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    Chicken feed

    I started the process growing my own chicken feed it’s currently composed of : sorghum, millet, and sunflower seeds -I was wondering would it be safe to add in dried plantain leaves and turnip greens?
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    Baby polish pecking issue

    Who has had success with pick-no-more or DIY Blue Kote to treat a pecking issues? Or if you know of another way to treat the issue besides a culling
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    Pecking isssue help

    Does anyone know of a good homemade anti-Peking solution , I asked about blu-cote and there was ALOT of debate on whether it’s a dangerous item for both people and the chicks? i’ve been recommended thing like Vick’s vapo rub, but that only had a slight effect ? I’m asking if anyone knows how to...
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    Possible sick baby chicks?

    I had an emergency pecking issue, which resulted in me moving my 5- 6 week old polish babies outside in the bigger coop ( by themselves). I’ve been treating them for pecking issue which was difficult to get under control, but along with that that two days ago we started to get severe...
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    Baby chicks pecking each other

    How do I stop my baby chicks from pecking each other’s head feathers out ? I have two 3 week old white crested black chicks that , bully the rest of the babies and they and only they do this Update : I think I figured it out , the pecking really only stared when thier extra top head feathers...
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    Polish chickens

    Hi y’all , I hatched some Polish chicks about two weeks ago, and I’m trying to get them more tame , they seem to be taking a little longer than some other breeds, is this normal? I have them to the point where I can hand feed them and pet them all in their brooder but when I try to take them out...
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    Taming baby polish

    Do y’all have any tips on taming your polish? Mine are a week old and they will eat out of my hand and fly/rest on my arm whilst I’m in ther enclosure but when I try to take them out they start to cry. Is this normally on track for having tame birds as adults ?
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    Polish hatching eggs?

    Hi i’m looking for Polish bantam hatching eggs , from someone who can ship to Virginia in the coming weeks ?
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    Small incubator ?

    Has anyone ever used a small incubator like this, if so how did it go? I did order it off Amazon, however I did compare to all the other ones and this one seems to meet my needs and the price suggested it was it was better than the $35 ones , it is made by QRlitos
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    Comparing breeds

    Hi y’all I was hoping we all can talk about raising different breeds/ cross breeds of chickens ? What your experience has been like which each breed? Currently I have Barred Plymouth Rocks, Americanas( recent Ameraucana cross) , an Easter egger and a Silverudd blue And overall I find the...
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    Breed discussion

    Hi y’all I was hoping we all can talk about raising different breeds/ cross breeds of chickens ? Currently I have Barred Plymouth Rocks, Americanas( recent Ameraucana cross) , an Easter egger and a Silverudd blue And overall I find the Barred rocks to be very docile and curious. The...
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    Let’s compare flocks!

    Hey y’all I’m interested in discussing and comparing my flocks with others. currently I have 4 barred rocks, 4 Americanas , 1 Easter egger, and 1 Supposed Isbar
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    Light barred vs dark barred Plymouth rocks

    Is this an example of a Light barred Plymouth Rock pullet ? Or a cockerel On my other roosters i can see their wattles coming , but not this one.
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    Barred rock pullet , or slow growing cockerels ?

    Hey Y’all I have been struggling to figure out whether this Barred rock chick is pullet or rooster? Here is the chick :#1 here is the cockerels , you can see the wattle progression:#3 And here is the pullet:#3
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    Silverudd blue, Isbar , Identification

    Hey y’all I’m trying to figure out if this young pullet is a Isbar , she has a coloration I don’t see under recognized colors for this breed?
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    Mixed breed flock pros, cons and goals

    Hi y’all, I have always maintained a mixed breed flock and I wonder how do other people feel about their own flocks? When I was a novice at chicken keeping I overdid it and had a flock that was way too diverse for me to handle. Now I’m much more planned out. I look for a docile well laying...
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    Cross breeding and development of unique flock

    Hi Y’all, I’m interested in doing cross breeding in order to create a unique flock of chickens with high genetic diversity. I currently have Barred Plymouth Rocks and Easter Eggers, which I am planing to cross. Later I am receiving Silverudd blue’s and a different Easter Egger cross. I was...
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    Show Quality chickens vs pet quality chickens

    Does anyone raise both show chickens and pet chickens? And have photos they can share . I was wondering the differences and how you care for them.
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    Accidental bantam ?

    There is a bantam barred rock chicken but the ones I got were meant to be standard. She is around half of the size of the other chicks, is this alright ?
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