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  1. Christabean

    Lost one of 2 chicks suddenly at 9 weeks; should I keep preventatively treating the other for cocci despite no symptoms?

    Hello and thanks in advance! I'm sorry for the excessive detail but since I don't know what might be relevant... Question in bold below if you want to skip to the point! We had two seemingly healthy chicks since late January, from about 10 days old. They turned 9 weeks last week. One black...
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    Handsome docile Blue "Americauna" (Easter-Egger) Cockerel to good home near SF Bay CA

    Classic story of improperly sexed chick in a no-roosters zone. "Chippy" is a lovely boy and is currently tolerating a rooster collar (which comes with him to a pet/breeder home -- over $20 value) but has decided twenty quiet crows are as good as a few loud ones. It's not all day, currently only...
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    Box Kennel Coop for lazy people in mild climates

    I converted from a rotting kit-coop (that only lasted 2 years!) to an open-air coop this spring, and used a kit box kennel. It was extremely easy to set up and maintenance is basically just scraping poop off the roosts and adding some pine shavings to the nestbox occasionally. I found a 4'x8'...
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    New Chicks & MHP Brooder set-up

    This is my second time raising chicks (4/4 survivors the first round, now 2 1/2 years old!) but my first time using a MHP (heating pad) set-up. This time around I only have 2 chicks due to local limits of 6 hens. So far it is going really well, I have the whole set-up in a large plastic dog...
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    Chicken weeding experiment

    Just thought I would share these pictures as a great example of what chickens do to plants . . . I set up temporary fencing to let my chickens prepare a vegetable bed in the long-disused driveway. These were taken 15 days apart. I only have 4 chickens and they have at least this much room again...
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    Could these really all be from the same chicken?!

    If I saw these in someone else's picture I would assume they had at least three different chickens laying, but I am really pretty sure they are all from my Cuckoo Maran, Hewegg. She is the only one I ever see in the coop during the day, she lays almost daily but I get some skip days and never...
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    My mixed flock is growing up!

    I haven't posted pictures of my chickens since they were babies moving outside, but now they're getting big and beautiful! Here they are last week at 12-14 weeks old, clockwise from top left: Henora/Sweetie Pie (Partridge Cochin), Chickodemus/Cutie Pie (Buff Orpington), Hewegg (Cuckoo Maran)...
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    Ready to move outside? Tips & advice welcomed!

    I think my four chicks range in age from 4-5 weeks, but am open to expert opinion on that, if they may be a little older. They are getting stir-crazy in their brooder (large Rubbermade storage bucket about 20"x30", so just barely a square foot each) and I'm not seeing much aggression...
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    Hello! New Bay Area member

    Hi, I'm Christine and have been enjoying my new little mixed flock so far. I've greatly appreciated the advice on this site the last couple weeks (especially about poops, medicated feed, and rose combs vs. single combs!) and look forward to participating. I have four pullets, about 4-5 weeks old...
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