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  1. DoozyWombat

    Half My Flock Is Missing

    It's been a while since I've been on here, but I've just lost more than half my flock and I don't know why. This is my fifth year with chickens, but it's by far the most difficult. I had 33 chicks (27 CX and six Leghorns) that will be four weeks old tomorrow. No other birds. My last adults were...
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    Hen is Getting Eggs from the Whole Flock--what to do?

    I have a flock of six Dark Brahma hens, one Leghorn hen, and one Dark Brahma Rooster. They had just turned six months old, when one of the Brahmas went broody. We didn't think she had more than about three eggs under there, and didn't want to disturb her, so we made sure she had water and food...
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    Will Brahma roosters be too much around Leghorn hens?

    I have a small flock of Brahmas. Currently six hens and two roos, but we might be swapping one of the hens for a third rooster (which I don't think is sustainable with that number of hens.) We also have a bunch of CX which are heading to freezer camp very soon, and a single Leghorn pullet...
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    Sexing Dark Brahmas

    I and a friend shared an order of Dark Brahmas from Cackle Hatchery. Everything with the order was great, but we are trying to figure out the boys from the girls. They are almost ten weeks old at the time of these pictures. These two (call them 1 and 2) I think are cockerels, because of the...
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    What Do Chicks Do with a Laser Dot?

    I was checking the temperature in the brooder with a laser thermometer, and the chicks went nuts over the laser dot. It was hilarious. I thought cats were the only creatures that did that. Chicks following Laser Dot
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    Alert Link Broken

    Alert Link Broken Overall, I like the site upgrade, but I've had the following happen. I recorded it to report it here. I received an alert, to wit: muddy75 reviewed the article The perch experiment. Saturday at 4:48 PM Mark unread The link under "The perch experiment" was...
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    Chickens Watching Chicken Processing

    I apologize for the noob question. I figured it had been asked a bunch of times, but I don't see it anywhere. I'm planning my layout for next year, and I'm trying to decide where my processing will take place. Do I need to shield the processing from the other birds? I.e., after I process one...
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    Building a Woods Coop for DLM in the Shenandoah Valley

    I am just getting started building my first coop, in the northern Shenandoah Valley (Clarke County.) I will probably make lots of mistakes, but if more experienced folks want to help me spot mistakes before I make them, that would be fabulous. The plan is for an 8x12 coop using the Woods...
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    New in Berryville, Virginia

    Hello, all! I've been lurking in BYC for a while, but this week, we finally moved from our covenant-bound neighborhood to a rural home in NW Virginia. Current plans include building an 8'x12' Woods coop, using the deep litter method, and supplementing feed with mealworms, fodder, and possibly...
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