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    Broody?

    One of my Buff Orpington pullets is sitting in the nest box now (dark, 12 degrees, others all on the roost). Is this a sure sign she is broody? Or too soon to tell? One of my buffies spends a lot of time on the nest, annoying the others. It could be this one.
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    Pullet pecked around the comb, bled

    One of my 40-week-old Buff Orps (Little Bird) showed up with blood around her comb. Also head-shaking, scratching her head or neck, and looking a little rumpled and unkempt. She is holding back a little away from the others. We took her inside, wrapped her in a towel, and dabbed at the area...
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    Chicken TV works both ways

    My new coop is attached to the porch, and we have a window into the coop. Apparently the chickies believe they have a window into the porch!
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    Gasping 9-week-old

    Hello - My flock of four moved into the new coop last night. They are eating, although not as much as usual. They did enjoy some scratch that I put on the roosts, hoping they would get the hint. They are in a (mostly) plywood coop, with pine shavings from the same bale they've had throughout...
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    Adequate apron?

    Hi! Our new run has an apron of HW cloth extended from the sides, laid on shallowly excavated ground about 12”. On top, but extending past the edge of the HW cloth, are 7” x 10” pavers. On top of all that, soil (a few inches at most) and somewhat haphazard sod. All that worries me is the...
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    Crazy Chicken People

    I went and got chicks over the objections of my partner, who has a dozen projects at this house that he feels should be higher priority. Now that they are here, he adores them, of course. He especially loves the little Black Australorp, whom he calls White Butt. He is a perfectionistic finish...
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    Dust bath risk?

    My 10-day-old chicks gather round any one who decides to take a dust bath (in the pine shavings) and peck her, apparently due to the yummy pine dust all over their backs. You can barely see the bathing chick in these pictures - she is another Buff Orp. I’ve felt their pecks - they seem very...
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    First chicks, questions already!

    So our local farm and feed store told me my chicks are a week old, at most. I have 2 Buff Orps, a Gold-laced Wyandotte, and a Black Australian. First question. They don’t seem to want 95 degrees. But really, I don’t know. I brought them home after five, got them settled, then was busy making...
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    I’m bad at puns ...

    Do you allow members who post without any poultry puns? From my quick look around, it seems to be a requirement! :jumpy Hi - I’m Anne in Vermont. I live on a beautiful, mostly wooded hillside with my beloved, who owns many vehicles including 1947 Ford 8N tractor. If there are tractor nerds...
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