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  1. LadyVictorian

    So a Swedish Blue, a Welsh Harlequin, and a Cayuga walk into a coop

    Okay jokes aside, next year I am getting ducks. Last time I had ducks was 10 year ago and they were all pekins but this time I want the duck breeds I really love so I may be ordering them from an online hatchery that ships min of 3 ducklings. Anyways I wanted to know if 1 Swedish Blue, 1 Welsh...
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    Can Deer Netting Keep Hawks and Eagles out?

    I am putting together my run and burying some hardwire mesh cloth bellow the ground around the pen so animals can't dig in and chickens can't dig out. My 4 silkies and 2 ISA browns were outside in the run with me and I started to see 2 eagles already circling around. My mother had gotten me deer...
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    Chick with Leg Injury HELP ASAP

    I have 10 chicks and I JUST noticed one chick has a leg injury and I am not 100% certain what is wrong nor how to fix it nor if she will survive. It's Saturday going on Sunday here so the vets won't be open until Monday to take her in. She can't walk on one foot and is holding it up. Her hip...
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    My babies have shipped, trying to stay calm

    So I had ordered babies back in January from Meyer that just shipped today at 7 am and I am already getting super nervous. These were probably things I should have asked BEFORE ordering chicks online but I didn't so now my chicks are out there in the big world in a tiny box coming home to me and...
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    Run size for 16 chickens

    I just put up a 7x7 shed for a coop and want to know how large of a run I need for 16 chickens. The run with primarily be where the chickens spend the day outside of supervised free ranged time which will depend on who is home and when for the chickens to go out in the yard. We have a heavy...
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    Onagadori Breeders in the US

    WOW WOW WOW, I just discovered this chicken breed and they are beautiful as beautiful can ever be. They would make a phoenix blush with those tails of theirs. Anyone know if there are any Onagadori breeders in the US? They are a Japanese breed and just fantastic looking. I wouldn't be able to...
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    Normal For Red Sexlinks?

    Well I did get two red sexlinks I rescued from work and yes they were sexed pullets and yes they are both the right colors for girls but I have noticed at about 4 weeks that one of the girls has a larger comb growing than the other. It isn't red or even pinkish just larger. Is it normal for red...
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    Cry Baby Chick Won't Stop Crying

    So I have two chicks I picked up from work, my first is my little wry neck angel Whinny who is so calm and sweet and funny however I felt bad bringing her home alone so I got my other chick....Elsa. Now Elsa is more high maintenance than my little wry neck who just loves life and everything is...
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    Baby Chick with Wry Neck

    So today at work we got in a chick shipment and we had a baby come in with wry neck. I talked to my boss about it and he agreed that if this can be a problem that takes a month or so to treat then we can't keep the baby at the store so I decided to take her home myself and see if I can help her...
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    Neighbors Dog

    Well, no one is dead...yet...but I have some concerns for sure. My neighbors dogs keep getting our of her yard and coming over to my house which I am going to be putting my chickens outside soon and come summer time my larger hens are going to be allowed to free range in our yard. We have about...
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    Thinking of Getting into Showing

    I grew up breeding and showing Arabian horses in halter and later showing Saddelbreds before switching to a much smaller animal the betta fish which I also breed and showed for some time but I have really considered moving to chickens instead as horses are too expensive and showing fish is...
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    Idea for Chicken Easter Egg Treats

    Give me any idea's to alter this recipe. I got the main recipe from one of my chicken magazines. I made the normal treat cakes which was fairly easy. Just wondering how it will translate into the egg shape. Also any other idea's on natural dyes for treat eggs? Quote:
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    Silkie Chickens, gendering

    I know one is already a rooster because he started off with a pathetic and cute crow yesterday so if it helps I'll post the pictures of him first so you know what the roo's look like in his line and see from there what the other three are. First is Aiko, buff Rooster (confirmed) So the...
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    Rooster to Hen Ratio

    So, I recently found out of my 4 8 week old Silkies that 3 are males and I was pretty bummed but I want to keep all three of my roosters. In April I am getting 8 egg laying pullets which would make 9 hens in total. Would 3 hens per rooster be enough or should I get more hens in order to keep my...
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    7 Week old Silkie's Roo's?

    I have 4 7 week old silkie chicks and two in particular seem to always get into each other faces and get into scraps and fights. Yuki and Aiko. I have been wondering lately, is it possible since these two always are picking on each other and starting fights could both of them be roosters coming...
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    Green Acre Hills Animal Sanctuary RP

    Please Read First A) By participating in this game, I promise that all BYC Rules will be followed and that I have read and understood the Role Play Rules that are in a sticky at the top of the Games forum. B) I promise that all content is to be rated G and suitable for all ages. C) I promise...
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    Baby Chicks Afraid of the Dark

    Hey, so my chicks are going on 6 weeks old now so I mostly have the heat lamp turned off so they can feather out more under their wings (poor stinkers are bald under there). They are perfectly alright without the heat lamp since I have a heater in the room set to 75 and it blows into their cage...
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    Reclaimed Wood

    So I was curious to see if anyone else had built a coop/runs/anything else with reclaimed wood or pallet wood. I work at TSC which means I virtually have a never ending supply of leftover crates and pallets from our delivery trucks and I have decided to start trying to build some stuff for my...
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    Natures Best and Changing Feeds

    So I have been feeding my chicks DuMor chick starter 20% since they were about a week old and they are now 2 weeks old and somehow I am just not happy about the feed. It's dusty and they don't seem to really want to eat it unless I have hard boiled egg yolk in it to soften it up a bit and I am...
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    Growing Up Silkies

    I figured I would give it a week before I made a thread for my growing silkie babies just to be safe but now that we are steamrolling into week two time to give them some major spotlight. I got 4 beautiful silkies from VJP Poultry here in MN, 2 buffs, a splash, and one white. The splash is...
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