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    Chick with deformed leg (over a week old) Added pics

    We hatched some chicks a week or two ago and one of them was born with only one leg working. I figured at first it was just taking more time to adjust than the rest. Then we discussed culling it. I didn't look at it closely, myself, which I regret now. I decided we'd just leave it be as long...
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    Are my chicks pecking/pulling feathers?

    This is our third time raising chicks, our first time raising ones we hatched ourselves. Most of them are mixes, as we have one rooster and 4 breeds of hens. They have reached that awkward stage where they are about half adult feathers and half down. Well a bit beyond that now. (They grow so...
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    We Just Hatched Some Eggs! (First time!)

    So a neighbor loaned us an incubator. I don't really know anything about incubators, but it didn't look like much to me, a bit of styrofoam and wires. But my husband was eager to give it a go. We didn't put any real planning into it. Just collected the eggs and tried to make sure the...
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    Hello!

    Hi, my family just moved into a new home in northern Alabama this winter. We finally have the acreage we've always wanted and we are ready to start doing things we've only been talking about for years. One of the first things we plan on doing is raising chickens. My family raised chickens...
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