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    Ground cover in run?

    We recently bought our first house, & my dad graciously offered to build us a coop. We have a dog pen we are using as the run for it. At our old house, the run was just dirt, we’d put in some grass clippings or leaves now & then for them to dig through. It was a wet, muddy/poopy mess when it...
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    SOS! Hen pecked egg open

    A coworker gave my husband a couple fertilized eggs yesterday, as we have a broody bantam & he didn’t want them all under his hen. I didn’t realize they were so far along. One hatched yesterday afternoon. The hen rejected it, so it’s under a heat lamp in the brooder cage. The 2nd egg was...
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    New Hens

    I recently got these new “Production Black” hens. They lay darker brown eggs & are very docile. Any guesses what they may be mixed with?
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    New hens - debeaked?

    I bought 4 new pullets the other day, 17 weeks old. I’m assuming the guy was just the middle man, he says they were raised in bulk by the Amish, so I assume he just bought a large quantity to resell. They all have long lower beaks. They seem to be in good weight, & are able to eat & drink. If...
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    12 week old Silkie

    Home hatched at the beginning of June. I’m thinking it’s looking more & more rooster-ish, & that “Princess” might need a new name!
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    Healed Decapitation Attempt!

    At the beginning of the month, something tried to pull this hen through a chain link fence head first. I treated her neck wound with Corona ointment daily (the stuff’s magic if you haven’t tried it). I did battle some infection about 10 days in, so I scrubbed with Betadine as well as applied...
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    Attempted Decapitation

    Something tried to pull this hen head first through a chain link fence. She survived, & my husband said that earlier today she was free ranging with the flock & pecking around despite the wound. Tonight she is sleeping on the floor of the coop & is quiet. The wound is on the back of her neck...
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    Guess the parents!

    This chick is 4 weeks old, a home hatch under a broody hen. It has olive colored legs & beak, & 5 toes. So while I’m pretty sure the daddy has to be rooster B because of the toes, I want the experts’ opinion on who this one came from. So, rooster A, B, or C? And hen 1, 2 or 3? A is a cross...
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    Silkie mix & silkie babies

    These two hatched on June 6. Daddy to both is assumed to be my white silkie (Tractor Supply quality) The white one’s mama is a white silkie, the brown one is probably from my production red hen. I have a bad feeling that these are both boys. I know silkies are hard, but I feel like there’s too...
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    Identifying the egg eater

    I have been having problems with someone eating eggs, shell & all. I find wet spots in the nest boxes, & yolk on other eggs. No sign on any of the birds themselves. flock consists of 5 big hens, 2 bantam hens (one broody & sitting, one with newly hatched chicks), & 2 roos. They share 4 nest...
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    Silkie sexing

    This chick is 10-11 weeks old. I’m 85% sure it’s a roo, hubby’s holding out hope that it’s a hen. (all pictures are the same chick)
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    Color genetics question

    This little chick is our first home hatched baby. Our rooster is a white silkie, the hen is a white Leghorn. (I’m certain it was this hen, she’s my only white egg layer) This little one is a beautiful beige color, with some tan in the wings. What causes two white birds to produce a colored chick?
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    How Far Along?

    My bantam Cocoa decided to go broody, so we’re letting her hatch a few eggs so my 4yr old can see the process. I don’t remember exactly when she started sitting on these. All 4 eggs were laid the same day by our other hens. Could you give me a rough guess how far along these are? I tried to get...
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    Rehoming Silkie Roo in NE KS

    This is Skye (my 4yr old named him after the dog in Paw Patrol, she’s still not convinced he’s a boy) he’s a 4 month old Silkie boy. I’m in town & his crowing is bothering the neighbors. I’m in northeast Kansas.
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    Gender?

    This is Pebbles, our Broad Breasted White. Is it still too early to tell sex? S/he’s about 10-12 weeks old.
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    Should I separate?

    I have 4 chicks that are 2-3 weeks old - 2 white leghorns, a Golden Sebright bantam & a Silver Duckwing Old English game bantam. The bantams are pets. My daughter adores her other two & carries them around and handles them daily. Our older Sebright is flighty but she is still able to handle him...
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    Bantam coop?

    Anybody keep their bantams in their own coop? I have a Golden Sebright & a Cochin bantam who are about 6-7 weeks old (with their turkey buddy) in with our layers currently. It’s working out fine, but I worry about the tinies free ranging our privacy fenced backyard with the big girls. They’re...
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    Summertime Meat Birds?

    Does anyone try raising Cornish X in the middle of summer? I’m in Kansas, summers are 90-100+ degrees with high humidity. I’m currently finishing a batch of 11 birds that will be processed end of June. I’m considering ordering more chicks soon, which would mean an August butcher date. They would...
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    Turkey sexing & bantam ID

    Two in one for you! Pebbles the BBW turkey is about 4 weeks old. There’s a red patch developing on the underside of the neck. Is Pebbles a tom? Chicken math also got us today. We came home with these little banties. Pretty sure Trix, the one in back is another Golden Sebright, but any guess...
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    Feeding the mixed flock

    Our flock consists of 5 laying hens, 4 silkie bantams that are approximately 9 weeks old. In a brooder, we also have 2 bantams living with a broad breasted white turkey, all of which are almost 3 weeks old. What do you feed mixed flocks? The older birds we’ve been mixing 16% layer with the 20%...
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