link and is about 18 weeks old. The others (2 ameracaunas, and a buff orpington) are about 12-13 weeks old, so I know they are a little young, but the sex link is getting close, right...
  20. SOchick

    Hi from GA

    Hi! I am a new chicken owner from GA. I have a black sex link (Candy), a buff orpington (Buffy), and 2 ameraucanas (Angel and Honey). I also have 2 inside cats, and 1 outside dog- a neo mastiff mix. I am also a happily married proud mommy to a 9 year old and a 2 year old. I work full time, but a...
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