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    What is Smokey's Syndrome?

    What is Smokey's Syndrome? Smokey's Syndrome is a condition that some "teenage" chickens may develop, the only symptom being somewhat aggressive and unprovoked biting. Is it dangerous? Not necessarily, as they aren't really attacking, so to say, just biting a bit harder than normal. My cockerel...
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    Ducks and Chickens Living Together?

    This is something I just wanted to hear from all the BY Chicken veterans; should chickens and ducks be kept together? I've been watching my neighbors poultry recently and they have a bunch of pullets and a few adult ducks. The ducks and chickens are in different houses at night but free-range...
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    Scammed!

    So about a month ago me and my dad drove to our local Bomgaars (Farming Store; it used to be an Orscheln's) and picked ourselves up 6 Easter Egger chicks and 3 Barred Rock chicks. It's been a few weeks now and the chicks are doing great, but we noticed something about the supposed "Easter...
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    Best Way to Mark Eggs for Hatching?

    So recently one of our Blue Cochin hens went broody for the first time, which was super surprising to me as she's not even a year old yet. Anyway this time I wanted to mark the eggs to keep track of them better, but wasn't sure what to use. My first thought was a Sharpie, but I wasn't sure if...
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    Confused and Weird Roosters

    I hatched out chicks earlier this year and was thrilled (not) to discover out of 8 chicks, 5 were roosters. They were fine at first, not really bothering anything, but lately they've become a problem. They've been trying to mate with each other and our pullets and cockerels we bought. Yes, you...
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