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  1. LilMissChick

    Little Leghorn needs a good home!

    My brother rescued a chicken that may have fallen off the back of a truck. She was in rough shape but we’ve got her back to health (vent gleet, mites, but no sign of upper respiratory). He’s been really loving having her. She’s ridiculously sweet, she’s a lap chicken, and just wants to be...
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    Slipped Tendon

    Hi everyone, I am going through slipped tendon on a 24 hour old bantam. I’ve got her in a slipped tendon sling. Her feet are taped, and her legs are loosely wrapped with the medical leg wrap tape. I was unable to wrap it too tightly, as I was trying to do it by myself. But i believe it’s...
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    Do chickens ever seem sick before laying 1st egg?

    i have a 24 week old Faverolles who has not laid her first egg yet. Tonight I noticed her just now waking very. Slowly then hunching up and pulling her head in. She was shaped like a football. Then she laid down and tucked her head in to sleep. I woke her up to try to feel if there was an egg...
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    Coaxing down the ramp

    hey all! How do you teach your chickens to come down the ramp? My chickens are... shall we sat timid lol. I have one chicken who likes me enough to coax her down but the rest just call to me and lay or look out the front door! How long does it take to get them used to it. I’ve been sitting...
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    Flex Seal waterproofing exterior nest box?

    has anyone used liquid rubber, liquid rubber and bio-fabric, or flex seal to help waterproof their exterior nest boxes?
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    When do they start to perch?

    hey folks I have chicks that are almost 6 weeks old, and they still haven’t started perching. They all still like to puppy pile to sleep. When does that behaviour start happening? They have had perches available to them from about week 2. Thanks!
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    Chick with vaulted skull care

    hey everyone! Brand new chicken mum here. So I just got 4 baby Silkies. And I find myself worrying about the one with a vaulted skull, kind of incessantly. She is in with all the other chicks, 2 Faverolles, 2 australorps, 2 Ameraucanas and of course, the other 3 silkies. But I keep...
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    New Chickens, New Adventure!

    hello everyone! Thought I would show off my new baby chicks. This is my first adventure into chicken ownership and just in love with my little babies. I’ve got 2, 10 day old salmon faverolles, 1, 1 day old blue australorp, 1, 1 day old blue splash australorp, and 2 mottled Ameraucana. The...
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    Omlet Automatic Door hole size

    hi folks. I’m thinking of getting the omlet Automatic coop door for my wooden coop. They post the full external door size on their website, but I was wondering if anyone knew exactly what size of hole I’d need to cut for the actual coop entry? I’d like to cut the hole before I put up the...
  10. LilMissChick

    First two baby chicks!

    well my new life as a chicken mama has officially begun! I now am the proud parent of two faverolles chicks! I have them in a smaller brooder until they are a few days older then they will be in the big one:) But now I realize I’m already worrying over them lol. Here is a few pictures...
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    Choosing baby chicks

    hi folks! I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, so if it’s not, could you please direct me to the right place? In one week I’ll be heading out to pick out chicks from a hatchery shipment and from a breeder. I’ll be getting 2 salmon faverolles, 2 mottled ameraucanas, and 2...
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    Picking up Chicks question

    hi Everyone! Well my coop is darn near done (probably not as close as I’d like) and it’s getting to be the time I need to purchase chicks. My question is, as I can only have 5 chickens I’ve kind of got my heart set on certain breeds. Faverolles, Ameraucana, mottled Houdan, Australorp, and...
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    And the coop is going up!

    Well, it’s really happening:) We have started the coop. Who knew painting would take so long? The ground was much more sloped than we thought it was so we had to bring in soil to get it started and make the area. more level. We decided at that point to use cinder blocks as well to help...
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    Tin roof in Pacific Northwest Weather

    Hi everyone! My fiancé and I are building our coop and we are at the point where we want to roof our coop! However, we had originally planned on putting up Ondura Corrugated roofing, and after looking at reviews we decided to go with metal roofing instead. We had planned to have open rafters...
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    Minorca Chicks in Canada?

    are there any Black Minorca Chicken breeders in Canada? They are so pretty and have nice big white eggs:) Thanks!
  16. LilMissChick

    Fluffy footed birds/silkies in the Pacific North West

    hi folks! I live in the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver Island) and anyone who has come up to Seattle, or across the border into Vancouver or been to Vancouver island knows it’s a damp and green place. As someone who is building their coop and researching what kind of chickens to get for their...
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    Hardware Cloth?

    hi everyone, We are building our coop to be off the ground and it’s integral to our run. The whole coop plus run will be 4’ x 20’. Do we need to have all of our open run sides, door, and the space under our coop (which will be raised off the ground) need to be 1/2” hardware cloth? Or can we...
  18. LilMissChick

    Researching a flock

    Good Afternoon everyone! As I am researching how I want to make my coop, i am also researching what hens I’d like to get. As I live in a suburban area, and I value my neighbours staying friendly, I’ve been looking into calm, more quiet birds. As well I want to be able to have hens that are my...
  19. LilMissChick

    Brand new and learning!

    Good morning everyone! Thanks for the add. I am soon to be a brand new chicken mum. My fiancée and I live in an urban area in Greater Victoria on Vancouver island, BC, Canada. We are going to be setting up our back yard with a coop and large pen this spring. We want our hens to have access...
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