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  1. LisaJean

    Please sponsor me for St. Baldrick's fundraiser!

    Hi there! I haven't posted here in awhile because I gave away my chickens right before I had my baby. But now I need your help! I am shaving my head (going BALD) to raise money for children's cancer research. Please help me reach my goal! In addition to the money for the cause I will be...
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    Funny Egg Video

    It's in Japanese, but you don't need to understand the language to laugh.
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    Black 'Lorp Just Ate a Worm Snake

    I just watched one of my black australorp swallow a worm snake whole. It was impressive, but will it make her sick?
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    Cute Video of itty bitty roo trying to crow

    Cute
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    Australorps - HUGE Eggs?

    Hey there! Long time no see. :-) I have two Black Australorps that are right around six months old, now. The last few days, I have been finding HUGE, I mean HUUUUGE squat, pale beige eggs in the nestbox. They don't look like the eggs my Barred Rocks or Productions Reds lay. Are 'Lorps known...
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    One chick dead after pipping, what now?

    One of my chicks pipped her egg this afternoon. i had to go to work. I told hubby to watch, and if she had made no progrss in an hour, to try and help her. I came home and found her dead, still trapped in the egg. Hubby cover the rubbermaind tub with a towel, trying to keep the light out of...
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    Broody rejected eggs, NO INCUBATOR!!! HELP!

    My broody hen has rejected the eggs she has been setting on for the last two weeks. The nest has been torn apart, and the eggs scattered everywhere. I HAVE NO INCUBATOR! Can I jury-rig one? Right now I have the eggs in a large bowl, paddded with moist towels, under a heat lamp. What else...
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    Damaged Hatching Egg - Gone!

    Hi there! I have a broody Barred Rock that I put some fertilized eggs underneath. The other day as I was checking them, she kicked, and accidentally cracked one of the eggs. It wasn't bad, so I left it. Today that egg is gone completely. I found a few scraps of sticky shell, with a bit of...
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    Anyone have Blue Andulusians?

    I have 3 or 4 Blue Andulusian eggs under my broody hen right now. Does anyone have these?
  10. LisaJean

    Lost 3 of 4 Buff Orp Chicks in one day :-(

    Hi all, The other day we had a drenching rainstorm. When I went out later to feed and check on the flock, I found that three of my four little bitty Buff Orpingtons had died, apparently drowned. They had shelter, but I guess it wasn't enough. I am heartsick. I guess from now on, little...
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    Chilled Chick-Think I Dodged a Bullet

    Hi all! The other day I got four 1-week-old (or so) Black Australorp and four Buff Orpington chicks, and put them into the little pen in my backyard. I had another group of chicks, but they are about 7 weeks old now, and they can roam around the fenced in yard. Anyway, I went to water my...
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    WTB White and Silver-laced Cochins in/near Raleigh, NC

    Anyone got these?
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    I'm Trying to Hatch Out Eggs

    For the first time. How do I sit on them without crushing them? No, just kidding. One of my Barred Rocks went broody recently. I've never seen a hen hacth out and raise chicks, since I have no roo, and I've always wanted to see it. So I bought some fertilized eggs locally, and...
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    Chick died - "squishy" crop, refused water, food.

    One of my chicks died yesterday. I noticed that she wasn't eating or drinking. She would not take anything food-wise. I felt her crop to see if she was full. The crop felt... I dunno. Doughy? Squishy? Like not full of food, but full of a liquid maybe? Is there a name for this, and how...
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    Culling - Is This Humane?

    UPDATE: Hi everyone. Thanks for your help. In the end, I tried the jar method, but couldn't stand the thought of it taking so long. So hubby took the little one out back and did it in with the limb cutters. So that's the new solution. Get hubby to do it. Hi folks, Today my order from...
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    Sign a Pro-Chicken Petition for Cary, NC!

    Hi folks! Recently the passed new laws here in NC allowing backyard chickens in Durham and Chapel Hill. But Cary is being stubborn, and maintaining their chickenlessness. At this link is a petition you can sign to help the citizens of Cary with their fight to be allowed chickens. You don't...
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    What Happened To My Hen?

    Hi there, I came home from work to find my 2-yr-old black sex link hen, Zoolie, dead. She was laying on her side, with her legs stretched out behind her. No sign of trauma, her eyes were closed. She looked very peaceful. Around her beak there was a puddle of fluid. Any ideas? As far as I...
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    Need some prayers and some advice - PMs OK

    READ THIS FIRST! EDIT: Note the start of this thread dates back to 2008. Read all the way to the end for a happy ending. END EDIT Hi folks, I haven't been on in ages. Life sort of got away from me. I'm getting married this Saturday. I'd just like to ask those of you that pray to...
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    Perry Bible Fellowship - comic

    This is a comic from the Perry Bible Fellowship, www.pbfcomics.com
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    Microwave Scramble Surprise

    Take two fresh eggs, break into a shallow, microwave-safe bowl. Add butter, salt, pepper to taste. Scramble with a fork or wire whisk. Set bowl in microwave. Program for 45 seconds. (time of cooking may vary.) Eggs are done when you hear a loud PFOOM! from the microwave. Serve hot directly...
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