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  1. Lucyluvchickens

    What's your favorite chicken breed and why?

    Hey guys! I thought that I maybe will start a thread on ya'lls favorite chicken breeds and why. I thought it would be fun you see y'alls favorite chicken breeds and why you like them. For instance, i absolutely LOVE d'Uccles especially Mille Fleurs. I love them because they ae SO tame, I don't...
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    How much protein is too much protein?

    OK so just a couple weeks ago, I started to realize that my little two-month-old silky chick was starting to act a little weird. She started to sleep and corners and not interact with the other chicks. I started to get a little worried about her except for then she started acting a little...
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    Do any of y'all know what breed these mixed bantams are?

    Ok so, on Saturday, I went to tractor supply and bought 8 little bantam chicks, only a few days old. They are supposed to be pure bred and "popular" bantam breeds (they are a straight run) Can any of y'all maybe identify a few? Honestly I kinda like the surprise, but I also like knowing what...
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    This chick lost it's toe!

    Hey, guys, this might sound really weird, but I was taking my baby 3 week old chicks outside, and somehow, one of the chicks sliced half of it's toe off. It was bleeding really bad, and I could see the chick's toe BONE. By that time I was thinking It was gonna die. We put some Neosporin on the...
  5. Lucyluvchickens

    This chick lost it's toe!

    Hey, guys, this might sound really weird, but I was taking my baby 3 week old chicks outside, and somehow, one of the chicks sliced half of it's toe off. It was bleeding really bad, and I could see the chick's toe BONE. By that time I was thinking It was gonna die. We put some Neosporin on the...
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    What plants can goats NOT eat?

    lol sorry-short notice. We are getting our goats tomorrow, and we live in Texas. So there are a lot of weird plants here. Can y'all please share any poisonous plants that I should look out for that are poisonous to goats? Thanks :)
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    Tips for beginner goat owners?

    Howdy again y'all, it's our first time getting goats! (We are getting them this weekend!) we are so excited, but I wanted to see if y'all had any tips that we should know. Like what foods the can/can't eat, toys, sicknesses, food, housing etc. thanks y'all anything would help!
  8. Lucyluvchickens

    Sick hen?

    Hey y'all, I have a Mille Fleur d'Uccle named Millie, and she is married to her husband, Fuzz-Buzz, they have always done everything together, and they were both at the bottom of the pecking order. Well, now we moved across the US, and I took them both. We just got two hens to start off our new...
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    Red oil gland

    So two of our baby chicks just hatched a couple days ago a few days after they're hatched it. The membrane was stuck onto them, and they have crooked toes. I was giving them some food today, when I realized that one of them had a red oil gland. It wasn't read and an hour before, but it was...
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    What breed is this pullet?

    Hey guys! I got this pullet about a month ago, and the guy at the feed store said that she was an Americana. Now seance she is feathered. She doesn't look like an Americana at all. Is this just me? Is she some sort of Campine chicken or something? Here are some photos, thanks guys. Hold on a...
  11. Lucyluvchickens

    Belgian Bearded d'Uccle show questions

    Hey y'all! I know a lot of y'all out there have Belgian Bearded d'Uccle chickens. They are absolutely my favorite breed of chicken. I do showmanship in 4h, and sometimes I want to look up some questions to help me out, but sometimes there isn't really exactly what I want. So, I thought I would...
  12. Lucyluvchickens

    Mille Fleur D'uccle lovers thread

    Howdy y'all! I am going to try and start a Mille Fleur D'uccle lovers thread. We can talk about them, showing and temperament etc. Btw I'm new here so if I do something completely wrong, them I'm sorry I just thought it would be cool if there was a thread that we can talk about 4h/ffa showing...
  13. Lucyluvchickens

    Hatching chicks

    Howdy y'all! I live around Austin TX, do y'all have any breeders that y'all would recommend? We just moved here but I've had chickens all my life. I also just got an incubator and would love to try incubating some eggs. Does anyone know a good place where I could order some eggs? I like to show...
  14. Lucyluvchickens

    Incubating eggs

    Hello I'm Lucy and I'm new on BYC. I got an incubator last year, and I wanted to start off my flock with a batch of different breeds. I have raised chickens all my life, but last year we moved from California, to Texas, so, we are just moving into our house here, and I wanted to start hatching...
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