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  1. Chickmate

    Need Home for Three Northern Bobwhite Qail

    I have three quail, a female who is laying eggs and two males. One male is regular bobwhite and one is a black masked bob. Of course the two males are fighting and I have been having to keep the black masked bob by himself which is killing me. Nothing should be alone. I don't want to get...
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    Not Sure What's Goin on with My Hen

    I have a FBCM hen who is two years old and has something going on that I need advice on. I admit I have not had chickens long but am trying to do right by them and give them a happy, healthy home. I have 14 hens and 1 rooster. They have a clean, secure coop and attached run that is 15 x 14...
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    Sevin Dust Being Pulled?

    I just dusted all my chickens today with 5% Sevin for chewing lice. I used all I had so went online to find the best price on a large bag. Several months ago when I looked for it all I could find was the 1 lb. shaker can or the 10 lb. granules. I wondered why the big bag of dust was so hard...
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    Chickens Walking on Pond in Winter

    Hello everyone. I have a question, maybe stupid, but here goes. I have a 1/4 acre pond about 25 feet from my coop. I used to have swans on it, so kept an aerator going 24/7 and just never turned it off when the last swan left. I now have thousands of goldfish and koi in it, so planned on...
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    FROG Jam

    Any of you Southerners have a good FROG jam recipe? I bought two jars of it when I was on vacation in South Carolina and love it!! I want more and would like to try to make my own, but having a hard time finding a recipe for it. I'd like one that uses the figs, raspberries, oranges and ginger...
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    Lost Some of my Chickens to Prowling Dogs - Update! I Was Wrong!

    Update to my message below. This morning at 5:30 I looked out the window to see if my last missing EE hen might be hanging out by the coop to get in, but she wasn't. Who WAS hanging out by the coop and sniffing the ground where I buried my six dead birds was a large red fox! When I opened the...
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    1st Pic - What color is this? 2nd Pic - Pullet or Roo?

    I have three of these pretty TSC Ameracanas/EE's. I'm wondering what color they would be considered? Also color on this one and do you think pullet or roo? Thanks for any thoughts!!
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    French Black Copper Marans Chicks - Pullets or Roos?

    I was going to post this question on Maran's thread, but after lurking for a while those people scare me! They talk way over my head about eye color and feathers on the middle toe and recessive versus dominant genes. They don't really sound like they would welcome my newbie question if it...
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    Medicated Chick Starter or Unmedicated w/Corid?

    I had my 7-week-olds on Purina medicated chick starter. When I went to TSC to get more I decided to buy Dumor chick starter instead because I read that Purina doesn't have any animal protein in it. After I got home and filled the feeders I realized that the Dumor's isn't medicated. Since then...
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    Rooster Crowed for the First Time and Scared Himself!!

    Went to the coop this afternoon to check on my five-week-old girls (and boys). Suddenly one of my little Barred Rock roosters crowed for the first time and scared the beejeebers out of all of us, even himself!! It sounded like an old screen door with squeeky rusted hinges just before it slams...
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    HELP! Someone please advise me ASAP?

    I have Corid to give my 2 1/2 week old chicks, but it's power not liquid and the directions are for dosing calves. How much do I put in a 1 qt. chick waterer? I'm spending more time trying to figure this out than getting the chicks on the road to recovery!! HELP?
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    Can I Give Corrid?

    I have 10 two week old chicks in my spare bathroom bathtub "brooder" and it looks like one of them is pooping bloody diarrhea. I'm on my way to TSC to get some Corrid. My question is can I give it to my month old chicks in the coop as well even though none of them are diplaying any symptoms...
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    Is this a pullet or cockerel?

    I have 22 "Ameracaunas" from the TSC straight run bin and I'm trying to figure out which are hens and which are roos. The only one that looks "rooish" to me is this one. What do you think? I can't believe my luck would be so good to only get one roo, but the others really look like hens to me.
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    Keeping New Chicks in Coop w/Six Week Olds?

    I have 22 six week old chicks in a 10 x 14 one room coop. In two days I'm picking up 10 new chicks which I had planned on keeping in a stock tank brooder in the same coop. I put up a temporary wall of 3' high plywood to keep the older chicks away from the babies (I hope!) I will also put...
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    Finally Found a Treat they Loved!!

    I have tried whole grain bread, alfalfa sprouts, dried meal worms, apples, etc. They did like the whole kernel corn I threw out for them, but today I was getting ready to pitch a bag of expired shredded mozzerela cheese when I thought, hmmmm...... They went crazy over it! So funny to watch...
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    Sexing ISA Browns

    After reading about ISA Browns on the Breed page, I thought I had 5 pullets. The Breed page said ISAs were easy to sex because at birth the cockerels are white and the pullets are tan. I got week old chicks from TSC on March 14 and they were all tanish at that time. All 5 of them look the...
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    Do You Quarentine?

    I have to go to TSC to pick up some pine shavings and dog food. I know the chicks are still there. If I see 'em, I'll want 'em. Just a couple. My question is, does everyone quarantine new chicks every time you bring them home? I have 23 three week old chicks from TSC that all look healthy...
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    Can I Start Giving My 3 Wk Old Chicks Treats?

    The dogs and I are on our way out to the coop to check on my 3 week old chicks. I took them out of the brooder a couple of days ago and as of yesterday they have the run of the entire coop. I keep the temp in the coop at 75 degrees and they also have a heat lamp. My question is, are they too...
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    Free Range Questions

    I'm totally new at this, but really want to let my chickens free range. I have 5 acres completely fenced with 5 ft. farm fence (4x4 squares, I think?). Obviously the chickens can go over the fence if they want to, so I'm wondering if anyone clips wings to keep their chickens at home, or does...
  20. Chickmate

    How Many Chickens Can I Have?

    I hope I'm posting this in the correct place. It would either be here on in the Coops forum. I think I read somewhere that you should figure 4 sq. ft. per bird. So am I figuring correctly that I can keep 35 chickens in a 10x14 coop that has an attached 14x25 run? Just wondering if I figured...
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