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    anything else i can do? 5 mo pullet in bad shape

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) 5 mo old white cochin standard.no difference in usual weight 2) What is the behavior, exactly. no energy seems injured can't find an injury, she will not walk barely will move her head. 3)...
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    Anyone have hydroponic experience?

    hello byc, so im currently looking into hydroponics and have 0 experience. i have a first project in mind and thats fodder on a small scale. what i was looking for is information on how powerful a pump ill need. im basically making a mason jar fodder system with mist nozzles in the jars. i want...
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    Starting a Fodder adventure

    Hello BWC folks, This thread will be following my first adventure in fodder, I've done a lot of reading and even did a practice batch using bad quality black oil sunflower seeds. so the purpose of this thread will be to follow me along doing my first "week long fodder rotation" i will be doing 7...
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    cayuga's, ponds, and duck houses

    hello BYC, Let me start out by saying i started my " homestead " a couple years ago 2018 was my first year with chickens which i have 13 total of with room for flock growth. me and my wife plan on setting up and getting a new animal species every year or 2 until we have all the animals we...
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    what color is my Cochin?

    hello BYC let me start out by saying im partially color blind ( i can't see the full spectrum of colors) and im new to chickens this year and was just wondering what you would call the coloration on my young cochin standard cockerel. i know he's a roo because out of 4 Cochins he developed way...
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    fodder, meal worms, and diet questions

    hello byc, i was chatting in some other threads here and the subject of growing fodder and meal worms came up. after a little research i found out its pretty easy to do both of these and i have almost everything i need on hand for start up, minus seeds and live meal worms. I'm currently drawing...
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    anyone ever try anything like this?

    compost water heater i was thinking about running some pipe with water nipple in a few places in the coop. was thinking could put coop waste to use to heat the water and maybe even have a few heated low to ground perches. from what i read the above set up should take about a week to start...
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    fertile? or what is this?

    first time seeing this in an egg and its my first year with chickens so heres a picture can anyone tell me what this is in the yolk and if its anything to work about. are they still edible?
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    brush= chicken teepee

    hello BYC so this year I've been clearing land and have a lot of brush i got the idea to make some " chicken teepee's" out of some of the brush. in case any are interested. many ways to do this but i just used a post hole digger and drove a log too small to do anything with, then grabbed some...
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    won't put weight on leg anymore 3 wk old

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) cochin standard 3 weeks she is a runt don't have weight 2) What is the behavior, exactly. she is not moving around anymore try to stands up but needs to use wing to stay up. so she quickly...
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    Need some friendly advice on breeding, new

    hello all i need some help pointing me in the right direction to start my research. I've never bred animals next spring will be my first so i want to gain some knowledge over the winter to prepare myself. I've tried looking into it a bit but it all looked like a foreign language so far. so I'm...
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    barred rocks? I'm thinking not

    hello all can i get some opinions on what you think these 3 black ones are? TSC says " Barred rocks" i got them 4 weeks ago so they are in the 4-6 week range. looking at pictures and i don't think this is it XD. any guesses?
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    new hampshire reds? and a cochin?

    hello B.Y.C. i have 5 new hampshire reds i bought as chicks from tractor supply XD they are laying very consistent and good hens. i am new to chickens this year and would like an experienced eye to take a glance at my reds. tractor supply is notorious for mis labeling chicks and I'm a newb so...
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    Hello byc

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? my first year raising chickens (2) How many chickens do you have right now? i currently have 5 laying hens, 6 pullets, and 1 cockerel (3) What breeds do you have? i have 5 new hampshire reds that just started laying about a month...
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