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    Ugly duckling\chick contest! *Ends August 1st*

    So, we all have had a few ducklings and\or chicks that went through their awkward stage. Some had it worse than others! This contest is for the ugly duckling\chick who changed the most as they grew. Post your before and after pics! Molting before & after pics are welcome too! Three entries of...
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    PQ Silkie pullet & cockerel in Fayetteville, NC

    Hello! This is Slimy Bob and his bff, Master P. Both hatched in August and hand raised as pets. "P" is a little shy but sweet and just beginning to squat for us. Slimy Bob is quite the clown. He's good to his girls and he may look a little crazy, but he's all bawgock. He been around dogs, cats...
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    Any advice for a pet duck newbie?

    Hello! I have a small, mixed flock of very friendly, socialized chickens that we hatched ourselves. We live in an urban area with a big, fenced in yard and good neighbors. We want to add a couple ducks so, I ordered a small number of Ancona duck eggs to hatch. Ducks will be a pretty new...
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    From chicken-killer to flock guardian? Fingers crossed.

    This pic was taken the day before Patches "played" with a chicken to death. I have a little over a year-old Pitt mix named Patches. She has been raised around kids, cats and other dogs. I put a lot of time and money into training her and while she still has a lot of "puppy energy", she...
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    Serama colors and age progression

    Since Seramas change so much as they grow, I was hoping to get some age progression pics to compare. Zippy, who I thought was all white, looks like he's getting some grey color in his tail, although, it's kind of hard to tell (he has always looked kinda rough, like a never ending teen phase). I...
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    Here are my Silkies! Take a guess?

    They're about a month old, so still a little young, but some of them have some major globs of comb going on... I can get better pics if needed. First, Nugget Next, Pretty Boy Then, Master P Now, Booger And last, Slimy Bob And a group shot (well, a few of them)
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    Tell me about your Silkie sexing techniques.

    While I know the best way to sex a Silkie is to wait for an egg or a crow, I did see a few people who swear by the shape of their beak and a couple other unconventional ways to guess the sex before the definitive cock-a-doodle-doo. So... Just for fun, do you guys have any methods you use to...
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    Chicken photography by a lady who doesn't know much about chickens..... or photography.... :)

    I realized today that my phone has over 2,000 pictures and probably a good 90% of them are of chickens. Unfortunately, most of my friends and family do not share the same enthusiasm as I do. So... I've come to BYC, to share with you stories and pictures of my journey into urban begawkary. A...
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    Pullets won't get out of the rain.

    First pic is our first attempt at a coop, second, is our second. Third is where they insist on being every night; rain or shine. They get a lot of human interaction, as they come and go inside as they please via doggie door. Even though there is shelter available to them, and we keep trying to...
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    The lone mushy chick? What now?

    I had a (2nd) failed batch of shipped Serama eggs that I didn't think made it. The few that HAD development, quit before lockdown, but I put the hopefuls in anyway. After a couple days and no real miracle, I'm getting ready to clean out the incubator when I hear peeping. One had pipped...
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    Spraddle leg/curled toes on 3 day old Silkie. Treatment not working.

    We had our first successful hatch, but one of the Silkies developed spraddle leg a day after hatch. He is separated in a clear box with nonslip drawer liners and leg splints made out of pipe cleaners. Also, we've been giving him savAchick & scrambled eggs w/plain yogurt every few hours via...
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    Help! Is my chick drowning in the egg? (Pics)

    Today is day 20 in lockdown. Temp is 100, humidity is 75-80%. I had an egg pip last night. Here it was. Today, there looks like there's a lot of fluid around the pip hole and there's some bubbles in/around his beak when he opens and closes his beak. This is my first time and I have no idea if...
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    Eggtopsy Warning: Graphic pics

    This was the only one with development out of 12 shipped Serama eggs. Is this infection, poor incubation or regular decomposition? It smelled, but not as bad as I thought it would and not until I opened it.
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    Please look! Shell-less eggs and rubbery "shell" chunks.

    I posted a thread yesterday and got no responses. She's still laying shell-less eggs, with broken pieces of rubbery "shell". I really need help here. I can get antibiotics or whatever I need at TSC, but I need to know what I'm dealing with. I still can't find a chicken vet, and now that it's the...
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    New layer just dropped 2 yolks and part of a soft shell.

    Our 20 week old Speckled Sussex laid a perfect first egg two days ago. Last night she was fluffed up, eyes closed, head drawn back and straining. She dropped a shell less egg, yolk intact. Then a few minutes later another one, only there were also pieces of soft shell with it. After that she...
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    Fayetteville NC - Boston terrier/pitbull mix

    11 month old female utd, spayed, loves kids, other dogs and cats. Sweet, energetic, knows basic commands, house broken as long as she's let out regularly. She is not a dominant dog at all, zero aggression. Doesn't bark excessively, or chew. Good puppy.
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    First time hatching and Murphy's Law seems to be in full effect

    Our set up goes so far goes something like this: We have a brand new Little Giant, still-air, foam incubator (the one people love to hate) without an egg turner, as per our current budget allowed. We attached a computer fan to the inside of the incubator, so it does have circulation now. I...
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    Hovabator Incubator and Silkie hatching eggs; the newbie's plan

    Ok, so raising chickens has become a bit of an obsession for me. It started with a handful of day-olds from the feed store bought on a whim, to ordering from a hatchery, to a purchase from "legit" breeders and now I want to try my hand at hatching via incubator. (No Roos allowed here)...
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    Recommendations for a small, 1st time incubator and hatching egg, please! :)

    Hello, and thanks for reading! I am interested in incubating my own chicken eggs. Years ago, I had tried the cheap $20 table-top flying saucer type incubator with no luck. The eggs would make it up until the last couple of days and just quit. I've heard those incubators are pretty worthless, but...
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    Recommendations on a decent quality Jersey Giant? Pls post pics of yours! :)

    I would like to find a decent quality Jersey Giant, not necessarily show quality but I've heard that hatchery stock doesn't do the JG justice. I love all colors of JGs, it's the size and temperament that has me on the hunt for these beautiful birds! Also, a lot of places I have looked at have a...
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