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    Chipmunk Stripes always Partridge?

    Are all chicks with these stripes genetic partridge? I picked up a few mixed EE's that are brown/buff colored with stripes. How will they color out when mature? The seller said they were Ameracuanas, but from what I have seen in the past, they tend to sell EEs and mis-name them. Is a brown and...
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    Permethrin Dip for Mites

    I want to start doing an annual dip to prevent/treat any possible bugs. Im in a really heavy wildlife area and my birds free range in the woods among loads of wild birds, etc., of all kinds. I bought a large bucket and 1/2 gallon of liquid Permethrin and want to start doing an annual dip on...
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    Game Bird feed growing fancy breeds?

    How viable is it to raise fancy peeps on game bird feed for the higher protein for growing out new feathers, overall growth, etc? I have not compared the price with chick starter, but it seems to make sense to get the extra protein into them while growing and making all those new feathers. The...
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    Eggs vanishing with no trace. Need ideas.

    Eggs are disappearing here. Here are the details, need ideas: Chickens are not reacting or screaming at all to whatever is entering coop. I left a clutch of 3 eggs in the coop all week and we made sure to lock it up each night - nothing was taken. Whatever is taking them goes in precisely...
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    WTB Silkies South Carolina or nearby

    WTB Blue, black, or splash... or basically anything but white. They will be pets, but I would like nice quality birds preferably from a show breeder or show lines - no hatchery stock or skraggly, wiry birds please. Peeps to young adults ok to start a new flock. Upstate SC within 1 hour or so of...
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    WTB Silkies in South Carolina or nearby

    WTB Blue, black or splash - or basically anything but white. They will be pets, but I would like nice quality birds preferably from a show breeder- no skraggly, wiry birds please. Peeps to young adults ok to start a new flock. Upstate SC within 1 hour or so of Greenville. Will drive up to...
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    Lavender Ameraucana flock avail Upstate SC

    Small flock 10$ obo for all. 4 hens, 1 rooster. Purebred, mostly Smith and some Blehm line. 2 years old. They are quiet and the rooster is very non aggressive, has never used a spur or approached anyone. Im only selling because they are sporatic layers. Fine for pets, food, or eggs if you dont...
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    Breeds that lay through summer and winter?

    My Lavender Ameraucana dont produce well, lay medium eggs, and go dormant with no laying for long periods of time over winter and summer. I spend over half the year just feeding lawn ornaments. Are there any breeds that do well in a sub tropical climate with hot summers and mild winters, that...
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    Coughing with neck swelling

    One of my hens has been coughing and appears to have a swelling on the -back- center of her neck. A 2nd hen also seems to have developed a swelling on the center back of her neck also but has no cough. Any idea what this combination of symptoms could be? They free range and are very flighty, so...
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    Holding Eggs Before Incubation, and ???

    1. Can I collect eggs from the coop (no broody hens) and hold them several days before they go into incubator? If so, conditions, how many days, room temp, etc? 2, I have no broody hen so how long can they sit in the coop on a 50 degree morning before collecting? Anything else I need to know...
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    Natural Stream Watering?

    Im expanding my chicken yard out so it will now contain a natural stream. The stream is maybe 100 feet out from the coop. Ive always used waterers, but im hoping to be able to use the stream only for their natural water source, and get rid of having to hand water. Is this viable? Im assuming...
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    DE, Dust bathing, forest flock

    What is the best material to use for dust bathing? My flock is in the woods and its very damp and humid here. The leaf litter and moist soil just doesnt do the job and they are all itching at their bodies a lot with their beaks. In the past I used plain sand, is there something better? Can DE...
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    Regrowing feathers?

    Any remedy to help regrow feathers on a bald hen? She was on the receiving end of a rough rooster, and has a large area completely bald, with some broken off too.
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    WANTED: Upstate SC. Ameraucana Blue/Lavender

    I am in Upstate SC looking for Blue/Lavender Ameraucana. Willing to drive 1 hour radius of Greenville for quality, healthy purebred birds. Anything from pullets/juveniles to young hens will work to start a new flock. I also need a flashy young rooster. Thanks!
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