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    Going to be SO glad when it's over

    This is my third batch of chicks in a year. The brooder, the heat lamps, the losses, the monitoring, their escapes, rehoming the roosters, I'm worn out . . . . I am going to be so happy when I have ALL grown chickens and I can just relax and let them lay eggs for a couple of years! I have 5...
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    Just a whine, lol, the perils of "straight run"

    Well, last fall we bought nine chicks and Ideal rounded them out with five "packing peanuts" which ate like greedy guts, grew into huge bullies, and became terrors before we rehomed them. I had the bright idea this time to buy some straight run bantams of a pretty breed, hopefully get...
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    Ratsnake got one of my chicks

    I came downstairs and glanced out the back window this afternoon, just in time to see a four foot long ratsnake exiting my chick and duckling playpen. It had a noticeable bulge that spelled "dead baby chicken" in its midsection. Since I knew it would be back for seconds and thirds and...
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    Lost two of my babies :(

    Really sad and upset. We left my four ducklings and fifteen chicks out in their "playpen" this afternoon, to enjoy the last of the warmth before the cold front came through tonight. While no one was watching, my handicapped daughter snuck out of the house and apparently "played" with one of my...
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    Almost had a heart attack . .

    Yesterday evening, my middle son came into my bedroom and informed me that my oldest son (who's 22) was "out in the backyard with some guy with glasses. He has a laptop and John's showing him each chicken. Looks like he's taking notes." Now, our chicken coop is technically a couple dozen feet...
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    Gah! You want something done right . ..

    Do it yourself, right? Blahhh! I sold off a bunch of roosters last week. I had my two older sons pack them up. I was VERY specific about which bantams I wanted to be packed. One of them was "Marbles, the little rooster with a GRAY neck and muffs, a WHITE body, a RED comb, and BROWN spots all...
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    Rehomed the Roos!

    Okay, I know, I sound way too cheerful, but I have a small 4x8 backyard coop, and I had 19 chickens in it . . . 11 of whom were roosters! I finally bit the bullet this week and posted an ad on Craigslist. The result? I managed to rehome my alpha roo along with my last remaining mature hen, then...
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    Chicks of a different feather

    I bought some grit tonight for my chicks. They're a week old now and it will be time for grass and bugs and fun treats soon. I separated out the standard sized chicks from the bantams on Monday. Everyone has been SO much happier and well behaved. The standard roos are less bossy, cause they only...
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    Has anyone used plastic lattice?

    I live in a very new neighborhood-- we still have construction going on throughout the 'hood, in fact. Right now, the muddy sad chicken yard, fenced in with chicken wire and poultry netting, just isn't cutting it for style. I was wondering if anyone had used the plastic lattice that they now...
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    New chicks! Now, uhh, what the heck are they?!?

    Well, my new chicks arrived safely on Thursday, and they've been stuffing themselves on crumbles ever since. I'd forgotten how fast they grow, they're already growing in wing feathers! Some of them, we're having a very hard time figuring out what they are. We know the Salmon Faverolle, the...
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    Black Australorp stopped laying

    I have three hens, two EEs and a BA, along with an EE rooster. They were hatched out the first of March, so they're all seven months old now. All three of my hens started laying about two months ago. It was really easy to tell that it was all of them, as one EE lays a lovely pale green egg, one...
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    Hey there, hi there, ho there

    Hi y'all, I'm Whisper. I have a small backyard flock flying under the radar of local laws and ordinances. Currently I have 2 EE hens, an EE rooster, and a Black Australorp hen. The rooster was a "surprise" in a batch of pullets, and the other two Australorps got chased and squished by my Great...
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