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    Officer Ginkgo Keeping the Peace

    For background, the area I live in has a small population of stray and feral cats. I feed them regularly to encourage them to hang around and keep the rodents away. Naturally, cats being cats they don't always get along so I occasionally have to break up fights One evening I was free ranging...
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    Charcoal vs Propane

    I've been in a grilling mood lately so I figured why not fire up this old debate. :D Question is simple, which do you prefer when grilling? Charcoal or propane? Ik other options exist but these are the 2 we'll be focusing on Please keep things civil, debate is fine but no arguing. Barbecuing...
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    Not New, But Better Late Than Never lol

    Been here since 2023 and meant to do this sooner, but meh I am FrostRanger but you can call me Frost or FR for short. I am a Christian, gamer, metalhead, tea enthusiast and gamer from the eastern us (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Newish, Back in June of 23 I...
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    What Milk Do You Usually Buy?

    Asking 'cause I stopped by the store and skim milk was discounted for the umpteenth time
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    People with Multiple Species of Livestock, What's the Hardest Animal to Keep

    There was a video on yt that discussed this, but I am curious about what the experiences of people here have been
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    Is This An Egg Or a Grape

    I found this while I was gathering eggs today To clarify, the fairy egg doesn't worry me, I just thought it was amusing since it looks like a tiny grape
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    Pullet Eggs In Banana Bread Recipe

    I had brought entirely too many bananas about a week or so ago and I got the bright idea to make banana bread. I found a recipe and it calls for 3 eggs. Now, my girls are just starting to lay so their eggs are small ATM. I weighed some of their eggs and they seem to average at around 1.3 oz. How...
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    It Finally Happened.....

    I was making some egg sandwiches a bit ago and I was cracking a few eggs into the pan and I grabbed the biggest one (my layers are 19 1/2 weeks old and started this week so most of their eggs are tiny as expected) and when I cracked it it was a double yolker! Ik they can happen especially with...
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    Stories of Chickens Being Wholesome

    Has your flock done something that made you say "Aw! That's so sweet and wholesome! "? This is the place to tell that tale! Ik the title says chickens, but stories of ducks, turkeys, quail and the like are welcome too!
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    They always seem to know.....

    So background, late last year I lost half my flock to a wet fowl pox outbreak. Hence I planned to get more chicks this year and vaccinate them ASAP. The label on the vaccine recommends giving it to birds 8 weeks or older so when my current batch of chicks turned 8 weeks old 2 weeks ago, I...
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    Lakeside Egger Thread

    So I got 3 lakeside eggers from Meyer about 2 months ago and saw there wasn't much info on here about them, so I figured I'd share my experiences with the hybrid so far. Lakeside eggers are a type of easter egger exclusive to Meyer hatchery that are blue or black with white barring. They also...
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    What Colors Are My Almost 8 Week Old Easter Eggers?

    So I have 3 gorgeous easter egger chicks and I was wondering what the proper term for the colors/patterns they have First up, we have Ginkgo Next, Ginger And finally, Vanilla
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    What Age Can I Start Feeding Chicks Pellets Rather Than Crumbles?

    So I have 7 chicks who are currently on chick starter crumbles. I also have 2 laying hens and since it'll only be a matter of weeks before I start integrating the new chicks and I obviously very well can't let the chicks eat layer pellets I decided to buy a bag of flock maker pellets. My...
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    I think my girls have finally found the impostor.....

    So earlier today I went out to check on the girls and I saw a brown egg on the ground. It was one of the fake eggs I put in the nest box. I don't know who did it but Rosemary was in the nest box at the time so she's looking fairly suspicious. Or Parsley could have done it when she was in there...
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    Pullet with a possible respiratory infection

    I noticed yesterday that one of my pullets, Sage was gasping and sneezing. I separated her last night andthis morning she is still gasping and isn't really eating or drinking. Her crop was empty this morning and I didn't see anything obvious when I looked down her throat yesterday. Her comb is...
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