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    Southern NH (Manchester area) Free chicken equipment

    We are moving in March, and can't have chickens in our new place. I have two plastic water founts (one 5 gallon and one 3 gallon, a heater for under the water founts in winter, a galvanized feed hopper, and a chick brooder, all free to whoever wants them and can come pick them up. The brooder...
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    Londonderry, NH- Two older hens in need of new home

    We find ourselves in the position of having to move, and we cannot take out remaining two hens with us. They are older, and only sporadically laying now, but they are good chickens, quiet, and no trouble at all. Would anyone in my area be willing to take them? One is Milly, a blue splash...
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    They Are Out

    I put the new chickies in the coop last night. They seemed to grow so much faster this year than last year's group, and were really too big for the brooder. They have been pushing the top open just a bit, and I knew it would not be long before they got it open enough to escape. So I partitioned...
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    Monty Has Been Turned Into Stew....

    We sent our WC black Polish rooster to freezer camp yesterday. He just would not stop attacking myself and our daughter, every time we went near the chickens. I tried all the suggestions: pick him up and carry him around, dangle him upside down, back him down and show him who's boss. Nothing...
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    Ten Days Old- How They Have Grown! *Pics*

    The six new chickies are 10 days old today, and so much bigger than they were at one day! I've got names for them all now, I think. Light Brahma- Lucy Austolorp- Belle BO- Dusty GLW- Penny EE1- Maggie EE2- May Here are a few pics I snapped this morning: All six, trying to hide from the big...
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    Chick Crumbles and Older Chickens

    I have 6 chicks in the brooder in the basement. It's a GQF metal brooder and has a bottom tray to catch the poop. The tray needs cleaning, of course. There is always a pile of crumbles on the corner near where the chick feed is. I feed medicated crumbles. It's not a lot, probably under a cup. If...
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    I Am Devastated

    Sorry- not doing well this afternoon, am I?
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    I Am Devastated- Update pg. 2

    Some of you will remember Cookie, the Siamese from this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=456765 I had to take her to the emergency vet this morning. She has not eaten well in a couple days, and yesterday, she did not really eat at all. I force fed her some...
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    Sorry- Double Post

    Not sure how...
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    They Are Here! Pics- Lot's O' Pics!!!

    I was expecting them to arrive tomorrow, but got the call early this afternoon from the Post Office saying the chicks had arrived! Good thing I got the brooder set up last night! They are hanging out in the brooder in the basement, eating, drinking and peeping. I think I have them all...
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    Just Set Up the Brooder

    Because they are scheduled to ship tomorrow. Last year, my chicks arrived on Wednesday, but they say anytime Tuesday - Thursday. I have the food and water troughs ready to go. Needed to get a new thermometer, which I did yesterday, so I am testing that today. I am getting: 2 EEs 1 GLW 1...
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    I Do Not Need Another Cat-- Edit--> She's Home- Pics!!!

    We have 4- Momma Jasmine and Ginger and Amber, 2 of her daughters. She was a pregnant throw away when my youngest found her. And our latest addition, Guinness, a snowshoe Siamese. We adopted him from a local shelter we've gotten cats from in the past. We used to volunteer for them, and, well...
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    Puppy Barking

    My youngest daughter just got a chihuahua/toy fox terrier puppy. Nikki is about 12 weeks old now. He's adorable! LOL But she's having a problem with him barking when they are off at work during the day. She has a rather nasty downstairs neighbor who complains when her 3 year old runs across the...
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    Well, Miss Milly Has Got Her Hen On!

    My WC Polish hen, Milly, has always been kind of flighty and a bit wacky. From what I understand, that is not unusual for that breed. She also did not start laying until the end of January. She was 8 months old. The others have been laying for months. She'd been laying an egg every other day...
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    Out In The Snow- PICS

    While I was out doing the coop chores today, a couple of the Red Stars decided to explore the shoveled path around the coop. Strollin' in the snow: Hmm, what's in here? Oh, Mom spilled some sunflower seed! Hey! You can't have them all!
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    There May Be Hope For Milly Yet! -**Yep, There Is!**

    I have a WC blue splash Polish hen, Milly. She's adorable, but a bit- umm- special. She's just a flighty, wacky thing. We got her with all the other chickens in May. The rest of them (Red Stars & Dominiques) have been laying for months. Not Milly. Not a sign of eggs from her. I don't really...
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    Pictures Today

    It's not too bad out there today- temp is at least above 30! So I went out and did a bunch of stuff that needed to be done. Shoveled some of the soiled bedding out of the coop and added fresh shavings, gave the poop board a good scrape and wash, and shoveled out a bit more of the run for the...
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    Soft Shell Egg Now?

    The background: I have 8 chickens- 1 WC Polish rooster, 1 WC Polish hen, 2 Dominiques, and 4 Red Stars. I got them as chicks last May. They started laying in late fall and I have been getting eggs regularly since. The number of eggs has dropped off a bit since the really cold weather hit, but I...
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    I Ordered My Spring Chicks!

    Yes, I did! We built the coop to house more than we got last year. Then we lost one early on, Chloe got sick and died just a couple weeks ago, and the rooster is history come Spring, anyway. So that left me with some more space. I wanted to get a few different breeds to try and narrow in on what...
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    Chloe's Gone :(

    My little supposed-to-be-Dominique that we think was really a BR given the way her comb grew, died last night. She was in the basement in an isolation cage because I knew she was not well. She seemed to be, if not better, at least holding her own for a few days. She would drink the sugar water...
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