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    Ideas? Forage Seeds in Grassy Area

    Can I toss forage seeds out directly into our grassy run? We have 15 chickens (with 5 more coming in June to finish our flock) and 1 one-eyed turkey named Gabbie in a fenced in area of roughly 3500 squ ft that is all grass with a few thin grassy areas. Their coop is in the center of it & they...
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    Chicken Fodder & Forage Seeds

    Hello! Thank you for reading my thread. I am wanting to start compiling a seed mix that will be spread out to grow as fodder & forage for our hens. I was wondering what things you would suggest putting in the mix? What seeds should I start buying to add to the mix? I know I could probably Google...
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    What's On Your Coop Floor?

    I'm wondering what everyone is using on their coop floors. Currently we are using shavings, but I'm wondering if there is something better we could be doing. We've tried hay in the past & certain elements of it I liked, but the snake risk was a bit too raised. I've heard great things about sand...
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    Sand in Chick Brooder?

    Our baby chicks are coming next week and I am preparing their brooder. Its a 2 giant clear tubs connected system. My plan is to do one tub with puppy pee pads (that side will have the food & water), then the other tub will have sand (so I can litter scoop it clean). I read that when using sand...
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    Indoor Chick Brooder

    In September we have 15 baby chicks coming in from Meyer's Hatchery. We aren't first time chicken owners, but a few months ago our neighbor's 4 dogs squeezed through our fence in the very wee hours of morning & slaughtered our entire flock (much to my daughters and my heartbreak). SO! Now we are...
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    Duck Questions

    OK! So! We currently have 6 lovely ducks (3 boys, 3 girls). Odin (muscovy), Thor (pekin), Loki (muscovy), Freyja (muscovy), Brunhild (grey & white runner), and Hela (black runner). I have ordered 4 more ducks come March. A male Rouen, male Saxony, a female Welsh Harlequin, and a female Silver...
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    Sick Silkie

    Hello to all who read this! Need help (yet again). It seems I only come one here for that. Lately we've had terrible luck with our poor chickens. Our old flock of 11 who I've posted on here before about...sigh, one of our dogs about 3 weeks ago ripped through the bottom of the fence and...
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    Weak, not growing baby chick

    Hello! Two weeks ago we received 12 baby chicks in the mail from Ideal Poultry and 2 of said chicks are not fairing as well as the others. Sassafras the red-shoulder Yokohama and Molasses the Saipan Jungle Fowl are the two not doing good. For the first week they both remained the exact size...
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    3 sick hens need advice

    Hello, BYC! So we have 10 hens and 3 of our girls are feeling a little under the weather. We just had some rare super cold temperatures for Houston with ice and snow for several days. Their heated coop is kept clean, water changed out, bedding replaced regularly, and they get no contact with...
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    Coop Ideas Please

    Hello, BYC! So our flock of 9 will be turning into a flock of 18 come April 2018 (we have 9 new chicks coming in the mail then). Since I did not realize just how addictive chickens are...we built our coop for 10 chickens specifically. Soooooo we need to build a whole new coop for 20 chickens...
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    What Gender Is My Chicken?

    Hello! This is about one of our chickens: Mayhem. When we bought Mayhem the chick was born first week of this March maybe. We were told she was a Red Sexlink female chick from a local feed store. Or pullet if you will. Not knowing much about chickens I take it at as trust and truth. A family...
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    Gender & breed of my Bantam?

    Hello all! I have a Bantam chicken from Atwood's probably born beginning of March sometime. We HOPE it's a female & the name is Stormy. Personality is skittish, sweet, & super quick. Any ideas on either gender or breed would be great & well appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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    Greetings from Texas!

    Hello, BYC community! Our flock consists of 4 chicks: Marilyn the Buff Orpington, Mayhem the Red Sex Link, Stormy the random bantam, & Teeny the random Bantam. We also have 7 more girls coming in April which we are excited about. An Egyptian Fayoumi, Speckled Sussex, Sicilain Buttercup, Delware...
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    Bantam Chicks-Male or Female? Help Please!

    Hello! On March 25th we bought 2 chicks from Atwood's. They were in separate bins with different hatch dates. Both labeled as "assorted bantams". We named them Stormy & Teeny. I suspect Stormy (the white-ish one) is female, but as for Teeny (yellow with black markings) we have no clue. We were...
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    Bantam Chicks-Male or Female? Help Please!

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