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    Walmart Worms?

    Had anyone tried Walmart worms for chicken treats? I've heard about chickens getting parasitic worms from eating earth worms and I wanted to know if anyone has had any bad experiences with them. Please and thank you in advance!
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    Free White Mystery Cockerels San Antonio, TX

    Hello, I have two healthy, Marek's vaccinated roos up for grabs in San Antonio, TX. They were packing peanuts I thought I'd have room to keep, but due to some surprise roos I can no longer keep them. I think one is a white leghorn, the other is a mystery boy. 8 weeks old.
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    The Saddest Valentine's Day(lengthy post)

    Sooo, yesterday started as a great valentines day! I went to school, then hubby and I went out to lunch, then after 2 hours of traffic, we finally get home to our chooks! All is well and we are playing with them and teaching them to come to "chook, chook, chook" when I realize one of our...
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    Pine Pellets vs. Pine Shavings

    Are there any advantages or disadvantages to either pellets or shavings in the brooder? What do YOU use as bedding for your babies?
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    Small Buff Orpington Chicks

    So, I ordered from 4 different breeds from ideal poultry, and my b.o.s are supposed to end up as the biggest of them. However, my b.o.'s are the smallest of all the chicks!? Anybody else have buff orps from ideal poultry or tiny chooks?
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    The Phantom Chirp

    The past 5 days have been amazing, caring for our new chicks. The past four nights, however, were spent getting up every hour checking for the source of a distressed chirp only to find there was none!:confused: The phantom chirp is haunting us, hard. At one point my husband just stayed in the...
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    Surviving the first night...

    This is my first night as a chicken mama, and as idealpoultry loves their packing peanuts I have 21 chicks to care for! Any advice on the first night or week of day old chicks welcomed!!!! Specific questions: -whats normal for the first night? -what do you do with your extra packing peanuts?
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    Coop's First Flock!!!!

    Hey ya'll! Just got my babies in from idealpoultry and they sent me 13 PACKING PEANUTS! What to do with my extra roos? I know I want to keep 2, but 11 is so many extra! Anywho, these are those that I actually ordered :P
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    3 More Days 'Til My Chicks Arrive!!

    Yer friendly San Antonian BYC member Coop here! :celebrateI'm so eggcited to be a first time chicken mama! The babies come in from idealpoultry on Wednesday!! :wee I ordered: 2 Buff Orps 2 Ameracauna 2 Barred Rock 2 Welsumers I've been steadily spending more and more time on BYC absorbing the...
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    Howdy Ya'll! New to BY and Ready to get Started!

    Hey everybody! I am so excited to be here! I am completely new and have not even started my coop! I don't have any chickens yet, I am a pre-planning kind of person, so I decided to join the community to see what I'm going to to be getting myself into! I'm hoping on starting with golden...
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