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    Help! Winter is coming!

    Hi everyone! This will be our first winter with the chickens, we live in upstate NY/finger lakes region so we usually get pummeled with snow! Trying to figure out what is the best way to keep the chickens over winter, we don't use the layer method of composting straw, we have a livestock sand...
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    Broody Buff!

    Hey everyone, got a question for you! We have a buff Orphington who has gone broody, we have tried to break her by separating her from the flock in a dog kennel in our garage for 4-5 days and she won't change her attitude. We have also have tried soaking her in cold water to try to lower her...
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    To candle or not to candle?

    We just found out our Winnie is really a Walter and has been expressing his raging teenage boy hormones on all our girls. These are our first chickens and we have no idea what to do with fertilized eggs? We have only gotten 1 very tiny xtra-small egg from the group so far. If we collect the eggs...
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    Suggestions for nesting material

    Hi everyone! We use sand as the bedding in the coop, so far has worked great and easy to clean! Our chicks are 15 weeks old, we have two white leghorns that we heard will lay at 5 months. What type of bedding should we use for the nesting boxes? Pine shavings maybe? Should we put a golf ball in...
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    Ayam cemani??

    Hi everyone! In march we bought 7 chicks from a chain store/ retailer, one of which was a black silkie for our 5 yr old to do 4h with. Well this chicken looks nothing like a silkie now that it has grown! He/she is solid black except for a green and orange tint when the light catches it right...
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    Sore on Beak

    Hi everyone, 2 questions we are looking for help with. 1. Our 4 month old buff Orphington has what looks like a sore on her top beak. It has red and black area and looks like the beak is flaking a little, sore is round and maybe 3/4 cm diameter. Any ideas of how I can help her? 2. Our 4 month...
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