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    Tiny Tim needs a home - Florida

    I have a perfectly healthy 13 week old bantam Turken cockerel who needs a new home. He is very meek and mild, zero aggression, but has begun crowing a little bit in the morning and it’s driving my partner crazy. I am located on Homosassa, FL but am willing to meet or even deliver. He handles the...
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    Quick strike fly bait - toxicity?

    The flies are incredibly populous this season, I use quick strike fly bait for around my trash cans and it works very well. I’ve been hesitant to use it around the coop and back yard because of its toxicity and worry that a bird or dog might ingest some of it. I bought hanging fly bait stations...
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    ID my Elvis

    Elvis is a six month old pullet, she is named thus so because I was told she was definitely a cockerel when she was young. She just has some wonderful wattles. I bought her from rural king and none of the chicks were labeled. She has these very slight copper feathers up around her ear lobe, you...
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    Large crops?

    Uhg, somehow my page refreshed and I have to retype this! Anyway I am a new chicken keeper, my three oldest just began laying and they hatched end of January. I was just wondering if it was normal for all of them to have extended crops? It seems to happen later on in the day, are they just...
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    Integrating lone pullet

    I need advice on which way to go. I am a new chicken enthusiast, and as expected, ended up with more chickens than I thought. And of course my luck was that out of the five chicks I picked at a farm swap, four of them are cockerels. My oldest three are on the cusp of laying age, and they are not...
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    Handsome cockerels central FL

    I still have these good looking boys, free to a good home! I am torn on whether to keep the white one as he is such a friendly chicken. I could be convinced however. I am willing to meet! Located in Homosassa.
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    Does my coop have enough ventilation?

    Hello all, fairly new to chickens as my three oldest are 5+ months old now. I also have five that are nine and seven weeks old (I have three cockerels of the mix that I need to get rid of) and four babies in the brooder, not older than three weeks old. In the end I’m looking at a total of nine...
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    Three handsome cockerels central FL

    Willing to meet! I have one nine week old Jersey Giant/EE, and two six/seven week old EE and turken. Healthy birds, just too many boys for my small flock.
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    Free cockerels - central FL

    Hi! I have a Jersey Giant/EE that is eight weeks old. Handsome and healthy bird. I also have two six week old -suspected- cockerels that are a turken and frizzled EE. All happy healthy birds I just have too many! Free to a good home, or raise them humanely for processing once they have gained...
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    Another gender guess thread!

    I have a sinking suspicion about the genders of my middle children, but I’d like to hear your opinion! Three are a couple days from being eight weeks old, and the frizzle and naked neck are six weeks old. The black one I am confident is a cockerel, he is bossy/bully and pecks me when I go to...
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    Is this a cockerel?

    I’m still new to chickens but I’m pretty sure this seven week old jersey giant/EE cross is a cockerel. But I’m not totally sure as the comb is more dark pink than red, no real wattles, and the comb isn’t super large either. That being said this chick now pecks me whenever I try to pick it up and...
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    B supplement for curly toes

    I have a three day old chick with curly toes, I have them in tape to help straighten out but his hatch mate, while its feet are fine, is a little wobbly still. Would a B supplement help them and if so what kind should I get? What about the dosage? I am feeding them organic chick crumble and made...
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    Curled feet

    I had two barred rock chicks hatch yesterday, they are alert and cheeping but not walking around much. One has curled feet, the others are more straight but doesn’t stand up all the way. Should I be concerned and is there anything I can do to help?
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    2-7 hatched, should I check the others?

    First time incubating chicks, I started off with 12 and ended up with 7 as others weren’t developing. Yes they are shipped. I had six barred rocks and six speckled Sussex, the SS arrived later than expected so they are a day or two behind the BR. The SS came from New Mexico to Florida so I only...
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    Integrating younger birds

    Hello all, I am a newbie and my oldest chickens are about five months old. There are three of them, I’m assuming they are pullets because I haven’t heard any crowing or seen any real aggressive behavior from any of them. They are pretty docile in general and very friendly (beggars) towards...
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    Identify four week old, was told EE

    Hi all! I got a batch of five chicks from a farm swap a couple weeks ago. Three are EE mixes that are about six weeks old and the other two are four weeks old. One is obviously a naked neck (Tiny Tina) but the other one is was told is an EE but his/her feathers are sticking out all crazy? Is...
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    Feather art?

    Hello all, whenever I find a nice intact feather whether from one of the chickens or my two parrots I tend to save them. But, I never do anything with them they just sit in an open jar. I was curious to see what more creative types may have done to give me some inspiration. And also I’d love to see!
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    My dogs and chickens

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    Where can I adopt ex battery hens?

    Hello all, I’ve read about people adopting ex commercial layers and I haven’t had much success finding a source local to me. I live in Florida but wouldn’t mind traveling a little bit if necessary. I’d love to give some of these lovely ladies a soft landing! Thanks in advance.
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    Full spectrum lighting for brooder

    I have three chicks hatched April 18 and two May 1 in the same brooder, all get along great and it’s been warm here in central Florida so I haven’t had a heat source for them and they’ve seemed comfortable otherwise. However I was wondering if anyone has ever put full spectrum plant lights over...
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