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    guinea x chicken "cheet" - foot rotating out

    Hi guys, So my "cheet" is now 2 weeks 5 days old. It has had curled toes off the hop and even trying for 2 weeks straight I could not get them to fix - anytime a wrap was removed the toes would just reset. I decided to let it be - it was probably beyond fixing, and perhaps part of the reasoning...
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    Guinea x chicken hybrid grow-along

    I've had chickens and guineas together for 3 years, but this year I hatched out a surprise from one of my guinea eggs. I had guinea eggs put in the incubator May 16th. June 7th I went to check the eggs and much to my surprise there was a empty eggshell sitting in atray (that makes hatch date 22...
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    Help! Trouble with splay chick

    So this chick is from first hatch (and chicken flock) ever.... I have seen lots of videos and articles ... Am I doing something wrong, not giving it enough time or prolonging things?? Chick wasn't walking from the start (Sunday). Kind of splitting custody with my mom so after a couple days I...
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    What's in [your] name? (farm/ acreage, etc)

    So Friday we get possession of our acreage where this brand new adventure awaits us. I want to document (at least personally) what this is going to be like adjusting as a urban owner to rural. I'm trying to come up with a name to call our place, but I'm having difficulties. First off, what's...
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    Hatching chicks with keets.. what to do for lock down?

    So... We have a brinsea 56 ex incubator. First time hatching, got a bunch of chicken eggs AND a bunch of keet eggs... didn't think anything about it. Except all eggs went in same time.... Suggestions for what to do for chick incubator lockdown??? Don't worry about keet eggs not rotating...
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    Where to put the coop?!

    I am hoping to get some wisdom from experienced chicken keepers... now that we've bought a building we can't decide where to put it! Important factors: - everything to left of red line is our property (right is neighbors) - blue is a big pond - there is ZERO fencing on the property and between...
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    Raised coop dimensions for 40+ birds?

    I am new to chickens (and the chicken craze that goes with it). My mom and I are building a coop that will eventually house the chicks/keets that hatch from the 56 eggs we're getting Saturday... nothing like a deadline to make you decisive and get to work! **Important thing to note...
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    Another day, another chicken-crazed newbie...

    Hey all, Just bought our dream 75 acre property in Manitoba, Canada with my husband which will be quite the adjustment from city life (read: no rural life experience). I've got dogs, cats, rats and an axolotl, and soon to be chickens! I am completely new to poultry - my very first thought of...
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