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    Blog post on chickens/toddler/garden

    Hi, I haven't updated my blog in a couple of years, due to said toddler, but I thought you might enjoy pictures of my gardens and chickens plus toddler. He loves them!http://maryannscountrygarden.blogspot.com/
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    Blog post on my garden/chickens

    http://maryannscountrygarden.blogspot.com/ I haven't updated my blog in two years but here it is, including pictures of my toddler and my chickens.
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    Human-aggressive rooster

    Hi, I got a bantam rooster last spring accidentally in a batch of chicks. Sadly, he's the only one who survived out of the batch, and all my other hens are standard-sized. I don't see much if any mating happening. I had a baby last October, and was quite ill and then had a c-section, so I...
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    Collapsible Salatin-style pen for broilers?

    Hi, this is my second go with jumbo X Cornish cross. I have 24 currently, 12 in s chicken run and 12 in a chicken tractor with a temporary run attached to protect them from Hawks during the day; I put them inside the tractor during the night. They are always surrounded by electronet also. So...
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    Best time of year to raise meat birds where it's hot? (South Carolina)

    Hi I raised one batch of meat birds starting them in October and finishing in December. They had to stay in my garage under lights to stay warm for longer than I would have liked...having 17 half-grown cornish cross chickens living in the garage did not make for happiness in my house!! So I...
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    Bantam rooster plus regular hens = amusing mating

    Hi Although I purchased several bantam chicks this spring and some others to total 8 chicks altogether, added to the 4 chickens and one guinea I already had, through some chicken disasters only one bantam (and one female regular chicken who has one leg) remain. I bought 5 adult hens (regular...
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    Raccoon amputated a chick's leg

    Hi, It's been a difficult year for chickens at my house. Although I had a double layer of wire around the bottom of the chicken pen, and wire on the roof, AND wire buried around the perimeter of the pen, Mother Raccoon (we think), and her babies stuck their paws under and through the wire and...
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    My hens seem happier now that Sir Rose, the rooster is dead....

    Sir Rose was eaten by a bobcat (my husband saw the tracks) a couple of weeks ago. He continued to fly out of the pen despite two wing trimmings. We are sad (but don't miss the crowing!) and don't plan to replace him unless one of the baby chicks I have now turns out to be a rooster. But my...
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    Most humane way to euthanize a chicken?

    Hi all, I am afraid it's time. As I described in https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/943500/chicken-lays-her-head-over-90-degrees-when-trying-to-look-at-me-new-behavior/10 my chicken had wry neck, as well as coccidiosis, over Christmas. She seemed to be doing better, and I actually reunited her...
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    Please help with plans for coop and paddocks

    NM somehow I missed the "coops" tab...I see plenty of ideas! Hi I've had chickens for nearly 4 years, using a chicken tractor and two runs of electronet fencing to move them around to new pasture. The chicken tractor is starting to deteriorate and I've worked on it a couple of times now, and...
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    Will eggs from wazine-treated hens hatch normally?

    Hi For some complicated reasons, my rooster and one hen are currently isolated from the rest of the flock. I treated everyone with wazine last Thursday, so I have been throwing out the few eggs that have been laid. This morning, the hen and the rooster spent a hour or more hanging out in the...
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    Chicken lays her head over 90 degrees when trying to look at me--new behavior.

    I couldn't think of another way to describe this. This hen has been treated for coccidiosis recently and I separated her to the flock. When I tried to reintroduce her to the flock, they pecked at her and tore her comb partly off her head. They also pecked near her eye. This was about 2 weeks...
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    Should I remove her comb? Pecking injury with pics

    I posted about this chicken in https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/940223/post-molt-chicken-is-skinny-and-antisocial . I haven't gotten the results of the worm test yet, but after keeping her in a pen in view of the others but without access to them for two days, I let her out today. This is...
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    Post-molt chicken is skinny and antisocial

    Hi My 3 year old Barred Rock molted back in October and has mostygrown back her feathers. She hid and was cranky while she was molting, which seems normal in my flock of chickens, but she's still behaving that way. I've told the rooster she's not in the mood, but he doesn't care. She's not...
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    Portable hoop house for providing baby chicks pasture in the winter

    Hi all I thought you'd be interested in my blog post about how I'm providing my Jumbo X Cornish Cross chicks pasture in November (and getting them out of my garage!!) Having 17 3 week old chicks in my garage is NOT a good idea. I wouldn't have waited so late to get them, but due to some...
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    Ways to provide pasture to young chicks in cool weather

    Hi all Owing to several factors including including my impatience and lack of follow-through by a friend to help me obtain chicks, and more importantly a way to process the chicks, I got a shipment of 20 Jumbo X Cornish Cross chicks on October 21 from Murray McMurray. Obviously, the weather is...
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    Why are my chicks eating at 3 am instead of sleeping? X post

    Hi I have Jumbo X Cornish Cross chicks that are 5 days old. I moved them to a larger area with two heat lights, (red in color). Because I am an anxious chicken-keeper, I went out to see about them at 3 AM when I awoke. They were all awake and many were eating. Is this normal? Why aren't...
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    Why are my chicks eating at 3 AM instead of sleeping?

    Hi I have Jumbo X Cornish Cross chicks that are 5 days old. I moved them to a larger area with two heat lights, (red in color). Because I am an anxious chicken-keeper, I went out to see about them at 3 AM when I awoke. They were all awake and many were eating. Is this normal? Why aren't...
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    Jumbo X Cornish Cross chick behavior

    I have 4 day old Jumbo X cornish cross chicks, and everything I've read says they are lethargic and abnormal. I just wanted to share that mine seem just as active as other chicks I've raised, and they even played a game of keep-away with a worm this morning in the brooder (I found a tiny worm...
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    Home-Grown Feed?

    Hi I am interested in growing some of my own feed for my layers. I have Harvey Ussery's book, "The Small-Scale Poultry Flock." I have grown and do grow grain sorghum, milo, ryegrass, wheat, oats, and my father supplies me with some field corn. I've also done some sunflowers, although this...
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