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  1. pony007

    New California H5N1 Permit Requirements

    I just found this flier online and it has me concerned for my 2025 chick order (I live in CA). Has anyone else seen this? I order from Meyer Hatchery (Polk, Ohio) which is an NPIP certified hatchery, but the chicks will likely pass through one or more of the post offices in the designated...
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    Egg Eater

    Last week I noticed my Cream Legbar pullet got a pretty nasty peck wound on her ear. So I treated the wound and have been keeping her segregated in a small dog run (12X8) next to my other birds. Two days ago she laid her first ever egg in the pen, which ended up being a soft shell egg and broke...
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    How Much Room Do BB Turkeys Need?

    My husband and I are thinking about raising some BBW turkeys for meat next year. Neither one of us have any experience with turkeys, but we have raised Cornish X's the last couple of years and have a layer flock of hens. Just how much space should we provide for 4 or 5 toms? We currently have a...
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    7 week Olive Egger Cockerel in CA

    Hey there, I have a 7week old olive egger cockerel (from tsc) that needs a new home (for free). He was supposed to be a pullet, but oh well.. I already have a nice rooster and dont really need another. The little guy isn't super people friendly, even though I've been handling the chicks daily...
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    7 week old chicks genders?

    These little guys are a bit over 7 weeks. salmon favorolle -FritoBlue Laced Red Wyandotte- not named yet Wheaten Marans- Wheaties Tractor Supply Unknown- Tractor Blue Cuckoo Marans- Blue Golden Laced Wyandotte- Phycho
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    New chick puffy swollen eye?

    On Wednesday i got a new batch of chicks in the mail. All looked fine except my little salmon favorolle. One of her eyes was swollen and watery. Looked like some of her floof might have been agitating it and she could see out of it, so i just left her be. It was the same on Thursday, but today...
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    Integrating 1 hen to mixed age flock

    I rescued a hen from a grocery stor parkinglot about a month ago. Shes been in quarenteen, and has remained healthy and bug free, so i want to start the integration process. The current flock is comprised of 8 Pullets that are around 8 months and, 13 pullets that are 10ish weeks. They are a mix...
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    Can a Feral Hen be tamed?

    I recently came in possession of an american game fowl hen that was found running around a parking lot. Im not sure she was handled at all because she is very wary and nervous around me. If im just standing outside her pen she panics and makes all sorts of frightend noises and jumps around. Is...
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    Dark Brahma boy or girl?

    This is one of my dark brahma babies its 6.5 weeks old. They are supposed to all be pullets, but this guy has a little different coloring than the rest. The otheres all have a lot of the pattern all over, whereas this one has a fair bit of plain black or partially plain black feathers. I know...
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    Parkinglot Chickens

    While doing errands today, me and my husband came across a hen and rooster running loose at our local Safeway parking lot. They were just running around dodging cars, so we decided to try and catch them. The hen was relatively easy to catch, but the rooster OMG was the hardest sucker to catch...
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    What Size Restraining Cone?

    I'm having trouble figuring out what size cone to get for butchering my meatie birds. I'm planning on doing some Cornish X's in the future, but my main concern right now is my large Brahma roo, who's 10 to 12~ lbs. He's very wide across the breast, and tall. If I were to get an extra large cone...
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    Chick Injured, Need an Opinion

    When I came home from work today I went to look at my chickies, and my light brahma baby managed to injure herself somehow. He lower back by the tail look like it had been rubbed raw, it was red and had a little bit of drying blood on it. I washed the wound with some water and put on a glop of...
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    Jubilee Orpington: Pullet/Cockerel

    I ordered this little Jubilee Orp to help me get over having to put down "Baby Yoda" when he broke his hip a few months ago. (Baby was a cockerel that was supposed to be a pullet, but ended up being one of my favs anyways.) The Orp is supposed to be a pullet, but I'm having some doubts. I got my...
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    Which Cockerel Should Become Easter Dinner?

    I've come to the conclusion that 2 boys is just too much for my 8 pullets. While i have 13 babies in the brooder, its just going to take too long for them all to grow enough to get the boys off the current 8 ladies. So now the hard part in deciding which of my fine boys is going to end up in the...
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    Cornish X noobie problems

    I recently got an order of chicks, 13 egg layer chicks and 2 cornish x's. Me and my husband want to get into starting/finishing our own meat birds. However, we only wanted a couple to start to see if we could go through with the whole process without having to commit to prepping 20 birds. I...
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    Integrating New Chicks into the Flock

    I have 10 Brahma's that are 6.5 months old, which is composed of 8 pullets and 2 cockerels. I recently got 13 new chicks (should all be pullets) that are barely 2 weeks old (7 Brahma's, 3 Orpington's, 2 Cochin's, and 1 olive egger). I have never integrated a flock before, so I'm a little unsure...
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    Pasty Butt Issues, failure to thrive?

    First a little backstory.. I had my chicks mail ordered, and after 2 days shipping, i opened the box to 12 happy chicks and one chick who got stuck upside down away from the group. She was near death, but I was able to revive her with the cars heater vents. Fast foreward 1 week later shes been...
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    Cockerel is Terrified of me

    My already skiddish (and not very bright) 6 month old Brahma cockerel managed to tag himself on the electric fence twice this weekend. He now thinks that my husband and I can shoot lightning out of our hands at a distance of 30 feet. He runs away from us, and won't even come near for treats. He...
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    Almost Had a Fatality This Morning...

    My little chickies hatched from Meyer Hatchery on Monday, and were shipped later that night. They arrived at the post office this morning (wednesday), and as soon as i got the call from USPS me and my husband rushed off to pick up the babies. I was worried that i might have some DOA, as the...
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    What breed is my little black chick

    I just got my Myer hatchery order today! I can ID everyone but the meal maker chick. Initially i thought i got another barred Plymouth rock, but this little one doesn't have a spot on her head and has a little bit of fuzz on the legs. The fuzz doesn't go on her feet at all, but goes down the leg...
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