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    Three Roosters to good homes in Houston/Galveston area

    Free to good homes, 3 roosters. Two Barred rocks, regular black and white coloring. One Americana/Easter Egger type. He is black with golden highlighted feathers. All three were hatched around Mothers Day and are getting their crows, so they should be ready for their own yard full of hens...
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    Smaller white rooster needs new home in Houston/Galveston area

    The Colonel is looking for a new home. He's a lovely little guy, not quite a banty but needs a smaller hen to mate with. I think a silkie sized or game style hen would be best. He is a sweet rooster, does the dances for the girls and shows them all the little treats he finds. He is white...
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    Smaller white rooster needs a new home, Houston TX area

    The Colonel is looking for a new home. He's a lovely little guy, not quite a banty but needs a smaller hen to mate with. I think a silkie sized or game style hen would be best. He is a sweet rooster, does the dances for the girls and shows them all the little treats he finds. He is white...
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    Chick with eye issues

    Chick is about four weeks old and away from mom. I noticed the eye issue today. From the top of the head (looking down) it looks like a growth or a wart type on the upper part of the eye (like where an eyebrow would be). I don't know what's up with Fluffy Butt.
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    Anyone else have eggs due around 9-23?

    My broody momma, Chip is at it again. I set eggs under her on the 2nd. She's due to have the chicks any day now, probably on the 23rd. I'm on pins and needles waiting to see what comes out. :-)
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    We've lost three pullets this week

    I have no idea what's going on. Three dead birds in a week. All young females, not into laying yet. We've lost two from the feed store and one we've hatched out in April. We find their bodies in the chicken house, no apparent signs of trauma. Everyone else seems OK. I'm at a lost to...
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    Mothers being done at 3-4 weeks old?

    My hen hatched a clutch of 5 babies around July 17-19th, so the babies are about three weeks old now. Chip has been showing signs of being done with them. She's been nipping at one of the little cockeral's comb and not doing the normal mother calling and such. She started laying again, and...
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    Messy eaters!

    Anyone have tips for dealing with the mess that chicks create when they eat? Mine are in a nursery pen with my good broody hen. I've tired many different feeding devices and the result is almost always the same. I've tried a hanging "barrel" type (like my big girls use, but smaller), a...
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    What kind of baby is this?

    Besides a cute one? Just hatched this from a mixed bunch of eggs given to us by our vet. Anyone know what it is?
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    Anyone have eggs due this week or next?

    I set eggs June 28th. The babies are due to hatch on the 19th. I'm hoping a few will hatch early like last time. I can't wait to see what's in there. I'm doing it the old fashioned way, with a broody hen, so it might be a few days before I see how many babies we get. As they say, don't...
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    Laying strike?

    I have a broody sitting on eggs, she has been sitting since 6-28. I have to go in and check on her to make sure she isn't hoarding the other girls' eggs. She was for a little while but not anymore. The other girls are only laying an egg a day, at best. Are they showing solidarity towards...
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    Set eggs today, 6-27-12

    Well, my Chip is "pregnant" again. We didn't have such a good result last time we hatched and I was praying and praying Chip would go broody again. Well, she did! I put 12 eggs under today and she took them right in. I'm hoping for a better result this time around. We learned a lot from...
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    Chick with a bare butt/tail feathers

    I have four chicks. I've noticed one is developing a bare butt. I don't know if the chick is overpreening or the other chicks are plucking out the feathers. I have the ability to put the chicks in two brooder cages or dog crates. The cages are pretty open so the chicks will be able to see each...
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    My momma hen just died in my arms, leaving four babies

    I have four orphan chicks. My hen Dusty just died in my arms. I'm so sad. We've had so many problems raising this batch of chicks. The babies are about four weeks old and starting to feather out a bit. We also live in South Texas and it's getting hot here, usually in the 80s-90s during...
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    Lost a lot of chicks recently

    In the last two days we lost a lot of our chicks that just hatched. I've been at work a lot and not able to keep an eye on things like I would have liked. I feel terrible that my "babies" are missing. They were just about a week old and momma hens were doing all the work. I'm so upset about it.
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    Pasty butts?

    My fluffy butt chicks are quickly becoming pasty butt chicks. It's really easy to see on my yellow and white babies. If they were in a brooder, I'd scoop everyone up and clean them. These chicks are with their moms all day. The moms aren't going to let me get to their babies very easily...
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    16 fluffy butts!

    We have 16 new babies in the hen house. We had two broody hens and set eggs under them. Don't you know, it worked! We have babies. The chicks are doing awesome, and the moms are doing a really good job with them. We've raised batches of chicks in the brooder before and it was always a lot...
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    Help with ID of baby chicks

    Is there a good website that shows the breeds of chickens, by chick? We just hatched a bunch of chicks, and I'd like to have a better idea of what we have. We got them from a farm that has a fair bunch of different breeds. Thanks!
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    Houston, we have peeps!

    I just went to check on the mommas. I heard peeps! PEEPS! The eggs aren't due to hatch till Monday, maybe Tuesday but I heard peeps and saw at remains of at least one shell. Baby chicks! I'm so excited.
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    Egg broke, chick expired

    I found a cracked egg tonight under one of my momma hens. I'm not sure what happened but it was clearly born too soon and had passed away. The hen had some dried yolk and goo on her beak so its hard to say what happened. This batch of eggs should hatch sometime on Tues or Wed next week. I set...
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