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    Best Meat Breeds

    Hello! We're going into our second year with chickens, and we are wanting to try meat birds. We have done some research on processing and care, but we were hoping to see what breeds people prefer, and why you would choose a certain breed over another. How many would you suggest getting for our...
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    Sick chick. Is there hope?

    Hi all! We got chicks from Murray McMurray that were born roughly May 1. That makes them about 9 weeks old. We noticed about 3 weeks ago that one of our cockerels was laying down a lot, and would stumble when it walked. We had had this issue with another chick a few weeks before, and were told...
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    Sick weak chick

    We got 4 chicks about two weeks ago from TSC in the bantam bin. One of them was obviously older because it already had a good amount of feathers. I’m not sure exactly how old it is. Everything was going well, and it’s growing much quicker than the other bantams we got (maybe it’s not a bantam?)...
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    Poop Board Design

    We’re just finishing turning one of our old barns into a coop, and would love ideas for an easy to clean poop board! Thanks!
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    We have a broody!!!

    This beautiful Salmon Favorelle lady has been sitting for at least 48 hours straight! She’s about 14 months old. About a month ago, we were really wanting to try hatching chicks under a broody, but no one wanted to sit. My work schedule changed this week and I’m not able to collect eggs at...
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    Bloody Egg

    We got this egg yesterday that seems to be covered in blood...we did a visual check of all our ladies because we don’t know who this egg is from, and didn’t see anything. None of them are acting differently, and we’ve been getting eggs from everyone so I’m not sure if we should be...
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    Silly wet chickens...

    We've been getting pounded with rain/snow/sleet since yesterday evening, and it's going to continue through tonight. We have 10 chickens and 3 ducks who have 24/7 access to their coop and a run that doesn't have a roof. We let them out to free range before we leave for work in the morning, and...
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    I want to get Minorcas but...

    We live in South Dakota and the winters can get pretty brutal. I've done my research and see they are not cold hardy, so I know they would not be ideal for our area. I have also read from other posts on here that chickens are much better at adapting to cold rather than heat. I don't want to get...
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    Can you encourage a hen to go broody?

    Just curious! We'd love to try our hand at hatching some of our eggs under one of our ladies, but we haven't had any of them seem too interested in staying on the eggs. We have 1 rooster and 9 hens, all just over a year old. We know our rooster has been doing his job because we have saddles on 5...
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    Ideas for a large feeder and waterer please!

    We are moving our coop to a much larger barn this spring, which means we get to redo our entire setup. We're super excited about improving things! That being said, we are looking into making DIY feeders and waterers. We want to make something that will last several days, maybe even a week if...
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    Breed suggestions?

    Hi! We currently have a flock of 9 hens, 1 rooster, 1 drake, and 2 female ducks. They are 11-12 months old (with the exception of 2 of the ducks which are about 8 months, I think). They are our first birds, and chicken math has struck our little homestead! We technically have enough room in our...
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    Chickens + Bats = ???

    Hi! We are going to be moving our chickens and ducks into a new barn this year to give them more room and to be able to add to our flock! That being said, the barn we are moving them to is currently inhabited by some bats. We have no issue allowing them to stay in there, as the ceiling is very...
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    A FOX GOT IN THE COOP!

    Hello! It's been far too long since I've been on here, but I know someone(s) here will be able to help. Last night around 11:00PM we heard our ducks going crazy. They don't usually make much noise at night, so we looked out the window to see what was going on. We definitely didn't expect to...
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    A Foxy Visitor...

    Hello! It's been far too long since I've been on here, but I know someone(s) here will be able to help. Last night around 11:00PM we heard our ducks going crazy. They don't usually make much noise at night, so we looked out the window to see what was going on. We definitely didn't expect to...
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    White spot on face

    Lately we’ve noticed some white spots on our chickens faces. I’ve attached a picture of one of our EE’s face. The white spots are in the same spots on both sides of her face, and we’ve noticed similar smaller spots on the faces and combs of our other ladies. The weather has really cooled down...
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    Roosters feet are pink

    About a week ago I noticed our rooster’s feet were kind of pink. None of the others have this, it’s just him. It doesn’t seem to be affecting him, and there are no bumps or scaly skin that we can see. He won’t let us catch him, and stay about 3 feet away at all times, so these are the best...
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    When to move ducklings to coop

    Hi! We have 10 chickens (9 hens, 1 rooster) that are all roughly 5-6 months old that live in our coop. We also have a khaki campbell hen around the same age that is part of that flock. We had 2 pekin drakes (we rescued one from a friend) but had to get rid of them, as they became aggressive...
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    Advertising Eggs?

    Hi everyone! We are now getting enough eggs that we are looking for a customer base that would buy them. I started by posting on social media today, and we already have some friends we've been providing eggs to, so we'll ask them to tell people as well. I was hoping for some suggestions on other...
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    Help! How to Sex Ducklings?

    We have been looking for some new ducklings to add to our flock since we had to give our two drakes to a friend. I started another post about finding a good breeder, but we'd really prefer to not pay for shipping and there aren't any nearby. That being said, TSC currently has some ducklings, and...
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    Duck Breeder

    Hello! We have 10 chickens (9 hens, 1 rooster) and 1 Khaki Campbell hen. We had 2 Pekin drakes until last night. We had to give them to a friend because they were trying to mate with the chickens. (We only had 1 drake originally, but a friend had an emergency so we took in the other one) Now...
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