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  1. Chickycat

    Not sure where to post this

    I have created some wonderful, whimsical chicken sculptures and have them for sell in my Etsy shop. I see places for posting chickens and eggs and supplies for sell. Where would I post something like this? Thanks.
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    Is it to soon to integrate?

    I have 2 GLW hens and 4 BO hens almost a year old and 1 one year old Buff Orpington rooster. I have 5 new Americana chicks that are 9 weeks old. They are all suppose to be pullets, but, lucky me, I get a rooster. Anyway, is it too soon to integrate them into the flock. Are they old enough...
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    Broody?

    I have a 6 month old Buff Orpington that seems to be broody. She started this about 5 days ago. She puffs up and growls and as far as I can tell has not left the nest. Yesterday, hubby said he lifted her off the nest and set her on the floor and there was only one egg under her after five...
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    Help my chick is dying

    I have two polish chicks, 5 weeks old. One was attacked last weekend at Chickenstock, and is doing great, but now all of a sudden the other one is dying. I hold them every morning and evening. Yesterday morning it was active and alert. Last night it was hunched up. I checked the vent it is...
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    Fianlly, the coop is done

    Well, Zoomer fianally quit procrastinating and got the coop done last weekend. Here is a link to my page about it : https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=57274-our-coop-is-done It is nothing great, pieced together with donated scrap plywood, but I am proud of it. He did it...
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    Too Hot?

    We finished the coop yesterday and put our 12 week old chicks in last night. This is their first day in the coop. I was told to leave them in the coop for a week so they would think of it as home and go back to it at night. I just checked on them and they are all panting. Not heavily but...
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    FREE: 9 week old GLW rooster

    Mahogany is a 9 week old Gold Lace Wyandotte Roo. I do not want a rooster of this breed. He is crowing already, a sweet short crow, really cute. He is going to be beautiful with his mahogany colored lacing. I really need to find him a home as a friend is bringing me a BO Roo, which is the...
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    Help! Emergency!!

    The chicks are 4 weeks old now and we took them outside for the first time, and put them in a cage. They were all doing great, eating gras and bugs, when all of a sudden my under developed chick Lemon Hunkered down started peeping and his head is jerking. He has been like this for about 10...
  9. Chickycat

    Hens or roosters?

    What is the difference between Poullets (sp?) and Hens, and Cockerels and roosters? At what age can I tell the roosters from the hens.
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    New chick questions

    I have 4 Buff Orpingtons. They are taming well. I also have 4 Gold Laced Wyandottes that just aren't getting it. They freak every time they are handled. The chicks are all around two weeks old now. Question 1--One of the Wyandottes is the same size as the other three, it is still in down and...
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    Loose stool

    I noticed that one or two of my chicks has runny poo. They all seem to be healthy at this point. Do I need to be worried?
  12. Chickycat

    How to tame chicks

    I am new here and new to raising chicks. I just got 4 Buff Orpingtons and 4 Gold Lace Wyandottes. These are for pets/egg laying only. How do I go about taming them and getting them use to being handled. I do not want to over stress them catching them to hold, but I read you should hold them...
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    New chick mom

    Hi, I am Cat, and I just got 8 baby chicks for Mother's Day. These will be pets and are for eggs. I do not eat meat. I got 4 Buff Orpingtons and 4 Gold Lace Wyandottes. I am hoping one of the Buff Orpingtons is a rooster. I am 52, live in the country in Southern Indiana with my hubby, two...
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